Advanced user's guide
From osseo
Can I restrict access to osSeo with password?
Not at this stage. We protect our installation from Apache.
I need support for new Search Engines. What can I do?
You can plug additional Search Engine descriptor as XML files into your deployment.
What is a Search Engine descriptor?
It is an XML file describing a search engine in order to do automatic searches.
How do I add a Search Engine descriptor to my deployment?
You should have a server file access, usually by FTP. Upload the Search Engine descriptor files into the /xml/searchEngines/ directory.
Can I have different Search Engine descriptors for different websites?
Not at this stage. An alternative would be to have more than one installation, each of them with it's own Search Engine set.
Where can I find Search Engine descriptors?
You can find "bundles" in the download section, which typically include descriptors for Google, Yahoo and Msn Search.
May the one desired not be available, it is easy to write your own descriptor in XML.
How can I write my own Search Engine descriptor?
You can modify a country dependant descriptors to use with another country just by changing the domain in every URL.
E.g.: http://www.google.es --> http://www.google.ie
For more complicated descriptors you may start by using an existing Search Engine descriptor as an example.
If you write your own Search Engine descriptors, we would be extremely grateful if you submitted it to us. In that case we would make it available as part of the project.
How can I add a translation?
You should have a server file access, usually by FTP. Upload the language properties file into /WEB-INF/classes/i18n/.
How can I write a translation?
osSeo supports i18n (internationalization) with property files which consists of pairs of a key and a fragment of text which is the one displayed instead of the key.
To write a new translation you should start from the original language property file and translate each of the sentences.
As with Search Engine descriptors, we would be delighted if you sent your work to us. In that case we would distribute it with the basic package.
