Frequently Asked Questions

Can the indexer work through the proxy-server?

Yes, such option is available in version 0.91 и выше. This is possible due to 4 new directives ProxyServer, ProxyPort, ProxyLogin and ProxyPassword


Files do not have any extensions, or '*.exe' file is missing. How do I make all this work?

Probably, you downloaded a UNIX version. It is likely that you need to download a MS Windows version instead.


How do I set up the Frontend on the server?

There is a detailed description of indexing procedure in your manual but not a word about setting it up on the server. I'd appreciate if you briefly describe it.

It is necessary to copy file 'search' (for UNIX systems) or 'search.exe' (for Windows) to '/cgi-bin' directory and give the web-server permissions to execute this file. Further in the text we shall use 'search(.exe)' to define necessary file.

Now, if you try to address '/cgi-bin/search(.exe)' you will get an error message ('index not found' or smth like that).

After indexation procedure you get three or four '*.cns' files. The tree of them are:

You have to copy them to '/cgi-bin' directory and set read/write permissions allowing web-server to read from and write to the files.

If you address '/cgi-bin/search(.exe)' again, you'll get a message: 'query string not found'.

The error occurs because no search word is given. If you put the request in form of '/cgi-bin/search(.exe)?q=test', a search for the word 'test' will be performed.

You may place the search form on any page of you site. It looks like this:

<form action=/cgi-bin/search>
<input type=text name=q value=''>
<input type=submit value='Search'>
</form>

That should be enough for most cases. Please, e-mail us if you have questions.

I had to rename 'search' to 'search.cgi', it wouldn't work the other way.

File 'search' at our Linux-based provider would not start, so we had to assign .cgi extention to it. All is fine, but: when the search results are displayed in two or more pages navigation links at the bottom of pages have 'search' without '.cgi' extension. What can I do about that?

Starting with version 1.3 the file is named 'search.cgi'.



I can't idex the site from a web browser.

Yes, it is so. Only the frontend should be started in a browser. The indexer and the defragmenter are started in the command line. At the server side it is usually done using 'ssh' protocol.

If you do not have ssh-access the indexer can be run at the local workstation and the received index files uploaded to the server via FTP.

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