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How can I contribute to the project?

There are several ways you can help. Visit "Help us" page.

What are the differences between versions of mnoGoSearch for Windows ?

mnoGoSearch for Windows is available in three different versions. Choose the version that suits you best!

The differences between versions Lite and Pro:

mnoGoSearch Lite version is designed to work with small volumes of data (1000-3000 documents) and features a built-in database, so that no additional database software is needed. This version does not have SQL servers support.

mnoGoSearch PRO version is designed to handle large amount of data. It works through ODBC and has been tested with MS SQL Server, MySQL, InterBase, PostgreSQL, SyBase, OpenLink Virtuoso, DB2, using corresponding ODBC drivers. This version also features NT Service for scheduling indexations and remote administration. mnoGoSearch Pro is designed for Windows NT/2000/XP only and will not run on Windows 9x.

Regarding mnoGoSearch for Windows: When I'm trying to search, it says that search.htm is included. However, after I run the install, there is no search.htm anywhere to be found. I have indexed my site, but can't search it, because there is not search.htm included.

You should create a new template from the Wizard:

press "Wizard" button at the toolbar,

on the "Search template" step press "Create new" then "Adjust" buttons

If I have pages with no keywords in the META description, will the document get indexed?

Yes. By default mnoGoSearch does index whole document. By changing the default values you can give different weights to different parts of the document: body, title, keywords, description.

When searching words in spanish (accentuated characters) with search.cgi I get results like the following: If I search for "España", search.cgi breaks the word in two parts, searching for "Espa" and also for "a", ignoring "ñ".

Have you set local charset to 8859-1? If not, do so in both indexer.conf and search.htm .

I'm wondering if mnoGoSearch supports multi-byte char code sets. I'm especially interested in EUC-JP.

mnoGoSearch-3.2+ has multibyte support, 3.1..x or earlier has no such features.

Why indexer fails with the message like indexer: can't load library 'libmysqlclient.so.6'?

You probably don't have MySQL libraries properly installed. On Linux just find out where is your libmysqlclient.so.6 and enter the path to that file to /etc/ld.so.conf. Then run ldconfig as root.

You can as well set up the value of environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the path to required dynamic libraries. This works on any OS.

Note that this is a general UNIX configuration issue, not only mnoGoSearch specific.

What is the maximum size of server(s) mnoGoSearch can run with?

Cache storage mode, introduced in 3.1.x, is able to index and search through several millions documents.

I want to index multiple virtual domains on a single box. What settings do I need to change for that?

It is fully supported. No special settings are required.

Is it possible to use different templates for searches, i.e. view search results in the design of different sites without having to recompile `search.cgi`?

There are actually several ways to do it. They are given here in the order how search.cgi detects template name.

search.cgi checks environment variable UDMSEARCH_TEMPLATE. Thus you can enter a path to desired search template into this variable.
search.cgi also supports Apache internal redirect. It checks REDIRECT_STATUS and REDIRECT_URL environment variables. To activate this template option you may add these lines to Apache srm.conf:
```
AddType text/html .zhtml
AddHandler zhtml .zhtml
Action zhtml /cgi-bin/search.cgi
```
Put search.cgi into your /cgi-bin/ directory. Then put HTML template into your site directory structure under any name with .zhtml extension, for example template.zhtml. Now you may open search page: http://www.site.com/path/to/template.zhtml Of course you may use any available extension instead of .zhtml.
If the above two ways fail, search.cgi will open a template which has the same name with the script being executed using SCRIPT_NAME environment variable. search.cgi will open a template ETC/search.htm, search1.cgi will open ETC/search1.htm and so on, where ETC is mnoGoSearch /etc directory (usually /usr/local/mnogosearch/etc). So, you can use the same search.cgi with different templates without having to recompile it. Just create one or several hard or symbolic links for search.cgi or copy it under different names then put correspondent search templates into /etc directory of mnoGoSearch installation.

The libtool I get in my current directory gives a bad test. If I put "/usr/bin/libtool" in the Makefile and src/Makefile instead, everything is ok.
You have a new virsion of libtool in your system. Please, run bootstrap script.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I contribute to the project?

What are the differences between versions of mnoGoSearch for Windows ?

If I have pages with no keywords in the META description, will the document get indexed?

When searching words in spanish (accentuated characters) with search.cgi I get results like the following: If I search for "España", search.cgi breaks the word in two parts, searching for "Espa" and also for "a", ignoring "ñ".

I'm wondering if mnoGoSearch supports multi-byte char code sets. I'm especially interested in EUC-JP.

Why indexer fails with the message like indexer: can't load library 'libmysqlclient.so.6'?

What is the maximum size of server(s) mnoGoSearch can run with?

I want to index multiple virtual domains on a single box. What settings do I need to change for that?

Is it possible to use different templates for searches, i.e. view search results in the design of different sites without having to recompile `search.cgi`?

The libtool I get in my current directory gives a bad test. If I put "/usr/bin/libtool" in the Makefile and src/Makefile instead, everything is ok.

mnoGoSearch Search Engine Software for Windows

Try mnoGoSearch for Windows 3.2.42 Lite!

Try mnoGoSearch for Windows 3.2.42 Pro!

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I contribute to the project?

What are the differences between versions of mnoGoSearch for Windows ?

If I have pages with no keywords in the META description, will the document get indexed?

When searching words in spanish (accentuated characters) with search.cgi I get results like the following: If I search for "España", search.cgi breaks the word in two parts, searching for "Espa" and also for "a", ignoring "ñ".

I'm wondering if mnoGoSearch supports multi-byte char code sets. I'm especially interested in EUC-JP.

Why indexer fails with the message like indexer: can't load library 'libmysqlclient.so.6'?

What is the maximum size of server(s) mnoGoSearch can run with?

I want to index multiple virtual domains on a single box. What settings do I need to change for that?

Is it possible to use different templates for searches, i.e. view search results in the design of different sites without having to recompile search.cgi?

The libtool I get in my current directory gives a bad test. If I put "/usr/bin/libtool" in the Makefile and src/Makefile instead, everything is ok.

mnoGoSearch Search Engine Software for Windows

Try mnoGoSearch for Windows 3.2.42 Lite!

Try mnoGoSearch for Windows 3.2.42 Pro!

Is it possible to use different templates for searches, i.e. view search results in the design of different sites without having to recompile `search.cgi`?