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Search Engine Composer FAQ

How to make an offline search engine for CD-ROM/DVD?

There are mainly three steps to make an offline search engine for CD-ROM/DVD.

First Step: Index from local computer.

1. In the "Index" window, check "Offline mode".
2. Select the root folder where your web pages locate.
3. Set the "Corresponding base URL" address

For offline/local/CD/DVD distribution, this URL should be the relative path from where the search script will be.

By default, if the search engine files will be placed in the root folder (which you have selected in this window), use "./" (which refers to the current directory) as your base URL.

If all your documents are to be copied to a subfolder names "data" on the CD, and the search engine files are to be copied in the root folder of CD, then you should use "./data/" as the base URL. The "./" refers to the current directory, and "./data/" means the search engine will find documents in a subfolder "data" of current directory.

If all your documents are to be copied to a subfolder names "data" on the CD, and the search engine files will be copied to a subfolder names "search", you should use "../data/" as the base URL. The "../" refers to the parent directory, and "../data/" means the search engine will find documents in a subfolder "data" of it's parent directory.

Second step: setup options.

• In the "Options" window, "Basic options" panel, choose "JavaScript" script type, and select appropriate folder to save the generated search engine files.

Third Step:

Copy the generated search engine files to the appropriate folder.