6.4: Search Types

This section explains how to modify a new design feature in Greenstone, Search Types, which allow fielded searching. The search types specify what kind of search interface should be provided: form, for fielded searching, and/or plain for regular searching. Under "Design Sections", click "Search Types".

When you enter the Search Types view, first check "Enable Advanced Searches", which activates the other controls. This changes the collection to use an indexing mechanism that allows fielded searching. Index specification is slightly different in this mode. (When switching between standard and advanced searching, the GLI does its best to convert the index specification, but may not get it completely right.)

To add a search type, select it from the "Search Types" list and click "Add Search Type". Each type can only appear in the list once. The first search type will be the default, and will appear on the search page of the built collection. Any others will be selectable from the preferences page.

To remove a search type, select it from the "Currently Assigned Search Types" list and click "Remove Search Type". The list must contain at least one search type.