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SiteSearcher Applet

c1999 The Gilbert Post

The SiteSearcher Applet provides visitors to your site with a simple way of searching your site. It is distributed as linkware. To add it to your site, follow these directions:

1. Upload the required files to the same directory as the HTML file that will display (above or at the level of files you wish to be searched). The required files are:

SiteSearcher.class
SearchThread.class
ProgressBar.class

(These should have been included with this document.)

2. Paste the following code into the page where you want the applet to appear:

<font size=3>Enter your queries (separated by spaces or commas) in the search box. To search for a sequence of words, place the words in between double quotes (for example, "black cat"). If a match is found for any of the words/phrases you were searching for, the name of the file, that file's size, and the date of its last update (according to the server) are added to the list below the progress bar.  Double click on a file name in the list to have your browser directed to it.
</font>
   
   <applet code="SiteSearcher.class" width=350 height=300>
     
     <param name="files" value="[replace with the files to be searched]">
     
     <param name="target" value="[replace with target frame]">
     <param name="startwords" value="[replace with words to appear on the search boxes first appearance]">
   This feature requires a <a href="http://java.sun.com">Java</a> enabled browser.
   </applet>
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   <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1911">Visit The Gilbert Post</a>, independent student paper of Gilbert High School, Iowa, USA.

3. Change the pasted code to fit your needs (leaving a link to The Gilber Post!). The "file" parameter is required. Pass it a list of files separated by commas or spaces. (The URLs need to be relative to the page on which the applet is displayed; if the applet is on "http://www.BBB.com/index.html" and you want "http://www.BBB.com/cool.html" to be searched, add "cool.html" to "files.")

Only the files specified in "files" are searched.
(See the file ex.html for a very basic example.)
The "target" parameter specifies which frame to show found pages in.
The "startwords" parameter specifies words to be in the search box when the applet first starts. See the file ex_startwords.html for an interesting use of this parameter.

This version of SiteSearcher does not support Boolean expressions or wild card searches (though these features are being investigated). If you experience any problems or have suggestions, please e-mail gilbertnews@hotmail.com. Though we will do and have done our best to make this applet error free, use it at your own risk.

There is a bug in Netscape's Java implementation that will cause a crash if a user clicks in an empty list. SiteSearcher avoids this problem by always adding an extra entry to the top of the search results.

SiteSearcher is multi-threaded so that it should not lock up the user's computer. It is fully compliant with JDK 1.02 so it should run under all "Java-enabled" browsers. The source code is available upon request from gilbertnews@hotmail.com.

Linkware Agreement: You will maintain a prominent link to The Gilbert Post (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1911/) if you include the SiteSearcher Applet on your site. Other than this, the applet is free. But, as we've said, you are using and displaying the SiteSearcher Applet at your own risk.

Have fun!

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