Sphider-plus version 1.7 released

The new release is ready and may be downloaded at
[www.sphider-plus.eu]


Release date: November 20, 2008
Build up with Sphider: v.1.3.4
Sphider-plus vs. original Sphider: 109 items wrought


In front of Sphider-plus version 1.6 the following items have been added / modified:


New item in Admin / Settings / General Settings:
- Enable Debug mode.
If selected, during index / re-index procedure the following
information will be presented individual for each page:
- New links found here
- New keywords found here

New item in Admin / Settings / General Settings:
- Enable / Disable MySQL and PHP error messages.
It is recommended to disable the output of these messages for
production systems, as they could reveal sensitive information.

New item in Admin / Statistics / Server Info:
- PHP security Info.
Some basic info about current server configuration,
presenting the security information status of the PHP environment.

Completely rewritten Suggest framework. Based on 'script.aculo.us' and 'prototype' scripts, now suggestions for non-Latin symbol and accent characters are also presented in IE browser.
Additional items in Admin settings:
- Define minimum count of query letters in order to get a suggestion.
- Show / Hide the amount of found keywords in suggestion table.

New capability to prepare language specific common files.
If multilingual sites, or sites with different languages, are to be indexed, this feature improves overview. Common words to be ignored during index / re-index procedure can be placed in individual files. The common word files should not be used, if 'phrase search' is the standard type of search. Sphider-plus will become problems to find complete phrases. Therefore, in Admin settings the use of the common word files may be activated / deactivated by a checkbox.

New feature: Use a blacklist.
If the content of a page to be indexed / re- indexed contains one
word of the blacklist, it will not be indexed / re-indexed.
To be activated / deactivated in Admin settings

New feature: Use a whitelist.
The content of a page to be indexed / re- indexed must contain at
minimum one word of the whitelist to be indexed / re-indexed.
To be activated / deactivated in Admin settings

New feature: If available, show multiple hits of search result (per page) in result listing.
To be defined (1 - 9) in Admin / Search Settings.

Improved URL import / export function:
- The names of URL files now are including date and timestamp
of export procedure.
- This enables the Admin to import selected URL files.
- Also a file individual delete function was included.
- Delimiter in URL file changed from "," to "|".
As suggested by Ranbir.

Improved Admin / Settings section:
- Now containing a directory with links to the
different Setting blocks.

New item in Admin / Settings section:
- Backup current configuration settings. Individual files are
created with date and timestamp.
- Restore configuration settings from former created backup file.
- Individual delete of backup files.
- Delete protected backup file that holds the default settings.

New item in Admin / Settings / Spider settings:
- Use a unique name (sitemap.xml) for all created sitemap files.
Could be selected, if only one single Site is to be indexed.
To be used in conjunction with selecting the destination folder
for the sitemap files.
../ is the root folder of the Sphider-plus installation.

If the charset of a page to be indexed / re-indexed is not detectable, the home charset as defined in Admin settings is used.

Improved search function for non-Latin symbols.

Search function enabled for queries containing an apostrophe.

Bug fixed in index/re-index procedure that prevented indexing of last word in full text that should be stored as new keyword.

Improved storage of keywords in index/re-index procedure.

Updated Romanian language file, thanks to CyBerNet.

Some file types added to exclusion list in order not to be indexed / re-indexed. Thanks to clubmaster3.

Improved Admin Log-in for Microsoft IIS. Thanks to bobyn.


Tec

Good news

where is the link to download?

The second row in the first posting of this thread!

In order to repeat it here again. So you need not to search for line 2 in posting 1:

[www.sphider-plus.eu]

Tec

I feel pretty dumb, but I can't find the link to download either. Once I go to the sphider-plus page, I don't see any way of downloading sphider-plus.

Brad

Now sphider-plus requires payment. You will be able to Download it only after payment.

Oh, I did not realize that. I am just wanting to try sphider-plus. Is there an older version that is still available for free download or that someone can send to me so I can try it? I have no problem paying but I am curious if I can try using it first to see if it fits my needs.

payment? jajajaj
Are you crazy? this shit is not the great buy

booradley:
Within the next days a test installation of Sphider-plus v.1.7 will be available. If you like to check Sphider-plus before donating, please let me have the URL of the site you want to index by p.m.

Tec

Latest message from [www.sphider-plus.eu]

"Die angegebene Seite konnte nicht gefunden werden".

Is the server down ?

- Bill

Hello Bill,
Thanks for the info. Sorry, but the .htaccess was too restrictive.

Tec

Hi Tec,

If you've decided to make sphider donationware, why don't you develop your own script from scrape?

I think you have enough experience and will to accomplish this.

Think about it

Is Sphider-plus active as a project? I mean if I donate I can download it?

Are you planning to keep updating/fixing adding more features?

Thanks

<<< Is Sphider-plus active as a project? I mean if I donate I can download it? >>>

Yes.

<<< Are you planning to keep updating/fixing adding more features? >>>

Yes. Next will be 'media search' for images, audio streams and videos.
Before you ask: no it will not be published until the end of this year.

Tec

This is bullshit, you are asking money for making a script based on a free one. ... that is against the GNU/GPL License.

Stupid script kiddies shouldn't publish bullshit in an Internet forum. Leastwise someone should have taught them to start with reading simple text? Perhaps even this is too much effort for the unschooled!
[www.gnu.org]

Tec, and you should know better than spam a forum that does not belong to you. Your continued postings for your so-called 'Sphider-plus' script, or any commercial or donation-ware products are unsolicited advertisements that any diligent board moderator would immediately remove, and probably have you banned by now.

Get your own forum for your product, otherwise be kind enough to help people for what this board is intended for - the free open-source search script called Sphider.

Mike

Very encouraging after 609 postings in this forum. Especially if you are missing the historical facts and my relationship to Ando

Tec



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2009 12:53PM by Tec.

Where can I get the last sphider-plus Version that was freely available from Sourceforge?

If someone has got a backup, give me a message please!!!

Hello,

I can't see the download link of this version. Is this an open source?

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