[Zope] Make site searchable

[raver@box.dust.za.net]

On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 09:18:12AM -0800, Amos Latteier wrote:
> At 10:52 AM 3/22/99 +0100, Raver wrote:
> 
> >I'm working on an intranet site (using Zope). Now I need to make the site
> >searchable. Tried using htdig, but without luck (should it work with
> zopesites?).
> 
> Unless you do something tricky, I doubt you will be able to get normal
> search engines to work with a Zope site, since I belive that most search
> engines want to read HTML files from the filesystem for indexing.
> 
> >Now I wonder - is there a builtin feature in zope that can fix my problem, or
> >are there other programs like htdig that works with zope?
> 
> Right now there is a simple Find mechanism, but it isn't really a robust
> search facility. In addition, Zope now includes low-level Python packages
> for indexing. So the basic tools are there, but there isn't an easy to use,
> out of the box search engine in Zope.
> 
> We're working on a much better solution to this problem. We're calling it
> Zope Cataloging, and it is currently built with ZTables. I believe that
> like ZTables, Zope Cataloging will eventually be free, and become a core
> part of Zope. Unfortunately, I do not have a timeline. Sorry. :-(
> 
> -Amos
> 

Sounds promising - hurry up will ya! :)
> 

Sture