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Site Search

CommonSpot provides out-of-the-box full-text search capabilities, allowing site administrators to:

• Create and manage one or more search collections (full-text indexes of specified subsites) 
• Create and manage one or more search forms and associated search result pages, allowing site visitors to search the entire site or designated subsections of the site
• View search analytics
• Create and manage "Featured" results

See the Site Search Overview for a general understanding of CommonSpot Site Search Features.

Note that Site Search analytics apply to searches using the CommonSpot Search and Search Results elements only. For viewing and analyzing the results of external searches for your site (e.g., from Google or Bing), see SEO Administration, Analytics and Analytics Settings.

You can get started creating targeted search results by:

1. Enabling search term tracking and setting the reporting period for tracking Search History.
2. Bind specific pages to specific keywords in Manage Featured Search Results.
3. Bind these pages to specific search results pages and enable the Featured setting in the Search Results Element to display Featured results in published pages.

The Search Results element includes options for formatting and publishing "Featured" results listings customized for your site visitors.

The Site Search menu is visible to users with Site Maintenance privileges. Managing full-text search collections requires explicit site-level Manage Collections rights. See Site - General Security.

 

Related Links

Site Search Overview

Manage Full-Text Search Collections

Search History Settings

Search Summary

Search History

Clicked Search Results

Manage Featured Results

Featured Search Result Links

Add Featured Results

Choose Search Results Page

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You can download PDF versions of the Content Contributor's, Administrator's, and Elements Reference documents from the support section of paperthin.com (requires login).

The following guides are available from the support site and are in the /docs/directory of your CommonSpot Server:

• Getting Started Guide
• Upgrade Guide
• Release Notes

You can also download these other guides from the support section of paperthin.com (with login):

• Developer's Guide
• Template Developer's Guide
• Shared Database Configuration Guide
• Replication vs Shared Database Guide 

Sites upgrading from versions earlier than release 6.0 should review the following (from the support section of paperthin.com - requires login):

• What's New in CommonSpot 6.0
• CommonSpot 6.0.0 Menu Quick Reference

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For technical support:

http://www.paperthin.com/support/

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