For indexing your site (using Zoom Indexer)
The Zoom Indexer can run on any computer with the following specifications:
Linux Version
• | Pentium or better PC with a Linux distribution |
• | 128 megabytes of memory (RAM) |
• | At least 30 megabytes of free disk space |
• | A web server running PHP 5.0 or higher |
• | glibc 2.15 or higher recommended |
• | libcurl 7.22 or higher recommended |
• | Zoom is currently a 32-bit executable. If you are running on a 64-bit system, you will need the 32-bit libstdc libraries installed. |
• | For very large web sites containing tens of thousands of pages, more RAM (and disk space) is required. |
• | For spider mode indexing, you will require an established connection to the Internet. |
There are also versions of the Zoom Indexer available that can run on Windows and Mac OSX.
If you are on shared hosting it is recommended to create the index locally using the Windows or Mac version, the search scripts to run on a Linux based web server come with all the Zoom versions.
For searching your site
To perform the online search queries made by visitors on your website, you will require one of the following:
A. | A web server running PHP 5 or higher. PHP is a server side scripting language supported by most UNIX / Linux based servers. For those unfamiliar with server side scripting, PHP is commonly installed on web servers so you might have access to it and not even know about it. Please consult your web host administrator. For more information about PHP, please refer to http://www.php.net/ |
B. | A web server running ASP 3.0 or higher. Microsoft’s server side scripting platform with VBScript 5.5 and MDAC 2.8 or above. This requirement is supported by default in most Microsoft IIS installations. |
C. | A web server with permissions to execute CGI. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is an alternative to PHP and ASP for server-side processing. You will require CGI executing permissions on your web server (check with your web host). Our CGI solution provides the best support for very large sites. You will also need to check that your web server runs on one of the following operating systems: Windows, Linux or BSD. |
D. | If the above solutions do not cater to your requirements (eg. You want to run searches on a CD without a web server) or your web host simply do not provide these options, then you should use the Javascript version, in which case the only requirement is that your visitors must have Javascript enabled browsers. |

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Confused?
If you are not familiar with some of the above terminology, refer to the appendix chapter What is PHP, ASP, CGI or Javascript?
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