Free Search Engine?

[BK123]

Hi there!

I wish to put a search engine on my website.
I have Dreamweaver/Fireworks but I don't know any coding language: Perl,PHP,ASP etc.

I believe I can get a free search engine from Atomz.com or Google.com but rather than just a seach engine where users put in search terms....I would like a search engine where they can fill in several categories!

For example: See the "Quick Search" search engine at www.workthing.com.

Does anyone know where I could get my hands on such a script?
And would it be compatible with my lack of coding knowledge? :)

Cheers,
Bk123
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[sidvorak]

BK,

You will have to be running some kind of server side processing to get the functionality you are looking for.

A search engine works by making an index of the pages on your site and the content in them. When the search is performed, the reqested keywords or filters are compared against the index.

The simplest option would probably be to use atomz. It allows for a high level of customization for the look of the results page (Using a user-defined template) and manual on-demmand updates of the site index.

Cheers,
Simon (http://www.simondvorak.com)

[BK123]

Thanks for the advice, Simon!
I'll check it out! :thumbsup:

[BK123]

BK,

You will have to be running some kind of server side processing to get the functionality you are looking for.

A search engine works by making an index of the pages on your site and the content in them. When the search is performed, the reqested keywords or filters are compared against the index.

The simplest option would probably be to use atomz. It allows for a high level of customization for the look of the results page (Using a user-defined template) and manual on-demmand updates of the site index.

Cheers,
Simon (http://www.simondvorak.com)

I got an email back from www.atomz.com
Their basic charge is $15,000 per annum!
Er.......thanks but no thanks Atomz! :eek:

[gsnedders]

phpDig is a search engine... without the category options, but, I'll check to see if it is open-source, if it is, i could make a version with a category option for you.

It is open-source (GNU GPL) and therefore I can edit it, however, my first version will need more than 1 MySQL db.

[sidvorak]

It's difficult to find on thier site, but they have a free version (http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/trial.htm) of their search...the version I was refering to. check it out.

Cheers,
Simon

[BK123]

phpDig is a search engine... without the category options, but, I'll check to see if it is open-source, if it is, i could make a version with a category option for you.

It is open-source (GNU GPL) and therefore I can edit it, however, my first version will need more than 1 MySQL db.

Hi Error404,
You could make a version for me? Wow! I didn't expect that!
I don't know coding. (I know HTML though.)
You say the 1st version will need more than 1 MySQL db.......forgive my ignorance but what does that mean?

P.S. I am not really ready for a search engine right now.
I would like to create a jobsearch website(for the UK) and I am just seeing how practical it might be with my knowledge level(or lack of it).
I am trying to see if it is possible to create one without knowing php,asp,etc.
Do you think I would be able to get around my coding problems or do you think I will definitely need a programmer.
Even Perl(cgi srcipts) can I believe be set up by most hosting companies but I'm still trying to look at all aspects and problems I might encounter.
I bought a book on PHP,ASP etc but it seems like an awful lot to learn and I'm trying to see if I can somehow get away without it.
There's seems to be a lot of customer friendly options about these days that do not require coding knowledge. The search engine for example, shopping carts etc.

[BK123]

It's difficult to find on thier site, but they have a free version (http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/trial.htm) of their search...the version I was refering to. check it out.

Cheers,
Simon

Thanks Simon, I look in to it! :)

[gsnedders]

MySQL db is a database in MySQL, to find out what MySQL is, look here (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&oi=defmore&q=define:MYSQL)