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<a class="menu" href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/search/">online demo</a> | <a class="menu" href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/download/local-site-search-v111-rc.zip">download the free search script</a> | <a class="menu" href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/search/INSTALL.HTML">installation instructions</a> | <a class="menu" href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/support/">support forum</a>
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<b>Author:</b> David Wilson<br/>
<b>Date:</b> October 26th, 2006<br/>
<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca">Intrigue Design Consulting</a>
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<b>Local Site Search Setup</b>
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To setup the local site search on your website please follow the <a href="#install">installation instructions</a> below. Setup takes approximately 2-5 minutes.
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<b>Site Search Overview</b>
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Customizing the local Web site search script to match your Web site style may take 5-15 minutes depending on your web experience.
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The local site search requires that your website is listed with <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> (for search result purposes), and that you <b><a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?continue=http://api.google.com/createkey&followup=http://api.google.com/createkey">sign up</a></b> for an API license key, which takes about 2 minutes (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API">API</a> is used to query Google result pages).
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Our PHP implementation of the Google API site search uses the following technologies:
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<li><a href="http://dietrich.ganx4.com/nusoap/">NuSOAP</a> - Currently worked on by <a href="http://www.scottnichol.com/soap.htm">Scott Nichol</a></li>
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/apis/soapsearch/">Google SOAP API</a></li>
<li>PHP for use on Linux, UNIX, or Windows Platforms</li>
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<b>Installation Instructions:</b>
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Please follow the following directions to get your local site search up and running. If you have ANY problems please don't hesitate to drop us a line in our <a href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/support/">support forum</a>, we're always more than happy to help.
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<li><a href="">Sign up</a> for a Google API key</li>
<li><a href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/download/local-site-search-v111-rc.zip">Download</a> the local site search</li>
<li>Create a new directory on your server (recommended: /search/)</li>
<li>Unzip and upload the ZIP package to the newly created directory</li>
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Open /search/config/config.php and customize the following mandatory settings
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<li><b>$apikey</b> - set this variable to your Google API key</li>
<li><b>$search_site</b> - set this variable to your Web site domain
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<li>do not include http://
<li>do not inlcude www.
<li>example usage: domain.com
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Save all your changes (if you were working locally, upload all the files to your webserver)
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<b>Customization</b>
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To customize the look of the search to match your website, do the following:
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<li>Update/modify the /search/templates/header.php (page header)</li>
<li>Update/modify the /search/templates/footer.php (page footer)</li>
<li>All template files can be found in the /search/templates/ directory (modify as required)</li>
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<li>Customize the CSS styles in the /search/search.css file</li>
<li>If you'd like some help, or have some questions, please join our <a href="http://www.intriguedesign.ca/support/">support forum</a></li>
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<b>Software Limitations:</b>
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The following limitations apply to the Google local site search, and the Intrigue software implementation of the Google API.
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<li>The API is limited to 1,000 queries per day (more than enough for small to medium sized websites)</li>
<li>The search only returns results for pages listed in Google (most, if not all, will be listed)</li>
<li>The search results will not be immediately updated as you add new pages to your site (it usually takes 5-7 days until Google updates its results)</li>
<li>You are obligated to retain the link to Google and Intrigue Design on the results pages</li>
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