# Search feature

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 24, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359 "2003-03-24T05:04:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![AEon\_Light](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@AEon\_Light](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AEon_Light)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/1 "2003-03-24T05:04:13Z")

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Hola~

I’ve been looking around the net for scripts or help about adding a search feature to a website that will search the websites’ content to find matches. I’m working on a site that has a lot of document type things, and I think it would be necessary to have a search option on there somewhere so people can find what they are looking for quickly if they have overlooked it.

Does anyone know a script that’s fairly simple and easy to use I could add to my site?

:cyborg:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/2 "2003-03-24T12:03:33Z")

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Howdy…

Maybe this is what you are looking for???

[Flash and Search Engines](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/search_engines.htm)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/3 "2003-03-24T21:27:40Z")

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hmmm… I think I want something more in the form of html…

But thank you anyway Cyan 😏

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/4 "2003-03-24T22:08:04Z")

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try this out,

[http://www.simplythebest.net/scripts/javascript\_88.html](http://www.simplythebest.net/scripts/javascript_88.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/5 "2003-03-24T22:17:31Z")

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argh…that’s really good…but I want one that will enable visitors to search the content of MY site… something that won’t need cgi…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/6 "2003-03-24T22:34:25Z")

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after a little searching, i found this  
[http://www.simplythebest.net/info/javascript62.html](http://www.simplythebest.net/info/javascript62.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/7 "2003-03-24T22:38:34Z")

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yes! I think that’s what I need…

thanks again for your help Alex 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/8 "2003-03-24T22:39:48Z")

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no problem, if you need any other help, just ask

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/9 "2003-03-25T09:37:12Z")

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So, this was not the Flash specific question after all, eh??? 😠 =)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/10 "2003-03-25T21:27:49Z")

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No… I thought that it would be okay posted under Scripting seeing as it was more of a html question…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-feature/16359/11 "2003-03-26T13:34:48Z")

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Yup… Nothing wrong with that… I am just suprised myself why I had thought that was the Flash question automatically… Know what I mean??? :beam:
