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These are options specific to changing the appearance, or behaviour of the search page from which searches are entered and results are shown. Search Form Appearance The search form is the area of the search page where you can enter a search query, select parameters and submit the search. Here you can choose from “Advanced” (with full options) to “Basic” (simple search box), to “Do not generate”. With the latter option, the script will not generate the search box. This allows you to create your own search form in your search template HTML file (or provide the search interface elsewhere, such as in a separate frame). Note that the generated search form is useful because it can remember the entries of the previous search query. If you wish to specify your own search form, please refer to "How can I add a search form to my menus, main page, etc.?" Results linking This option defines how clicking on a search result link will open the page. The options available are:
Note that this is effectively equivalent to a target= attribute in an anchor HREF link in HTML. Exact phrase This option is not available in the Javascript version, or when context descriptions are disabled. This feature allows users to search for words in a specific order as they appear on a page by surrounding the words in quotes (eg. a search for "wrensoft zoom" (with double quotes) will not match "zoom wrensoft" or "wrensoft something zoom").
Search improvement options Provide option to "Sort results by date" Enable Date Range searching Provide spelling suggestions when less than x results found This option is not available when the Javascript platform is selected. This option provides users with alternate spelling suggestions for their search query when less than the specified number of results are found. Default to “match all search words” This will set the default searching method to “match all search words” instead of “match any search words”. Show time taken to perform searches When enabled, the search page will measure the time it takes to perform each search process, and display a “Search took x seconds” line at the bottom of each search page. Show Zoom info line This displays a “Powered by Zoom Search Engine” line at the bottom of each search page.
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