Thunderstone Blog: Customized Search Engine & Search Software

New search features include

Drop in search interface

It is now easier to add a search interface to a website by embedding some simple HTML code into a web page. Using Javascript and AJAX the search interface and result pages are created without needing to create several custom pages and actions on your website.

link: syntax

Search users can now use the link: syntax to find pages that link to a specific page.

Unprimer URLs

If the crawler needs to logout from a website or take another actions at the end of the crawl an unprimer URL can be specified that behaves similar to the primer URL for logging in at the start of a crawl.

Other fixes

Miscellaneous other bug fixes and enhancements to the crawl and search interfaces.

Availability

Search Appliance Version 17 is available to all Search Appliance and Parametric Search Appliance customers who have a current maintenance plan by following the menu System / System Setup / Update Software.

Webinator Version 17 is available to all Webinator customers who have a current maintenance plan by contacting Thunderstone.

For 35 years Thunderstone Software has been dedicated to providing the best search solutions possible to government, corporate, and non-profit customers, with exceptional service and devotion to finding the right solution for the customer.

For further information call +1 216-820-2200, visit www.thunderstone.com.

CLEVELAND, OH, February 1, 2016 — Improving the quality of search for intranet, public facing websites and aggregator sites -- Thunderstone Search Appliance and Webinator Version 16 is here.

New crawl features include

Additional authorization options

If you have websites that require user authentication, the latest version of the Search Appliance and Webinator include support for:

• Central Authentication Service (CAS): These form-based logins may now be crawled simply with a user name and password, without needing to create custom authentication rules.
• Negotiate Kerberos option authentication is now supported for crawls.

Simplified crawl configuration

In addition to CAS, version 16 also adds support for:

• Sitemaps allowing easier crawling of sites where URLs are not easily determined from a crawl.
• XML/XSL site support by applying stylesheets to sites that deliver content via XML and XSL instead of HTML; the searchable text is better identified.
• Proxy Auto-config (PAC) file support which makes it easier to index and crawl enterprises composed of different networks with varying proxy rules: the same config files used by browsers may now be used at crawl time.
• The Ajax crawlable URL scheme from Google is supported, allowing Ajax based dynamic sites that support it to be crawled and indexed more effectively.

Additional fixes and enhancements

In addition improvements have been made to the administrative interface as well as some file-format processing.

Availability

Search Appliance Version 16 is available to all Search Appliance and Parametric Search Appliance customers who have a current maintenance plan by following the menu System / System Setup / Update Software.

Webinator Version 16 is available to all Webinator customers who have a current maintenance plan by contacting Thunderstone.

For 34 years Thunderstone Software has been dedicated to providing the best search solutions possible to government, corporate, and non-profit customers, with exceptional service and devotion to finding the right solution for the customer.

For further information call +1 216-820-2200, visit www.thunderstone.com.

Nobody wants a bad investment. You paid good money for a service, and you don't want to be trapped by a bad decision. Thunderstone helps you unlock the information within your organization while helping you protect the investment you made in a search solution.

The Benefits of Thunderstone's Investment Protection Program

When you work with Thunderstone, you get treated fairly. There's no sudden realization that you need to upgrade to a new version to get what you really wanted. You won't feel forced to comply with unreasonable demands because you don't control a key component of your business.

No, you'll get full ownership of your Thunderstone search solution, meaning you're in charge and won't have to be afraid of being overcharged in the future.

Search Solutions That Grow With Your Organization

With Thunderstone, your company won't be penalized for success. If you are a current client, you won't be charged full price when you need to move up to an upgraded search solution. Instead, you'll only pay the difference between your current search capacity and the level of your new search solution.

Searching for the Right Solution

An investment in Thunderstone is one that allows your search solution to grow with you. Contact us online or give us a call at 216-820-2200 today to talk to one of our experts about a search solution for your organization.

February 2011 - Archive

CONTENTS

• Texis Version 6 Released
• New Product Survey
• Tech Tip: Multicolor Query Highlighting
• Subscribe/Unsubscribe and Contacts

TEXIS VERSION 6 RELEASED

The newest version of Texis, Version 6, is now in full release. New features include:

• More intuitive searches, including Unicode support and accent insensitive searches.
• Improved XML/XSLT support, including a new API for building XML based applications more easily.
• HTTP/1.1 support including gzip compression to reduce crawl times and bandwidth utilization.
• Enhanced options for showing search results, including multiple snippets and highlighting using CSS styles.
• Many more... See a full list of Version 6 features here.

Call us today at 216-820-2200 to find out how the latest version of Texis can help you.

NEW PRODUCT SURVEY

Thunderstone Software is currently working on a new web-based email product. We'd like to hear about what you might be looking for in an email solution, from search to archiving to contact management and beyond. Please take a minute to fill out our brief survey and share your thoughts. Thanks!

TECH TIP: MULTICOLOR QUERY HIGHLIGHTING

Highlighting can be done differently with 3 <fmt> flags:

• %mI - generates CSS code in an inlinestyle attribute at every hit. The highlighting will then not be depend on any external resources.
  • <fmt "%mIH" $query $text> gives:
    ... average, the <span style="background:#ffff66;color:black;font-weight:bold;">airport</span> will see ...
• %mC - places unique cssclasses on each search hit. This allows you to apply your own customization by defining the class yourself.
  • <fmt "%mCH" $query $text> gives:
    ... average, the <span class="query queryset2">airport</span> will see ...
• %mb - the previously existing method that bolds the matches is still supported.
  • <fmt "%mbH" $query $text> gives:
    ... average, the <b>airport</b> will see ...

You can also highlight the query with itself to provide a legend of the highlighting styles as the "search results for" above: <fmt "%mIH" $query $query>

Feedback, suggestions and questions are welcome. Send your email to .

CLEVELAND, OH — The leading development environment for full-text database search applications just got even better -- Texis Version 6 is here.

New features available in Texis 6 include:

• More intuitive searches, including Unicode support and accent-insensitive queries:
  This improves non-English searches; e.g. "cœur" will also match "coeur", "resume" will match "resumé".
• Improved XML/XSLT support, including a new API for building XML based applications more easily.
• HTTP/1.1 support including gzip compression to reduce crawl times and bandwidth utilization:
  Reduces load on targeted servers, and potentially allows access to more content.
• Enhanced options for showing search results, including multiple snippets and styled highlighting:
  Shows more query-relevant text in results, and allows full customization of query term presentation.
• And much more: see the full list of new features here.

For almost 30 years Thunderstone Software has been dedicated to providing the best search solutions possible to government, corporate, and non-profit customers, with exceptional service and devotion to finding the right solution for the customer.

For further information call 216-820-2200, visit www.thunderstone.com or email