The Readme files at Matt's Script Archive contain detailed installation, configuration and usage instructions that will take you step by step from putting the scripts on your system to using them in your web pages. You should read these through and keep them by you when setting up or installing any MSA script. It is probably not a bad idea to print them out. Each compressed script package contains a plain text version of the Readme file, however the links below will take you to their HTML counterparts.
Speed Search is an amazing Perl script you can plugin to your web site allowing your visitors to search static web pages throughout your entire site or specified folders. Speed search comes with a feature rich admin section with options and settings that allow you to speed up searches on large sites. Look at all the major features you get.
Simple Search is a perl script that allows for a fast search of keywords and/or phrases within your website. It works on both Windows NT/2000 and Unix/Linux Web servers that have Perl 5 or higher installed on them. This script is very easy for installation and integration on your existing web site. It is completely build on HTML templates which you can edit (using WebAdmin tool) at any time in order to make it work best for your specific web application. The script does not need pre-indexing of the existing documents. The search is performed within the specified by you directories/folders. It has the ability to automatically place ANCHORS which link the visitors? search results directly to the documents containing the sought word or phrase.
To be able to use any perl scripts you will need to have cgi-bin access. Some service providers only allow cgi access to their business customers. So check first.
The first line of any perl script point to the location of the Perl program on the file server which varies on different servers. You will need to contact your service provider for this location and change the first line of the script accordingly.
When you upload the script to your service provider ensure you transfer in ASCII mode as this will convert the file to the correct format. If your pages are on a UNIX server you will need to change the rights to the file using chmod to 755 or -rwxr-xr-x.
It is a fact that web visitors to a web site are there because they are specifically looking for something. In most cases they won't stick around if they can't find what they are looking for - and this happens in seconds. FM SiteSearch Pro provides your visitors with a highly accurate search that will search your whole web site with lightning speed. It will let your visitors find what they need - fast
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