I know many of you have been patiently waiting for the release of the Venexus Search Engine. We have had several beta testers try out previous release candidates, and have several new tweaks in this release.

Seamus Additions:

• Web.configless (No changes to web.config needed. Beta Testers should remove EntitySpaces web.config entries when installing this version)
• Object Qualifier support (Thank you Barry White for testing this)
• Index current tab (Seamus will index the tab it is on. You can add make Seamus invisible on the page by showing 0 items in the feed and unchecking Show Feed. Add to all pages on the site and Seamus will index and update the index when the page is updated)
• Edit Feed Display (Only show feeds selected in Edit Feeds section. By default, all are show. Selecting feeds will filter news display of only items indexed from the feeds list)

Search Additions:

• Web.configless
• Object Qualifier support
• "query" URL parameter (You can now use your existing default DNN search results page. Simply drop the module on the search results page and remove the default search results module. Utilize the DNN Search textbox in your skin with the power of Full-Text Indexing).
• Search form skin object support (see instructions)
• Form post fix (A fix was added that allows you to simply hit the enter key after adding your query, rather than forcing you to click on the button)
• Allow user selected web or site search (allow your users to select whether their search is against the current portal or for all search results in the database)
• URL Trim (Used to trim the URL display in the search results. Long URLs would stretch out the skin)
• Search Query (Saves user queries and the number of "hits" for that query. This will be used in the pro version for "Top Searches" and "Latest Searches".)

Here is some information about our DotNetNuke search engine module. You can test it on our site here. We also have the latest version loaded on our DNN search site for finding DotNetNuke related pages and sites.

As for the official release, we are waiting on FlatBurger to fix an issue with their code protection that causes the module to generate an error after activation. We have been told that this may be fixed by Friday...we will see. In the meantime, please send us your thoughts on this release candidate. If you find any bugs, please post them to our issue tracker. If you have any suggestions for new features, please post them in the issue tracker or in the support forms.

REQUIREMENTS FOR VENEXUS SEARCH ENGINE

• DotNetNuke 4.3.5 or Higher (Yes it works with the DNN 4.4 release) 
• SQL Server supporting Full-Text Indexing
• .Net full trust for EntitySpaces and Reflection usage

Now for the files....

Before installing this, you MUST read the instructions. You CANNOT just install both modules and expect it to work. You MUST configure fulltext indexing manually to get this to work. You will find instructions on performing this action in the Search Instructions and Configuration.

You can download both modules here. The file is also attached as an enclosure.

Please post your links here in a comment to show everyone how you are using the Venexus Search Engine.

UPDATED: Link to module downloads has been updated.