Index

Choosing the menu "Index" -> "Index" option or clicking on the index button on the main toolbar will open the "Index" dialog, where you can start indexing your website.

Online mode and offline mode:

Search Engine Composer supports two kinds of indexing: Online indexing and Offline Local Computer Indexing. Online mode indexes from the online website (such as http://www.mtopsoft.com). Offline mode indexes the Web pages from your local computer.

Add additional websites to index:

By choosing the "Add additional websites to index" option, you can index multiple websites or Web folders simultaneously, thus getting a unique search portal for multiple websites.

Offline mode options:

Corresponding base URL:

This string will be added to the result link address as a prefix.

• If you are indexing the Web pages from your local computer, and want to make an online search engine for your website, you need to enter your domain name here (such as http://www.mtopsoft.com) in this field. For a tutorial on this, please refer to How to index from local computer, and make an online search engine for websites?
• If you are indexing the Web pages from your local computer, and want to make a search engine for CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, please refer to the tutorial: How to make an offline search engine for CD-ROM/DVD?