[ MSA ] [ Overview ] [ Readme ] [ Download ] [ Demo ] [ FAQ ] [ In Action ] [ Extras ] Overview Simple Search allows you to integrate a keyword and boolean search program into your site so that users can search specified text and HTML documents. It then returns a list of filenames (displayed based on their title tag found in the HTML page) which matched the specified keyword(s). There are several downloading options available below and more information on this script can be found in the Readme file. Readme The Readme files at Matt's Script Archive contain detailed installation, configuration and usage instructions, which take you step by step from placing the scripts on your system to using them in your web pages. You should read these through and keep them by you when setting up or installing any MSA script. It is probably not a bad idea to print them out. Each compressed script package contains a plain text version of the Readme file, however the links below will take you to their HTML counterparts. Matt's Script Archive Readme files Simple Search Readme file Downloading Simple Search can be downloaded in several different formats, or you can even have it mailed to you as a uuencoded file. Click on one of the links below to the appropriately compressed file and download options will appear. search.tar.gz (3.9K) search.zip (4.3K) search.tar.Z (5.8K) search.tar (20.5K) You can also view each file individually: search.pl This is the perl script which searches the HTML and text files for specified keywords and reports back its findings. README Includes installation instructions and a detailed description of how to set it up to work on your server. search.html This file contains the HTML form which a user fills out to search your site. Working Demo Several scripts at Matt's Script Archive lend themselves well to local working demonstrations. The Simple Search is one of these and the working demo of Simple Search is available below. More examples of this script in action can be found in the 'Scripts Around the World' section of MSA. Matt's Script Archive Working Demos Simple Search Working Demo Frequently Asked Questions The Frequently Asked Questions Archive at MSA is the easiest and fastest way to get help. It contains a list of the most commonly asked questions as well as their answers. Check these out before you seek other means of help, as your question may be answered here already. Frequently Asked Questions Archive Simple Search Frequently Asked Questions How can I search recursively down directories? How many files can this program search through? Simple Search in Action If you wish to see examples of Matt's Script Archive's CGI scripts used around the internet, you only need to check the Scripts Around the World section. See what the scripts look like in action on real web pages, but be considerate as these are actual implementations. Scripts Around the World! Simple Search Around the World! Simple Search Extras Extras are customizations, example modifications or anything else which helps you add-on or better utilize your Simple Search script. Simple Search in Japanese This is a Japanese version of the Simple Search program which has been modified to search on the Japanese character set. [ Matt's Script Archive, Inc. ] [ Advertising ] [ The CGI Resource Index ] Matt Wright - mattw@scriptarchive.com © 1995 - 1997 Matt's Script Archive, Inc.