What's New with the NetWare Web Search Server
Since it's release in NetWare® 5.1, NetWare Web Search Server has been significantly enhanced with new features and improved usability.
Most significant is the ability to host multiple virtual search servers on your server, allowing you to create revenue-generating search services or enterprise search solutions for multiple, independent organizations, departments, or companies (see Designing Your Search Solution).
Search speed, added search parameters and variables for fine-tuning searches, and embedded documentation in the administrator's interface are just a few of the enhancements and new features included in NetWare Web Search Server.
The following list highlights key new features and enhancements to NetWare Web Search Server included with NetWare 6:
- Takes advantage of NetWare 6 multi-processor (MP) capabilities
- Faster indexing and searching, including faster multiword searches and the ability to crawl several indexes simultaneously
- Support for hosting professional search services by letting you create and manage multiple virtual search servers simultaneously
- Search and print results are automatically returned in whatever language users specify in their Web browser's lanaguage preferences settings
- Support for the NetWare Cluster environment, including cluster-safe and active-passive failover
- Support for The U.S. Federal Mandate for Accessibility (Section 508) of the United States Rehabilitation Act
- More powerful and easier-to-use Web Search Manager
- Increased control over the indexing process by letting you control what is indexed, including the ability to index only portions of documents by skipping repetitive sections such as headers, footers, and navigation bars
- Improved support for the following file formats: QuattroPro*, PowerPoint*, RTF, XML, HTML, PDF, TXT, and Word*
- Support for XML, including full-text, field, and XML heirarchy searches
- Search and print templates redesigned for an enhanced look and feel
- New debugging feature that logs all errors related to information that is sent or received by a Web Search service
- Date-based sorting that searches for results according to user-specified dates
- Enhanced search functions, including the ability to search for a specific filename, path, URL, or file extension, which can be used when you know the name or path to a specific file-or used to restrict or filter your searches
- Improved search operators and query parameters for use in generating more accurate search results
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