New search package for umbraco that searches Content and Media items
Today I released my UmbSearch2 package. You can download this package from http://umbsearch2.codeplex.com.The source code is there available as well.
UmbSearch2 is the successor of the well-known umbSearch package that was available for Umbraco v3. However this version is for Umbraco v4! It uses the Lucene search engine to find DOCUMENTS AND MEDIA items that satisfy a search query. Currently it handles only *.txt and *.pdf. I am working on a MS Word parser. Any help on the MS Word parser is welcome! A search action can be performed with multiple search items. You can also use wildcards like ' * ' and ' ? '. The list with search results will highlight the search items you have been looking for.
I can understand you're probably excited you have released your search package, but that doesn't mean you should digg-up old threads just to spam it around. People will definatly find it when they need it and you will get the attention you deserve if it proves itself, no need to rush it.
Well, this was definitely a possitive reply! After searching for days in all those old threads I decided to make something myself. This is not a matter of boasting but rather some kindness to people who are in the same situation as I was a couple of days ago.
Well, this was definitely a possitive reply! After searching for days in all those old threads I decided to make something myself. This is not a matter of boasting but rather some kindness to people who are in the same situation as I was a couple of days ago.
If you can't take critisism then please do not post on a forum. I do not see what's wrong with stating the obvious. There's no need to post the same message on the same forum over and over. I thought I was being supportive in my reply with responding in the way like I did, while I could have just called you a n00b spammer.
I was indeed planning to check out your package (like I responded in one of your spam replies) and give some constructive feedback. But since you obviously can't handle feedback (and require help from your friends from your city) you can forget about that now.
And if it was at all possible I would've just sent you a PM instead of making it a reply. Again, there was no harm intended, I was just giving feedback.
This morning I uploaded UmbSearch2 v1.1 to codeplex. Thanks to some very helpfull input from Ismail Mayat and Tim Saunders I decided to use IFilters instead of PDFBox. The UmbSearch2 package decreased in size immediately from 8MB to 57kb! The only catch is that you need to have the right Ifilters installed on your webserver, but most servers do already have these.
I have installed umbSearch2 and testing it currently. I get an error if only a wildcard character is used in search and after that error i have to recycle application pool or do iisreset, delete the UmbSearch2IndexDontDelete folder, reindex the site and it starts working, but it still can't search pdf's so i have to click save on each pdf in the media section after which i get pdf's in search, can anyone help me on this problem?
I also had the pdf indexing problem initially when i first installed the package, it did not index my previous pdf files in the media section, so i have to delete and upload new pdf files after which it started showing pdf search.
I have installed the new version of umbsearch2 1.3.1 today, have been testing it, this version seems better and less bugs but there are still 2 issues:
1. Getting errror when deleting a media file as before. it still shows the same error of file being used by another process.
2. I have created a custom Media type 'Publications' which is similar to 'File' type but has some extra properties for my xslt macro. I have created a Media node of type 'Publications' and uploaded some pdf files below it. When i installed umbsearch2 and indexed the site, it is not indexing the pdf files below 'Publications' folder(but it indexes pdf files below a standard media type node), it only indexes those pdfs after i click save on each of them, can this issue be resolved?
I would also like to have a control over the no of characters shown in search result preview.
New search package for umbraco that searches Content and Media items
Today I released my UmbSearch2 package. You can download this package from http://umbsearch2.codeplex.com.The source code is there available as well.
UmbSearch2 is the successor of the well-known umbSearch package that was available for Umbraco v3. However this version is for Umbraco v4! It uses the Lucene search engine to find DOCUMENTS AND MEDIA items that satisfy a search query. Currently it handles only *.txt and *.pdf. I am working on a MS Word parser. Any help on the MS Word parser is welcome!
A search action can be performed with multiple search items. You can also use wildcards like ' * ' and ' ? '. The list with search results will highlight the search items you have been looking for.
I hope it will suit your needs!
