From: "Pete Prodoehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've seen sites where I could read a word on a page, input it into the > 'site search' box, and get no results.
Some search/indexing tools exclude common and site-defined words. I used a really nice local indexing tool called WebGlimpse[1] and it had this ability (as well as fuzzy word matches). > While you say that there is no useful information in headers/footers, > that may be by your definition and decision of what goes in a header and > footer. This can vary from person to person. A good indexer would add weight to words that appear in headers/footers which also appear in title, meta keyword/description, headings, and expository content (paragraphs, list items, data terms and definitions). Conversely, reduce weight for words appearing in headers/footers (or any part of the document) that doesn't appear in outline/structural elements. What I really hate is all words presented to me without any weighting of relevance to the topic of the page (determined from its structual elements). If it were me, I would index the entire site and work on the relevancy algorithem. For example, perhaps the footer should be enclosed in a <div class=footer> and the indexer programmed to omit such classes of divisions. FWIW: I don't think Tim's attempt to get more flexible/enabling features will go very far. I can't even get an attribute indicating that linefeeds only for the readbility of <tmpl> tags not remain when the tags are removed by h::t. It's like a festering wound for me. :) [1] http://webglimpse.net/ Mark ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Html-template-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/html-template-users
