Defining a File System Index, Advanced Page

Using the Advanced Editing page, you can add some additional fine-tuning to a file system index. Changes made on the Advanced pages override default index and site settings, allowing you to uniquely handle the settings of your new index.

General Information

Index Name

Enter a unique name, such as Sales or Marketing. If you are going to create a larger number of indexes, you might consider using a numbering system, such as 001, 002, 003, etc.

Index Description

This optional field lets you more clearly identify an index by adding a description. This can be helpful when you have many indexes in a single search site.

Location of Index Files

One of the advantages of using this Advanced Editing page is that you can override the default location for storing indexes in this search site. For example, if you know that a particular index is going to be considerably large, you might want to store it on an alternate volume.

Encoding (If Not in META Tags)

The primary purpose of specifying an encoding is to assist Web browsers in correctly interpreting a particular encoding. Many Web designers will include the correct encoding in an HTML Meta Tag so that Web browsers requesting their page will know how to interpret the characters on the page. But many Web designers do not include the Meta Tag. This features lets you specify a default encoding for all of the pages you index.

For example, if you create a search service for Web sites hosting predominately Japanese content, you would want to set this to a Japanese encoding, such as SHIFT_JIS or ISO-2022-JP. That way, when customers perform a search and their browsers request a particular page, Web Search will display the content in the user's browser using the Japanese encoding.

Maximum File Size to Index (Bytes)

Sometimes Web Search encounters very large files, such as a video files or even large PDF files. To control the indexing process so that Web Search doesn't get caught indexing a large file that could tie it up for an extended period of time, you can direct Web Search to not index files larger than the size you specify.

Path Information

Server Path

You must enter the full path to the folder that you want indexed. For example:

SYS:\MYSERVER\MARKETING\DOCS

HINT: The Remove Path button simply clears the Server Path and Corresponding URL Prefix fields.

Corresponding URL Prefix

You must enter a complete URL, either an absolute or relative path from the root of the Web server. This is the URL you would enter in your browser to view a document in that directory. For example:

HTTP://WWW.DIGITALAIRLINES.COM/MARKETING

Subdirectories to Exclude

Enter relative paths to the subdirectories containing information you do not want included in your index in the Subdirectories to Exclude text box. Separate each additional extension with a single space or a hard return.

Extensions to Include or Exclude

If you want only specific file types (such as HTML, text files, or PDF documents) while indexing Web sites, select Include. You do not want specific file types, select Exclude.

For example, if you don't want PDF documents to be indexed, you would select Exclude and then specify the extension "PDF" in the Extensions To text box.

When entering two or more extensions, separate them with a single space or a hard return.