DotNetNuke Search Engine...I noticed that there is now a page on the DotNetNuke site for the core DNN Search Project. I have not had a chance to explore much of the forum they provide on the page, but most of what I see are questions about how to use the module, instead of nitty gritty application details. I hope to find more details about any changes that took place between the previous version and DNN 4 and post them here for reference.
In the meatime, I am still working on the DotNetNuke Spider and Fulltext Search module. Unfortunately, several other projects have forced this on the back burner, but I try to squeeze in a line or two of code every night...
The DNN Spider will have the following features:
- Multi-threaded crawling
- Parsing ability
My biggest issue with other crawlers I have played with is their speed for larger websites or crawling patterns. I hope to provide a solution that alleviates any performance issues by utlizing a central database for queue processing. I'll keep you posted as it progresses...
The DNN FIND Module will have the following features:
- Portal specific search
- Global search via web services
- Fulltext Indexing of DNN Spider results
- Noise word filtering
- Supports "+" searches
- Supports "-" searches
- Double quoted phrases
- LSI keyword augmented results
- User interactive ranking algorithm
An example of the fulltext search module can be found at DNN FIND. Please note that this module is still in development and that not all features are available in this example.
Stay tuned for more...