Make your own search engine. Create Your Spreadsheet

| "Full Version" Install | Non Functional Examples

Create Your Spreadsheet/Database

 The following file was installed in the new directory on your PC from Disk #1 websearch.cgi.txt  Full Version Owners--This File is named "full.cgi.txt"  This is a spreadsheet file that may be opened with Excel, Lotus, or Works. For your first spreadsheet/database we recommend using this same  spreadsheet and just adding your own content to the columns. When finished, simply save the file as  "websearch.cgi.txt" in text tab-delimited format.

Uploading Your New Database Follow the next steps to easily add your new data to your search engine.

1. Establish your Internet Connection.
2. Start your FTP program, connect to your server, and open your cgi-bin directory.
3. Upload your new spreadsheet file, "websearch.cgi.txt", into your cgi-bin directory.
(You no longer have to do CHMOD commands as the base files already have the permissions.)

Go back to form.html on your PC's new directory with your browser and search your new data.

Creating a Custom Header on The "Results" Page
Check out the following code carefully.

 1. This code, head.txt was installed in your PC's new directory. Open this file with a text editor program.  2. You may add any images to your header section but they MUST have FULL paths given. (Check out the example below)  3. You may add a background image, banner ads, color the text,  color the background, anything that can be done in HTML is possible on the top section of your "results page".  4. Unfortunately, the only way to see the results is to install the file in your cgi-bin directory and try your search engine.  5. Commercial HTML editors will NOT work to create this page. You have to do the editing with a text editor.  6. When finished adding your images and text to the file save as websearch.cgi.head.txt.

What the websearch.cgi.head.txt file looks like
Pay close attention to the "Do not add" lines.

  <!--- Do not add anything ABOVE this line.--->  <!--- Images MUST use full path name as shown below----------------------> <body background="http://www.web-search.com/clouds.jpg" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <center> <font size="+3" color="red"><B>Your Title!</B></font> </center> <P> <center> <A HREF="http://www.web-search.com/websoft.html"> <IMG SRC="http://www.web-search.com/websearc.gif" alt="[Web Search]" border=0</A> <P> <font size="+2" color="red"><B>(Your Images)</B></font> </center>  <!--- Do not add anything BELOW this line.---> <center>

Uploading Your New "Header File" Follow the next steps to easily add your "Custom Look" to your search engine.

1. Establish your Internet Connection.
2. Start your FTP program, connect to your server, and open your cgi-bin directory.
3. Upload your new header file, "websearch.cgi.head.txt", into your cgi-bin directory.
(You no longer have to do CHMOD commands as the base files already have the permissions.)

Go back to form.html on your PC's new directory with your browser, type in a keyword and watch your "New Look" come to life!

Many more options are provided in the Web Search User Files