Help with a website search tool?

[Trigger_tre 1]

Hello,

I am in the process of building a website and would now like to add a site search engine.

I would like to know how to create this via either HTML,CSS, PHP or if their are free site search tools available that you recommend.

-trigger

[Skink000 0]

Hi Trigger, I like AltaVista for searching out of habit and they try to correct my poor spelling .

Try this link http://www.altavista.com/help/free/free_searchbox . Hope it is what your looking for.

[callagrafx 3]

Skink...that just adds a search tool for AV to search the Net, not the site...

Trigger, visit http://www.hotscripts.com there should be plenty there to choose from

[GingerBlokey 30]

try using a Google Search box and setting it to "site:www.yoursite.com" and it searches your site using Google's might. I use that to search Wikipedia

[callagrafx 3]

Hey GB, good suggestion...the only problem I can see with that is that it uses the Google branding does it not? If not, I shut my gob.....I program my internal search engine for my sites using Perl, so I've never used Google/Yahoo et al.

[Trigger_tre 1]

callagrafx,

I would actually prefer to program the search engine myself. #1 because I would just like to learn how to do it.  #2 I would like to have a little more control over its functioning.  #3 I dont want to have advertisement added to the webpage just to get a free search engine.

If their is any possible way you can break down the process a little bit. Or link me to some script I can plug in and alter at free will, then I would be most grateful.

-trigger

[callagrafx 3]

Trigger, that's why, if you read my first post, I directed you to http://www.hotscripts.com as they have script resources in any web language you need. Gingerblokey was the chap who started on about google (I think he's bought some shares in it LOL). You will need to know the target server software (Windows Server, Unix, Linux etc) as different servers run different scripts. For example, Linux and Unix are perfect platforms for Perl and PHP, whilst you can only run ASP scripts on Windows server.

[Trigger_tre 1]

Hey callagrafx,

I have been trying to find the right search tool at the hotscripts.com site. (very nice website by the way, and thank you for the recommendation). I do have another question though.

My web host supports cgi, perl, php, and java but I wasnt sure which programming language might be better, or does it really matter. My web host also runs on a linux platform.

I found one that I like but it uses Javascript, its called "Tipue JS". It can be found HERE at hotscripts or HERE at their own website.

There were several others in perl and PHP, but the Tipue JS seems to be user friendly, simple, and lite on resources.

I was just curious your thoughts on this.

-trigger