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Recipe for adding a  Search Function to your site

Departments who host their sites on the Wesleyan server can easily add a search engine to their site.

To do so, simply cut and past the example below onto your site, and change the parts of the code indicated in red. 

 

 

Example:

This is an example drawn from the Davison Art Center site at http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/ .

   
 Search for: 
 Hits per list:  DAC site only
Wesleyan site
infoseek
Performing a search will take you out of the DAC site; your browser's "Back" button can return you to it.      Searching tips

 

The code for this example is below, with the sections that need editing highlighted in red.  
<form action="http://www.wesleyan.edu:4000/querywes.html" method="get" name="seek1">
<table border="1" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" width="464">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellPadding="2" cellSpacing="0" width="462">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="150"></td>
<td width="40"></td>
<td width="140"></td>
<td width="132"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" colSpan="4" vAlign="center" width="462"><font face="Palatino, Times, Times Roman" size="3">&nbsp;<a name="search">Search</a>
for:&nbsp; </font><input maxLength="200" name="qt" size="44"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" colSpan="2" vAlign="center" width="190"><font face="Palatino, Times, Times Roman" size="3">&nbsp;Hits
per list:&nbsp; </font><select name="nh" size="1">
<option value="3">3
<option selected value="10">10
<option value="30">30
<option value="100">100</option>
</select></td>
<td align="middle" vAlign="center" width="140">
<input CHECKED name="qp" type="radio" value="url:www.wesleyan.edu/dac">
<font face="Palatino, Times, Times Roman" size="3">DAC site only<br>
</font>
<input name="qp" type="radio" value>
<font face="Palatino, Times, Times Roman" size="3">Wesleyan site<br>
</font>
<input name="col" type="hidden" value="wesleyan">
<input name="qc" type="hidden" value="wesleyan"> 
<input name="qm" type="hidden" value="0">
<input name="st" type="hidden" value="1"> 
<input name="lk" type="hidden" value="1">
<input name="rf" type="hidden" value="0"> 
<input name="rq" type="hidden" value="0">
<input name="oq" type="hidden"> 
<input name="qs" type="hidden">
<input name="ws" type="hidden" value="0"></td>
<td align="middle" vAlign="center" width="132">
<a href="http://www.inktomi.com/products/search/">
<img alt="infoseek" border="0" hspace="4" src="infosmall.gif" vspace="8" width="100" height="20"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="middle" vAlign="center" width="150">
<input type="submit" value=" Perform Search "></td>
<td align="left" colSpan="3" vAlign="top" width="312">
<font face="Palatino, Times, Times Roman" size="1">Performing
a search will take you out of the DAC site; your
browser's &quot;Back&quot; button can return you to
it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www/dac/tech/search.html">Searching
tips</a></font></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>

 

 

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