Thanks Russ, I will check it out. Our client will likely want a solution without ads, but it looks like the paid version is pretty reasonable, with plans starting at $100.00/year for up to 10,000 queries.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > I would give the Google custom search engine a look though, you can > fully customise it and integrate into your site, most people just do > it the lazy way and link out to an external link, which is messy. > > see www.cfsearch for an example, this took me no time at all. > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> wrote: > > > > That's a very good point Russ, thanks. > > I will pitch this as a possibility. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > wrote: > > > >> > >> oh and you can use SOLR with PHP as well you know, is it not a CF only > >> solution. > >> > >> http://php.net/manual/en/book.solr.php > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > wrote: > >> > What about the Google custom search ? > >> > > >> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Collections aren't an option because as it stands right now the site > >> isn't a > >> >> CF site, it's PHP. > >> >> I know I probably shouldn't be posting this in CF-Talk, but this is > >> hands > >> >> down the greatest collection of minds I know of, so I'm hoping to get > >> some > >> >> insight here. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Rick Faircloth < > >> r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> I've never actually implemented a site search, so I'm curious > >> >>> about this one, too. > >> >>> > >> >>> Michael... why are collections not a possibility? > >> >>> > >> >>> And, I've always used MySQL (and love it :o). Is that what > >> >>> the Google free search utilizes? > >> >>> > >> >>> Rick > >> >>> > >> >>> -----Original Message----- > >> >>> From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > >> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:04 AM > >> >>> To: cf-talk > >> >>> Subject: (ot) Best Site Search Solution > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> We have a client with over 300 pages of content that wants a site > >> search. > >> >>> They formerly had the free Google solution and didn't like it. All > the > >> >>> content is stored in a mySQL (yuck) db across three tables. So my > >> question > >> >>> is: What do people think is the best route to take to offer search > >> >>> capabilities? Collections aren't a possibility so it either needs to > be > >> a > >> >>> db > >> >>> specific solution or a third party indexing solution. > >> >>> > >> >>> I'd love to hear your thoughts. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347322 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
