[Zope-PTK] Re: [Zope] Searching a LocalFS through Zope

[Jonothan Farr]

Check out LocalFS v0.9.6. Now with ZCatalog support!
--jfarr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "neeloy_saha" <neeloy_saha@infy.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>; <zope-ptk@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:12 AM
Subject: [Zope] Searching a LocalFS through Zope


> Hi all,
> 
> Well I had sent this earlier but i want to resend this again!! I have not
> yet received a reply back. 
> 
> Can anyone suggest me a way out ???
> 
> I have lots of old html/ documents that I want to publish through my zope
> portal. To ensure that I do not tweak html files I have used the LocalFS
> product, also I do not want to **load the data.fs**. Now. I am running into
> search problems. How do i do a search the filesystem file? and also ensure
> that the search results come from both the filesystem files and the portal
> zcatalog.??
> 
> I guess there are two ways ??
> ** attach a search engine to index on the filesystem files and let zcatalog
> take care of the rest.
> ** or make all those html files zcatalog aware.But then u cant look inside
> pdf/latex/word docs or do u??.
> 
> I guess I would prefer the first one !! gut feel probably that would require
> less effort and I can support different file formats . Has anyone used a
> FREE external search engine ith zope before.If so which one is it ???
> 
> -neeloy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido@python.org] 
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:53 PM
> To: neeloy_saha
> Cc: 'pythoneers@beopen.com'; 'info@beopen.com';
> 'webmaster@pythonlabs.com'
> Subject: Re: Migrating website to zope.....
> 
> 
> Strange though it seems, we are *not* Zope experts (yet).  We used an
> external volunteer to set up our site.  I recommend that you post your
> question to one of the Zope mailing lists -- see www.zope.org for
> pointers.
> 
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> 
> > Subject: Migrating website to zope.....
> > From: neeloy_saha <neeloy_saha@infy.com>
> > To: "'pythoneers@beopen.com'" <pythoneers@beopen.com>
> > Cc: "'info@beopen.com'" <info@beopen.com>,
> >     "'webmaster@pythonlabs.com'"
> >     <webmaster@pythonlabs.com>
> > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:00:43 +0530
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Sorry if u receive this mail multiple times.....I need help desperately.
> > 
> > I am working in a migration project where I am trying to reenginer my
> > website from the html/cgi based thing to zope.[something like urs
> > http://www.pythonlabs.com/news/08-22-2000-0001.html  ] I have lots of
> legacy
> > static html documents which I want to use "as it is". So I have taken help
> > of the LocalFS (http://www.zope.org/Members/jfarr/Products/LocalFS) and
> used
> > it to serve the html documents.
> > 
> > Now I am facing a tricky issue of how to do a search on those files (
> html
> > )as i do not find any patch which makes them a part of the Zcatalog. I am
> > using the Zcatalog to do the search on other contents of my site. 
> > 
> > I guess u might have faced the same issue and implemented the search. I
> > desperately need help on this issue. any pointers/code/patches/contact
> > person /how u went abt it!! would be welcome.
> > 
> > Thx in advance.
> > 
> > -neeloy
> >  India
> 
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