Zetnet Services - Using the ht://Dig Search Engine


This document explains how to implement ht://Dig on your Zetnet hosted web site. Note this search facility is only available to those with their own domains hosted on a Zetnet commercial server (this excludes free domains on 'users' free space). Those using a Zetnet 'users' web address or a domain pointing at such an address should use the search script available here.

Each Zetnet commercially hosted site can have its own search engine. This engine uses ht://Dig and scans the site every morning, building a database as it goes.

The search engine is not automatically set up for you, but must be requested by sending a message to webweaver@zetnet.net saying "I would like a search engine on http://www.mydomain/"

Once the search engine has been set up, you can include the search facility anywhere on your site using HTML code similar to the example below:


<FORM METHOD="GET" ACTION="/cgi-bin/htsearch">
   <INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="restrict" VALUE="http://www.yourdomain/">
   <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=5>
      <TR>
         <TD ALIGN=CENTER>
            Text to Search For: 
         </TD>
         <TD COLSPAN=3 ALIGN=CENTER>
            <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="words" SIZE=40>
         </TD>
      </TR>
      <TR>
         <TD>
            Keywords to match: 
         </TD>
         <TD>
            <SELECT name="method">
               <OPTION value=and>All
               <OPTION value=or selected>Any
               <OPTION value=boolean>Boolean
            </SELECT>
         </TD>
         <TD ALIGN="right">
            <INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Search!">
         </TD>
         <TD ALIGN="right">
            <INPUT TYPE=reset>
         </TD>
      </TR>
   </TABLE>
</FORM>

Note: Do not forget to replace the yourdomain with your domain's URL.


The ht://Dig search facility is demonstrated below (using the above script), it is set to search this site.

Text to Search For:
Keywords to match:

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