This manual describes how to use Information Server to set up your Web site so visitors can search it and other sites you have indexed.
Content Overview
This manual consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 2: Using the Quick Start - This chapter describes how to search-enable your site using the Information Server Quick Start.
Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Server - This chapter describes stopping and starting Information Server and setting various server settings.
Chapter 4: Indexing Web Sites - This chapter describes how to index your Web site so it can be searched.
Chapter 5: Managing the Collection - This chapter describes how to manage the various collections that are available for searching on your server.
Chapter 6: Using the Forms Wizard - This chapter describes how to use the Forms Wizard to select a theme for search forms, results lists, and document viewing templates.
Chapter 7: Managing Multiple Servers - This chapter describes how you can set up and maintain multiple server instances.
Chapter 8: Writing Queries - This chapter provides a general overview of queries.
Chapter 9: Verity Query Language - This chapter describes how to use the command line spider to index web sites and file systems, provided you have the appropriate license.
Chapter 10: Search Forms and Templates - This chapter describes samples search forms and templates, and ways you can customize them.
Chapter 11: Server Administration Features - This chapter covers server administration features, like logging, error templates, dynamic highlighting, security.
Chapter 12: Verity Collections - This chapter provides basic information about the function are architecture of Verity collections.
Chapter 13: Verity Document Filters - This chapter describes the Verity documents filters which support indexing and viewing documents in numerous formats.
Chapter 14: Verity Locales - This chapter describes the numerous predefined Verity locales which you can use to localize your Information Server application.
Appendix A: Information Server Configuration Settings - This chapter describes the configuration settings used in Information Server.
Appendix B: Localization Configuration - This appendix describes how to configure Information Server for local languages.
Appendix C: Date Formats - This appendix describes the Verity Import and Export date formats.
Appendix D: Reference to Map Files - This appendix describes how to create map files that are used to map collections and knowledge bases to Information Server.
Appendix E: Web Server Configuration - This appendix describes changes made to your server's configuration files.
Appendix F: Information Server Error Messages - This appendix lists Information Server error messages with descriptions.
Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in this guide.