I am just starting to build my website and I'm going to need a "search" in it. Can anyone tell me if I need programming for that before I start, or I can add the search later?
2006-09-20 04:53:31 · 4 answers · asked by abc 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
There are plenty of open source, free software packages that do searching that will will plug right in to your site. There shouldn't be a need to write one from scratch.
If you're using PHP for your site, try freshmeat.net for a search package.
You can add search functionality at any point during your site development.
If you don't want to do much coding to implement a search function, try a free search service, like www.atomz.com.
2006-09-20 04:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can buy search engines, or you can program them yourself. If you are putting things into a database you'll need to know SQL. If you are using Microsoft servers then you will need to know ASP or ASP.Net. If you are using Apache/Linux servers then you will probably need to know PHP.
I think MS also offer a document search, you'll need to have control of the server.
If you're going to build a website and know you need to search it, design it with that in mind so you don't have to rebuild the whole thing from scratch later.
2006-09-20 05:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by Iain Speed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can always use Yahoo or Google search on your site, once it's indexed.
There is also a site called JRank that will index your site. It's pretty quick too.
2006-09-20 06:07:42 · answer #3 · answered by clievers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e.g. http://darwin916.com
2006-09-20 05:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by helpdesk916 ♦♣♠♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