Changeset 1500 for trunk/gsdl/macros

Timestamp:

2000-09-05T13:32:05+12:00 (24 years ago)

Author:

dmm9

Message:

stuff needed by the date search interface

File:

• trunk/gsdl/macros/english.dm (modified) (4 diffs)

trunk/gsdl/macros/english.dm

@@ -534 +534 @@
 # _hselection_, _jselection_ and _nselection_ are set from within the server
 # some or all of them may remain unset
-_textsimplesearch_ {Search for _If_(_hselection_, _hselection_)_If_(_jselection_,_textjselect_)_If_(_gselection_, at _gselection_ level)_If_(_nselection_, in _nselection_ language) 
+_textsimplesearch_ {Search for web pages _If_(_nselection_, in _nselection_ language) 
 which contain _querytypeselection_ of the words}
 
@@ -541 +541 @@
 
 _textjselect_ {_If_(_hselection_, of) _jselection_}
+
+_textdatesearch_ {This collection can be searched for documents within a date range, or documents that contain a particular date. This is an optional feature of the search.}
+_textstartdate_ {Start (or only) date:}
+_textenddate_ {End date:}
+_textbc_ {B.C.E.}
+_textad_ {C.E.}
+_textexplaineras_{C.E. and B.C.E are alternatives for A.D. and B.C. repsectively.  These terms are considered to be culture indiscriminate, and stand for "Common Era" and "Before the Common Era"} 
+
 
 _textstemon_ { (ignoring word endings)}
@@ -763 +771 @@
   <li><a href="\#scope-of-queries">Scope of queries</a>
 </ul>
+   <li><a href="\#datesearching">Searching with dates</a>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="\#datesearch-howto">How to use date search</a>   
+  <li><a href="\#datesearch-results">How date search results work</a>
+</ul>       
   <li><a href="\#preferences">_textchangeprefs_</a>
 <ul>
@@ -955 +968 @@
 }
 
+_textdatesearch_{Searching with Dates}
+
+_texthelpdatesearch_{<h2>_textdatesearch_</h2>
+Date search lets you find documents that, as well as matching your search 
+terms, are about events within a certain timeframe.  You can search for 
+documents from a certain year or from a range of years.  Note that you do not 
+have to have any search terms -- you can search by date alone; and also that 
+you do not have to use dates in your search, if you do not type any dates in it
+ is just the same as if the date search didn't exist.<p>
+
+<p>_iconblankbar_
+<a name=datesearch-howto>
+<h3>How to use this feature:</h3>
+<ul>
+   <li>To search for documents about a sinlge year:<p>
+   <ul>
+       <li>Type in any ordinary search terms as you normally would. 
+       <li>Type the year you want into the "Start (or only) date" box.
+       <li>If your date is from before the common era (also known as before 
+       Christ), choose the B.C.E option from the pulldown menu next to that
+       box.
+       <li>Begin your search as you ordinarily would.
+   </ul>
+<p><li>To search for documents abou a time period or range of years:<p>
+   <ul>
+       <li>Type in any ordinary search terms as you normally would.
+       <li>Type the earlier date into the "Start (or only) date" box.
+       <li>Type the later date into the "End date" box.
+       <li>Select "B.C.E from the pulldown menu next to any date from before 
+           the common era (also known as before Christ).
+       <li>Begin your search as you ordinarily would.
+   </ul>    
+</ul><p>
+
+<p>_iconblankbar_
+<a name=datesearch-results>
+<h3>The way results of your search work</h3>
+
+Generally speaking a search for documents about the year 1903 will not return documents that, say, reference books written in 1903, just documents about 1903.  However, the way that the documents' dates are found, it will return documents that have a date range (for example 1899-1911) that includes 1903, and also those documents which, as part of their text name the century that 1903 is a part of (for example 20th century or twentieth century).  This means that for some documents, the dates in your search will not actually appear in the document text.  For a range search, all of this applies to every date in the range.<p>
+}
+
 _textchangeprefs_ {Changing your preferences}