Search Results Settings

The WebAdmin Utility lets you customize and configure the Web Publisher. The Search Results setting lets you modify how the Search Results are displayed for your askSam databases.

NOTES:

1. You can globally define this setting by choosing Default Setting. If you wish to modify this settings for a specific file, set an Alias to the file.

2. The Search Results for individual files can also be modified by using askSam to customize the Search Results Window. See the askSam User's Guide for details on this feature.

• Search Results

Lets you select the Search Result View you wish to customize. You can choose from:

Default, Summary, Detailed, or Entire Page.

• Start of Results

Enter the HTML code to start your Search Results. This HTML code will be inserted after the BODY tag and any header HTML. You could start a <TABLE> here and stop it in the End of Results edit box.

• Odd Rows

Enter the HTML code for the odd rows in the Search Results. You could define a table row with each column in the row.

• Even Rows

Enter the HTML code for the even rows in the Search Results. If you leave this field blank, the HTML code entered in the odd row field will also be used for the even rows. By permitting different setting for odd and even rows, you can set different colors for each row in your table -

like green bar paper. This format is often easier to read.

• End of Results

Enter the HTML tags to end your Search Results. This HTML code will be inserted before the /BODY tag and any footer HTML. You could end a TABLE here by inserting a </TABLE> tag.

• Rows per Page

Enter the number of rows that should be output for each page in the Search Results.

To Customize Your Search Results:

1. Start the WebAdmin utility.

(Enter the URL, for example: http://www.server.com/scripts/WebAdmin4.exe)

2. Choose Default Settings (to define this setting globally), or create or edit an Alias (to define this setting for a specific database).

3. Choose the Search Results option at the top of the screen.

4. Select the Search Results View you wish to modify.

5. Enter the HTML code to to format the Search Results.

6. Choose the SUBMIT CHANGES button.

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