Title: Search Skin - Configuring an External Search Engine
Traction
includes an internal search engine which keeps a current index of all
articles, and delivers results based on each user's Read Article
permissions.
However,
sometimes you will want to point your own search engine at Traction, to
incorporate results with content from other sources, or to search attachments.
Traction's Search skin is designed to be read by Search engines and
is exposed automatically to known search engines.
When configuring your search
engine, simply provide the base URL of your Traction server:
Consult
the administrator guide for your search engine to determine the proper
configuration.
Permissions for Search Skins
You
can configure your search engine to read content available to Visitors,
or you can provide a username and password to the Search engine.
If
you configure your search engine with a username and password, Traction will present a Realms authentication challenge.
Server Response to Search Engines
Traction
will deliver the Search skin to Search engines that
use any search engine user agent name known to Traction. If your search
engine is not working or Traction appears to deliver it an HTML skin,
please contact Traction Technical Support and we will work with you to
add your search engine to the list of search engines recognized by Traction.