How to add a FrontPage search form to your page

You can add a form like this to your page very easily:  

NOTE:  This search function will ONLY search content within your FrontPage "web" -- the directory tree for your web site, such as /boone/. It will search all subdirectories within your site, but nothing outside it.  If you want to search a more restricted section, or a less restricted section, you must use the UOE search engine. 

1. Click Insert -- Component -- Search Form

2.  Change any settings desired.

3.  Click OK

A dashed line will appear on your page, containing a keyword  box and a Search button. The dashed line indicates that this is a "Form" - a special section that collects information from the user. It's important not to move the form elements (text box and button) out of this dashed line.          

When using a search feature on your page, you need to occasionally update the searchable index. This does not happen automatically.  To update the index: 

1. Switch to FOLDERS view in FrontPage 2000 

2. Click Tools -- Recalculate Hyperlinks 

This can take several minutes, depending on the volume of pages in your web.

Note 1. Adding a search form to your page can make your site more friendly and useful to visitors. However, this search functionality only extends to the content of your FrontPage Web. It will not index anything beyond the scope of your Web.

When used in a UO/E page, it should not be presented as a search of all UO/E content. If you don't have very much solid content in your site, you will only frustrate your users. In most cases it will be better to send them to the UO/E search engine. This will index your pages plus everything else associated on the outreach.missouri.edu server, muextension.missouri.edu, and several others associated with UO/E. The address for this search service is: http://search.outreach.missouri.edu 

Note 2. When users invoke the search, the results will show up right in the same page, so if you have your search function on the front page of your web site, it will add the list of results right below the search box on that main page. If you don't like this, consider putting your search function on a separate page. This way you can also provide the option of searching ALL of University Outreach and Extension, or Search the whole Web via Google or Yahoo, etc.                                                                             

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		Kate Akers  akersk@missouri.edu Last revised: 12/12/06