Hans
I can understand you're probably excited you have released your search package, but that doesn't mean you should digg-up old threads just to spam it around. People will definatly find it when they need it and you will get the attention you deserve if it proves itself, no need to rush it.
That said, you have the link wrong in all your posts (there's a dot at the end): http://umbsearch2.codeplex.com
I will check it out pretty soon and will provide some better feedback then.
Well, this was definitely a possitive reply! After searching for days in all those old threads I decided to make something myself. This is not a matter of boasting but rather some kindness to people who are in the same situation as I was a couple of days ago.
Well, this was definitely a possitive reply! After searching for days in all those old threads I decided to make something myself. This is not a matter of boasting but rather some kindness to people who are in the same situation as I was a couple of days ago.
@SaphuA people are looking for a solution for their problem (umbSearch and v4) and Hans gave it to them. There is nothing wrong with that, I suppose.
If you can't take critisism then please do not post on a forum. I do not see what's wrong with stating the obvious. There's no need to post the same message on the same forum over and over. I thought I was being supportive in my reply with responding in the way like I did, while I could have just called you a n00b spammer.
I was indeed planning to check out your package (like I responded in one of your spam replies) and give some constructive feedback. But since you obviously can't handle feedback (and require help from your friends from your city) you can forget about that now.
And if it was at all possible I would've just sent you a PM instead of making it a reply. Again, there was no harm intended, I was just giving feedback.
Hello everybody,
This morning I uploaded UmbSearch2 v1.1 to codeplex. Thanks to some very helpfull input from Ismail Mayat and Tim Saunders I decided to use IFilters instead of PDFBox. The UmbSearch2 package decreased in size immediately from 8MB to 57kb! The only catch is that you need to have the right Ifilters installed on your webserver, but most servers do already have these.
Download: umbsearch2.codeplex.com
New features:
- document nodes will be added to the search index on publishing and removed from the index when you unpublish a page.
- you can hide document nodes from indexing by using the property-alias 'umbracoSearchHide'
- You can easily determine the document properties that should be searched.
- It's also possible to determine the parent document from where UmbSearch2 has to start searching.
Well, enjoy it!
Hi all,
I just uploaded v1.2 of UmbSearch. You can download this package from umbsearch2.codeplex.com.
Bug fixes:
- reindexing bug is fixed. Sometimes UmbSearch2 got into an infinite loop. Was very anoying :-(
New features:
- paging of result set
- globalization through resource files.
Just try it out and have fun!
I have installed umbSearch2 and testing it currently. I get an error if only a wildcard character is used in search and after that error i have to recycle application pool or do iisreset, delete the UmbSearch2IndexDontDelete folder, reindex the site and it starts working, but it still can't search pdf's so i have to click save on each pdf in the media section after which i get pdf's in search, can anyone help me on this problem?
I also had the pdf indexing problem initially when i first installed the package, it did not index my previous pdf files in the media section, so i have to delete and upload new pdf files after which it started showing pdf search.
DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN IN IT'S CURRENT STATE
Bug found in project, can cause deletion of the /umbraco folder !
our.umbraco.org/.../4296-Very-scary-problem-when-deleting-empty-Media-node
This bug is fixed in v1.3
I have installed the new version of umbsearch2 1.3.1 today, have been testing it, this version seems better and less bugs but there are still 2 issues:
1. Getting errror when deleting a media file as before. it still shows the same error of file being used by another process.
2. I have created a custom Media type 'Publications' which is similar to 'File' type but has some extra properties for my xslt macro. I have created a Media node of type 'Publications' and uploaded some pdf files below it. When i installed umbsearch2 and indexed the site, it is not indexing the pdf files below 'Publications' folder(but it indexes pdf files below a standard media type node), it only indexes those pdfs after i click save on each of them, can this issue be resolved?
I would also like to have a control over the no of characters shown in search result preview.
resolved. see http://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbsearch2/feeback/4977-UmbSearch2-Version-13-released
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