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 ====== Indexing a Website ====== ====== Indexing a Website ======
  
-Starting with release 2.1, VuFind can be used to create a website index separate from your main search index.  Results from this index can then be used on their own or merged with catalog results using the [[vufind2:combining_search_types|combined search]] tools.+Starting with release 2.1, VuFind can be used to create a website index separate from your main search index.  Results from this index can then be used on their own or merged with catalog results using the [[configuration:combining_search_types|combined search]] tools.
  
 ===== Getting Started ===== ===== Getting Started =====
  
-  - Make sure that you have a [[..:aperture|full text extraction tool]] installed and configured+  - Make sure that you have a [[full_text_tools|full text extraction tool]] installed and configured. 
-  - Enable the website core by editing solr/solr.xml and uncommenting the appropriate line. +  - Copy config/vufind/webcrawl.ini into the config/vufind subdirectory of your [[configuration:local_settings_directory|local settings directory]] and edit the file to specify where your website's XML sitemap lives.
-  - [[..:starting_and_stopping_vufind#restarting_vufind_manually|Restart Solr]]+
-  - Copy config/vufind/webcrawl.ini into the config/vufind subdirectory of your [[vufind2:local_settings_directory]] and edit the file to specify where your website's XML sitemap lives.+
   - Run the import/webcrawl.php tool to load your website's data into the index (this may take a long time).   - Run the import/webcrawl.php tool to load your website's data into the index (this may take a long time).
   - When crawling is done, go to <nowiki>http://vufind_server/vufind/Web/Results</nowiki> -- you can enter a search in the box here.   - When crawling is done, go to <nowiki>http://vufind_server/vufind/Web/Results</nowiki> -- you can enter a search in the box here.
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 +(//In very old versions of VuFind -- earlier than release 3.0 -- you will need to enable the website core by editing solr/solr.xml and uncommenting the appropriate line, then [[administration:starting_and_stopping_solr#restarting_solr_manually|restart Solr]], before running the webcrawl.php tool//).
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 ===== Customizing the Web Search ===== ===== Customizing the Web Search =====
  
-Several things can be modified (with the help of your [[vufind2:local_settings_directory]]) to adjust web search behavior and appearance.+Several things can be modified (with the help of your [[configuration:local_settings_directory|local settings directory]]) to adjust web search behavior and appearance.
  
   * You can customize the way web pages are indexed by creating a custom version of import/xsl/sitemap.xsl and/or import/sitemap.properties.   * You can customize the way web pages are indexed by creating a custom version of import/xsl/sitemap.xsl and/or import/sitemap.properties.
indexing/websites.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/03 13:49 by demiankatz