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"Searchable Databases????"

or summat like that??

I would like to know how to make a website searchable so I could put a search box on it....or even better, a members page or something like that.

But the Search thing is more important. Because I would like to know so I can put it on...in say a month. As I will soon have lots more things on my website.

So is it something to do with sorting them into folders or on Excel???

Can someone please help me out??

Tyla wrote:
>CSJS is the single most popular language on the Internet, >used in more than 3.5 million web pages.

Except of course HTML, which is used on every single page! ;)

cjh wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote: Hmm.. never heard of server-side JS. You sure you're not
> abbreviating JSP?

There is a Server Side JavaScript, not that I know anything
> about it, I just know it exists.

Dear TN you surprise me!!

Client Side: Action performed on End Users hardware
Server Side: Action performed on Server


Client-Side JavaScript
You probably already know client-side Javascript (CSJS), which means you also know core JavaScript. CSJS is the single most popular language on the Internet, used in more than 3.5 million web pages.

CSJS is composed of core JavaScript and many additional objects, such as the following:

document
form
frame
window
The objects in CSJS enable you to manipulate HTML documents (checking form fields, submitting forms, creating dynamic pages, and such) and the browser itself (directing the browser to load other HTML pages, display messages, and so on).


Server-Side JavaScript
Server-side JavaScript is composed of core JavaScript and additional objects and functions for accessing databases and file systems, sending e-mail, and so on. SSJS enables developers to quickly and easily create database-driven web applications by leveraging their existing knowledge of JavaScript. It's used to create and/or customize server-based applications by scripting the interaction between objects. The entire SSJS object model for the Netscape Enterprise Server is detailed in the View Source article "Server-Side JavaScript Object Roadmap and Compatibility Guide."

SSJS is included with the Netscape Enterprise Server and is ideal for creating web applications that can be run on any platform, on any browser, and in any language. Why create something in Visual Basic or PowerBuilder that can be run on only one platform, when you can create a web application with SSJS that can be run on any existing platform (such as UNIX, Mac, and Windows) and even future platforms (like BEOS)?

For more info on this:
http://developer.netscape.com/viewsource/
husted_js/husted_js.html


You get server side html too (shtml) plus SSI's (Server Side Includes)

The same with CSS... you can set it dependent on Server or Platform or End User...

I hope I have enlightened you TN!

Turbonutter wrote: Hmm.. never heard of server-side JS. You sure you're not abbreviating JSP?

There is a Server Side JavaScript, not that I know anything about it, I just know it exists.

Urgh..

Can you imagine having a list of all the pages on a site with keywords in the source of /every page/? I assume this is what the javascript solution is referring to.. that wouldn't scale.

Just utilize google.

http://www.google.com/services/free.html

Voila :D

Hmm.. never heard of server-side JS. You sure you're not abbreviating JSP?

going back to ZP's original question though...

for a simple site search, isn't clientside JS is the best option? Specially if you're hosted at Freeola and are limited personal web server/IIS -wise.

Obviously ASP etc is the best solution, but a quick n dirty solution for a site that is only made up of a few pages, that isn't going to get thousands of hits a day, an array search is a nice simple way to do it.

Does the job on my personal site anyway. ;)

funkygamer wrote:
> You can also have client side ASP, but it is slow as a dog, I wouldn't recommend it.

Until .NET arrives!!:)

Turbonutter wrote:
> WOW! ME AND TYLA AGREEING? Surely not...

Further more, I agree with all of
> you. Doing a client-side JS search (that can't possibly be server-side,
> funkygamer) is probably a stupid idea.

I refer you to Tylas' answer... You can also have client side ASP, but it is slow as a dog, I wouldn't recommend it.

Turbonutter wrote:
> WOW! ME AND TYLA AGREEING? Surely not...

Nope... your right... I mentioned that wonderful accronim PHP!!


>Further more, I agree with all of you. Doing a client-side JS search (that can't possibly ?>be server-side, funkygamer) is probably a stupid idea.

Why can it not be server side? We write a lot of Server Side JS here including the occassional "Site Text" search?

WOW! ME AND TYLA AGREEING? Surely not...

Further more, I agree with all of you. Doing a client-side JS search (that can't possibly be server-side, funkygamer) is probably a stupid idea.