We are gathering requirements for the initial release of DNN FIND, a DotNetNuke search module. There are 2 pieces to this project, the crawler/spider and the fulltext indexing based search module. Currently the crawler/spider is a standalone multi-threaded VB.Net application that we are considering embedding inside of a DotNetNuke module and scheduled service (Host > Schedule). However for large sites, it may be critical for performance to crawl from a seperate server. Also, full text indexing is not included in SQL Server 2005 Express. To get an idea about the website environment of users in the community, we are running a survey to gather requirements for the initial release.
We are considering the following options:
- DNN FIND Lite Version: a free DotNetNuke module that utilizes web services to query for results and limited to 250 pages indexed.
- DNN FIND Standard Version: a DotNetNuke Module that untilizes web services to query for results and limited to 1000 pages indexed.
- DNN FIND Pro Version: a DotNetNuke Module that utilizes a scheduled crawler/spider embedded in DotNetNuke to use collected data for local full text indexing and search. Limited to 5000 pages.
- DNN FIND Enterprise Version: A crawler/spider standalone application and a DNN module for querying the fulltext index for the largest of websites. Unlimited pages.
To see an example of our "global search" in development, based on full text indexing, please see the DNN FIND website and/or Find News. Find News now has almost 900,000 articles/pages it its full text index.
So, if you are interested in a DotNetNuke search module for your site, please answer the web environment questions we have in the following: Release Requirements Survey.
If you are interested in beta testing, please let us know by completing the form on the Spider page.