DOCUMENT:Q183731 31-DEC-1999 [iis] TITLE :How to Index and Create a Catalog for a New Web Site PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER:WINNT:2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Index Server version 2.0 - Indexing Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= When you create a new Web site, the site is not automatically marked as indexed when you create a catalog for it. MORE INFORMATION ================ To correctly index a new Web site, follow these steps: For Index Server 2.0 1. Make sure that the Web site has been created in the Internet Information Server snap-in. 2. In the Index Server snap-in, create a new catalog. After the catalog has been created, view the properties for it. On the Web tab, select the Web site that you want to index, and click OK. 3. Go back to the Internet Information Server snap-in, and select Properties on the Web site you are indexing. 4. On the Home Directory tab, select the Index This Directory check box, and click OK. 5. Stop the Index server, and then restart it. The new catalog should come online and begin indexing the new Web site. For Windows 2000 Indexing Service 1. Make sure that the Web site has been created in the Internet Information Server snap-in. 2. In the Index Server snap-in, create a new catalog. After the catalog has been created, view the properties for it. On the Tracking tab, select the Web site that you want to index from the WWW Server pull-down menu, and then click OK. 3. Go back to the Internet Information Server snap-in, and select Properties on the Web site you are indexing. 4. On the Home Directory tab, select the Index This Resource check box, and click OK. 5. Stop the Index Service, and then restart it. The new catalog should come online and begin indexing the new Web site. In Windows 2000, Indexing Service does not need to be restarted. Stopping and restarting the catalog is enough. ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbIdxServSearch kbAudDeveloper kbIdxServ100 kbIdxServ200 Version : WINNT:2.0 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.