The WebCom Glimpse Indexing Facility

This page is part of the Web Communications online user guide. It is the top level entry point for information about how to use the WebCom glimpse indexing facility to create searchable full-text and/or keyword indexes for your WebCom World Wide Web site.

• Questions and Answers.
• References.

• What is an index?
• What is a glimpse index?
• How can I use glimpse indexing for my web pages?
• What are the steps to creating a searchable glimpse index?
• How can I provide for searches among different subsets of my web pages?
• How can I create a searchable keyword (or other specialized) index?
• How can I control which files are included in an index?
• How can I customize the format of the search result page?
• What is the function of each of the .glimpse_ files created in my directory when I build an index? Can I delete any of them?
• How can I update an existing index to reflect changes to my web site?

• Creating a glimpse index.
• Creating your search request form.
• The Search Parameters.
• Additional search types.
• Using the Form Processor with Glimpse.
• Note to Macintosh Users.