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Alex posted 22-12-2001 22:59 GMT
I've just installed a search facility on this website which is rather nifty - handy if you want to search for forum posts related to some particular difficulty.
I'll put up links on the main website soon but for now you can access the search facility at:
http://www.axeuk.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl

Alex Warren
carlii posted 23-12-2001 03:26 GMT
How did you do that? Is it PERL script?
MaDbRiT posted 23-12-2001 10:07 GMT
Carlii..
As Alex's link ends with ".pl" and the script lives in a CGI-BIN folder...
The big clue is the *.pl suffix that means it's PERL (correct me if I'm wrong Alex!)
Interesting that you can use your own PERL scripts tho Alex - who's hosting the site for you?
Al
Alex posted 23-12-2001 17:54 GMT
Indeed the .pl means it's a Perl script. The Games Archive also runs using one (much easier to maintain this way). I knocked up the Games Archive script myself; the search engine script comes from the link which is at the bottom of the search page.
This website is hosted by tera-byte ( www.tera-byte.com ). It's not particularly unusual that I can use Perl scripts - it just costs money. (Fortunately tera-byte are quite cheap)

Author	Topic: Search the site
Alex	posted 22-12-2001 22:59 GMT I've just installed a search facility on this website which is rather nifty - handy if you want to search for forum posts related to some particular difficulty. I'll put up links on the main website soon but for now you can access the search facility at: http://www.axeuk.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl Alex Warren
carlii	posted 23-12-2001 03:26 GMT How did you do that? Is it PERL script?
MaDbRiT	posted 23-12-2001 10:07 GMT Carlii.. As Alex's link ends with ".pl" and the script lives in a CGI-BIN folder... The big clue is the .pl suffix that means it's PERL (correct me if I'm wrong Alex!) Interesting that you can* use your own PERL scripts tho Alex - who's hosting the site for you? Al
Alex	posted 23-12-2001 17:54 GMT Indeed the .pl means it's a Perl script. The Games Archive also runs using one (much easier to maintain this way). I knocked up the Games Archive script myself; the search engine script comes from the link which is at the bottom of the search page. This website is hosted by tera-byte ( www.tera-byte.com ). It's not particularly unusual that I can use Perl scripts - it just costs money. (Fortunately tera-byte are quite cheap)