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by captquirk
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Always problems with with accented characters
Replies: 5
Views: 325

Re: Always problems with with accented characters

Having it work by exporting as 8859-1 sounds rather weird, BUT --- If the import is also iso-8859-1 (and you are unable to change it), then it does make sense in a weird way. Exporting utf8 is the correct way, but if the import is iso8859-1, there WILL be corruption. Exporting as iso8859-1 of a utf8...
by captquirk
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Always problems with with accented characters
Replies: 5
Views: 325

Re: Always problems with with accented characters

The server character set may or may not be the database character set! If you go into MySQL and run: SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA; you will see what the database character set is. The output should show all the databases (there are several MySQL specific databases), the character set fo...
by captquirk
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:23 am
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: How ton index with a menu call in every page ?
Replies: 3
Views: 277

Re: How ton index with a menu call in every page ?

I had the solution before my eyes but that I could not see it.
LOL! Welcome to the club! I have been in that situation more times than I can count.
by captquirk
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: How ton index with a menu call in every page ?
Replies: 3
Views: 277

Re: How ton index with a menu call in every page ?

Look at the Sphider User Guide, page 47. Method 4 describes how to prevent certain parts of a page from being indexed: Method 4 - Ignoring parts of a page Sphider includes an option to exclude parts of pages from being indexed. This can, for example, be used to prevent search result flooding when ce...
by captquirk
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:03 am
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Pre-indexing tips
Replies: 0
Views: 189

Pre-indexing tips

Many times problems with indexing a site can be prevented... at least when indexing sites over which you have control. Here are three tips to improve the odds of proper indexing. Be consistent with the use of "http" and "https" in your links. While browsers are much more forgivin...
by captquirk
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Experience with sphider 5.
Replies: 1
Views: 153

Re: Experience with sphider 5.

Thank you!
by captquirk
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: index only the domain
Replies: 5
Views: 355

Re: index only the domain

Trying to do anything to a individual table (mainly deletes) is difficult to impossible. Sphider tables are linked to each other using keys. For example, the sites table is linked to the links table by way of a key. The links table is attached to the link-keyword tables in the same way. Only through...
by captquirk
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: index only the domain
Replies: 5
Views: 355

Re: index only the domain

Is it possible on the Site's "Edit" page that either "Sphider can leave domain" or "Index foreign images" is checked? Also, on the "Clean tables" tab, run "Clean domains". This will remove any domains which are not in active use. This will not clean ...
by captquirk
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Always problems with with accented characters
Replies: 5
Views: 325

Re: Always problems with with accented characters

I understand the issue. The database is properly formatted on your local machine. Unfortunately, during the export/import operation, Unicode characters get corrupted. That is why your remote site gives improper results. I have yet to find a definitive solution to this issue. This has happened to me ...
by captquirk
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Sphider Help
Topic: Images are not being added to the results
Replies: 2
Views: 641

Re: Images are not being added to the results

For anyone curious as to the outcome, an issue was found in the PHP configuration. "Allow_url_fopen" was set to "Off". Changing this value to "On" resolved many issues.
This can be done either by editing the php.ini file, or through CPanel.