FP: Determining if Index Server or FrontPage is Performing Search (188821)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh 1.0
This article was previously published under Q188821

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205618.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194262.

SUMMARY

When you publish a Web containing a WebBot Search component to a Web server hosting Microsoft Index Server, the code for the component is replaced with Index Server code.

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FrontPage uses a WebBot Search component that calls the search engine of the FrontPage Server Extensions. However, if you publish your Web to a Microsoft Internet Information Server on which Microsoft Index Server is installed, the Index Server replaces the functionality delivered by the WebBot Search component. Because the default configuration for Index Server is different from the FrontPage search functionality, you may experience unexpected behavior. If you know that Index Server is performing your searches, contact your Web Presence Provider for assistance in configuring Index Server.

You can determine whether Index Server or FrontPage is performing your searches. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Start your Web browser.
  2. Open the Web site you want to check.
  3. View the HTML source code and look for the following line of code 
    b-useindexserver="x"
    where x equals a 1 or 0. If x equals 0, FrontPage is performing the search; if x equals 1, Index Server is performing the search.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/5/2003
Keywords:kbinfo KB188821
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