Before you begin customizing NetWare Web Search, you might want to first understand how Web Search works. Understanding this will help you determine what to customize and help you understand the role of templates, variables, and parameters in Web Search.
How NetWare Web Search Handles a Search String shows how a user's search string is handled and how results are generated and displayed.
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How NetWare Web Search Handles a Search String
In this diagram, the user enters a search string such as "NetWare" ( 1). The search string is then searched for in the index file (2). If the search string is located, the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are passed on to the search results template (3) and displayed to the user (4).