Adding the htdig search engine to your web pages

Simple Search

The simplest method of using htdig is just to let it search the entire database.  Just drop the following code in your web page.

Tip: If you want to try this on your local pc, put in the entire path to the URL :
ACTION="http://www.library.yale.edu/cgi-bin/htsearch"
You should change it back when you load your page on the server.

Match:
<SELECT NAME=method>
<OPTION VALUE=and>All
<OPTION VALUE=or>Any
<OPTION VALUE=boolean>Boolean
</SELECT>

Format:
<SELECT NAME=format>
<OPTION VALUE=builtin-long>Long
<OPTION VALUE=builtin-short>Short
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden name=config VALUE=htdig>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden name=exclude VALUE="">
<BR>

Search Words:
<INPUT TYPE="text" size="30" name="words" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Search">
<P>
</FORM>

Complex Example (not that complex!)

This is a more complex example which allows you to restrict searches to a particular directory selected by a drop-down menu.  You can just copy the code and change the values for your own searches.  

The VALUE="http://url.here./" part of the following snippet  from the <SELECT name=restrict> section controls the search.  You can put anything you want as a label after the >.  I just put the URL for mine, but you could put something more descriptive like "Library Research Workstation," etc.
<SELECT name=restrict>
...
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation">www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/
...
</SELECT>

<FORM METHOD="get" ACTION="/cgi-bin/htsearch">
Match:
<SELECT NAME=method>
<OPTION VALUE=and>All (and)
<OPTION VALUE=or>Any (or)
<OPTION VALUE=boolean>Boolean
</SELECT>
Format:
<SELECT NAME=format>
<OPTION VALUE=builtin-long>Long
<OPTION VALUE=builtin-short>Short
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=config VALUE=htdig>
<P>
Restrict by URL
<SELECT NAME=restrict>
<OPTION VALUE="">All Indexed URLs (no restriction)
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/">www.library.yale.edu/
<OPTION VALUE="http://elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawweb/">elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawweb/
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.med.yale.edu/library/">www.med.yale.edu/library/
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/">www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/">www.library.yale.edu/scilib/
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/">www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.library.yale.edu/~lso/workstation/">www.library.yale.edu/~lso/workstation/
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=exclude VALUE=""> <BR>
Search:
<INPUT TYPE="text" size="30" NAME="words" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Search"> <FONT COLOR=red>
</FORM>

• search_algorithm: exact:1 endings:0.5
  This is how we are weighting the results. Exact matches are first, followed by matches to a database of common word endings (fish,fisher,fishing).
  Words in the title are weighted more heavily, as are words inside the various <h#> tags.
• Scope: www.library.yale.edu, Law Library section of www.yale.edu, Medical Library and MedMenu section of www.med.yale.edu.
• Exclusions:All directories in the /home file system except /~lso and /~liblicense. A few other directories are excluded.
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Revised 7/16/98
john.coleman@yale.edu