How to set up a StarSearch Results page

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Select the StarSearch component and drag out an area on the page that you wish the results to occupy.

The width of the component will determine the width of the results and where the search will wrap its contents. The component height is of little consequence, as the actual height will depend upon the number of matches for the query.

Make sure there is plenty of room below the component for a long list of results!

Configure the StarSearch Palette
Initially, the StarSearch property palette will have two options:

SiteSearch? - Yes/No
Set this option to "Yes" if you'd like the current Fusion site to be included in the search. Set to "Yes", StarSearch will automatically sift through your published site and add it to the searchable index.

WebSearch? - Yes/No
Set this option to "Yes" if you'd like to include in your search, external pages that have already been published on the internet. Note: This option will require that you be connected to the internet at the time of publish.

• WebSearch Type File/Palette
  Select whether you'd like to specify the external web pages via a text file or palette. If you select File, an additional field, File Name, will appear--use this field to select the text file. The proper format for the text file is as follows:
  
  If you select to use the Palette option, specify the number of external pages that'll be included in the search using the External Links field and enter the URLs into the palette. For both the File and Palette options, be sure to specify page names EXACTLY (i.e. "http://yourdomain.com/index.html" instead of "http://yourdomain.com").

The remaining options determine how the search results will be returned.

Example Search Result

Description - Yes/No
Determines whether or not the search results will be displayed with a description field. The description will be the value of the Meta Description tag, or if there is no Meta Description tag it will be the first 300 text characters of the page.

Num of Chars Description
Specify how many characters will be shown for the description results.

Description Text
Specify description heading text.

Keywords - Yes/No
Specify whether or not you want the page keywords to be returned with the results.

Keywords Description
Specify keywords heading text.

Num of Chars Keywords
Specify how many characters will be shown for the keyword results.

URL - Yes/No
Every query match will provide the user with a link to the actual page. Optionally, this feature allows you to display the URL as well to the user.

Link URL
(only available when the URL option is set to "Yes") Specify whether or not you'd like the result URL to be hyperlinked.

Found Text Style None/Bold/Italic/Strong/Emphasis
Set the appearance of the keyword as it is found in the title, description, and/or keywords.

Found Text Color
Use Fusion's color picker to set color of the keyword as it is found in the title, description, and/or keywords.

Not Found
Specify the page that the user will be redirected to if the search returns no results.

Attention MetaTagger users!
When using MetaTagger and StarSearch on the same site, MetaTagger will be controlled through StarSearch's palette using the Add MetaTags? option.

Tips from component jedi Peter Sklar:

Q: Can StarSearch be told to ignore certain pages?

A: Yes! StarSearch will exclude all pages in your site that have the text: #site search ignore#. For best results enclose #site search ignore# in a comment tag:

<!--#site search ignore#-->

and place it between the head tags of the page.

Q: Does StarSearch display Meta Description information in results?

A: Yes! If you place inside the Head HTML with the Meta Description tag, this description will show up on the search results page.

Be sure to see our StarSearch Component Spotlight for more helpful tips and info!