Re: [htdig-dev] I'd like to use a Radio Group, but...

[G. T. Stresen-R. <ted...@ma...>]

Remember that htidg tries to find "best matches" so it is sometimes=20
difficult to tie keywords to specific pages, but if you have the=20
ability to modify the contents of the pages for which you are seeking a=20=

match, then you can tweak the system quite a bit. In other words, I=20
don't think it's possible to do exactly what you are looking for, but=20
here is what I would do:

Employ the htdig keyword meta tags (<meta name=3D"htdig-keywords"=20
content=3D"comma,separated,keyword,list" />) in the head of your=20
documents. Then, increase the value of the keywords_factor so that=20
matches including the radio button value will be ranked higher in the=20
search results.

Where I work we do something similar. We have a firm directory and want=20=

people to be able to find matches on employees' names (first or last,=20
or parts thereof). Thus, in the TITLE element we put their complete=20
name first. Then, in the htdig-keywords meta tag we put the same name,=20=

but include any "aliases". Then, near the top of the document we=20
enclose the name in H1 tags. This then gives us three values we can=20
manipulate to improve search results:

http://www.htdig.org/attrs.html#keywords_factor
http://www.htdig.org/attrs.html#heading_factor
http://www.htdig.org/attrs.html#title_factor

We're satisfied by the results of this approach because it also finds=20
matches for this person in other parts of the intranet (like documents=20=

in the "best practices" section that this person has authored).

Hope this helps.

Ted Stresen-Reuter
(Hi Neal ;-)

On Dec 30, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Eduardo B Domanski wrote:

> Hi!
> =A0
> My name is Eduardo, and I work in a company that uses htdig, but now,=20=

> I'd like to add a 'functionality' to this. I'd like to add a=20
> radiogroup with 4 buttons, like:
> =A0
> o Title
> o Color
> o Model
> o All
> =A0
> Is it possible to search=A0a specific word, filtering with these =
radios?
> =A0
> My idea is to add more metas, as in the following=A0example:
> =A0
> <meta name=3D"title" content=3D"Title here">
> <meta name=3D"Color" content=3D"Color here">
> <meta name=3D"Model" content=3D"Model here">
> =A0
> Is there any other kind of possibility to search this way?
> =A0
> Thanks for help,
> =A0
> Eduardo Bortoleto Domanski=