Are two separate instances possible?

[Adendum]

Maybe a silly question, but here goes:-

I'm using NetObjects Fusion10 to develop and have a client site that requires TWO search engines...One for a member only secure section of the site and another for the rest of the site that is public.

Is this possible? Any ideas how?

Paul

[wrensoft]

Yes, this should be easy to do. Just create two sets of index files in different sub-folders on the server. To do this you'll probably want to create 2 configuration files in Zoom.

[Ray]

Just to add that - you can control what each of the two configuration files will index by way of having different start directories/URL and different "skip pages" on the "Skip Options" tab of the Configuration window.

[Adendum]

Ray, Wrensoft,

Apols for not responding sooner...had a prolonged honeymoon :)

OK, I think I figured this bit out but I do have the added complication that the site is built using NetObjects Fusion 10. And Zoom and Fusion don't make easy partners. :(

The site is currently working perfectly and (personally) I think the search facility is great but as there is a members only area and they don't want the summaries of the member files showing up on the public side. I could simply limit the search to exclude the 'archive' folder but that then means the members have no way of searching over a 1000 PDF files. So I need two searches - public and members.

Anyone tried this in Fusion?

Paul

[wrensoft]

To create 2 search instances, you need 2 Zoom configuration files, each set to index a different set of files (but some overlap is OK). You also need two sub-folders on the server into which you place the 2 sets of index files. This process should be largely independent of what HTML editor you use.