FindinSite-MS

This software tool provides search facilities for a website. This tool will generate a search engine and the code can be integrated into your site code. It is meant for MS server based web sites only.

FindinSite-MS is a search engine for a MS hosted web site. The engine can be easily configured to look like part of your web site. To make the search effective the pages will have to be indexed to keep the search results current. The indexing can be scheduled whenever you need it, at your convenience. Result pages can be highlighted easily. FindinSite-MS is an ASP.NET application and runs in IIS on a Windows server, including shared Microsoft-based hosts with .NET framework 2.0 or later. Developers can get complete control over the search process through a search API XML web service. The engine is capable of searching HTML, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PUB, TXT, JPEG and TIFF type files.

Specifying search is quite powerful the features include booleans and wildcards, word stemming and synonyms, subsets and meta-data field searches. The tool can be configured for the user’s chosen locale. Languages supported include Arabic and Asian languages. Users can use a hosted version as another option when indexing of your site is managed by the service provides so that the administrative headache is no longer part of the webmaster’s job. This is strictly for website designers. If you have a need for integrate a search engine that looks like an integral part of the site then this is a good choice.

FindinSite-MS is a search engine for a MS hosted web site - easily configurable to
* look like part of your web site,
* index when you want and
* highlight result pages
FindinSite-MS is an ASP.NET application that runs in IIS on a Windows server, including shared Microsoft-based hosts - .NET framework 2.0 or later. A Search API XML web service is available for complete programmer control. No database needed.
Powerful search facilities are available, including booleans and wildcards, word stemming and synonyms, subsets and meta-data field searches.
The FindinSite-MS user interface adapts to the user's preferred locale - great international support: 29 Western, Arabic and Asian languages are currently supported.
FindinSite-MS searches many file types, including HTML, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PUB, TXT, JPEG and TIFF files.
FindinSite-MS Control Panel makes it easy to set up regular indexing runs to spider through all the files on your site. The generated output is configured using template files - optionally incorporating output generated dynamically from ASPX pages. Search subsets can be set up to search many sites.
The Search API is provided as an XML web service. As a programmer, this can be used to do searches and then process the results as you wish.
Installation is by creating a new directory on your site, marked as an application. FindinSite-MS needs file write permission to store its configuration information.