hi site search engine problem

hi everyone, im new to web design and im kinda learning as i go- i have a site up live, a [directory] i badly need a site search engine on my site, im using a program called search engine pro which indexes files and builds the thing my problem is after i upload the results to my server and put the search box on my website, results go to a page full of script. im getting a big headache over this and would appreciate some help-i know im close to getting it right.

i was quoted £3,500 to get an outsider to do it for me at which point i nearly swallowed my toungue, so i found this forum. hope u can help

regards...
noway.

why not use google site search, which is free?
click the search link above to see it in action

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Also what technology are you using? PHP or ASP

i tried the google search but it takes visitors out of my site, displays other sites before coming back in-and my potential competetor has an insite search engine.
thnx for your prompt reply.

regards.

nice site by the way

ok, so if google is good, then you need something else.... what server side technology is available to you, ASP or PHP?

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Thanks alot

to be honest with you, im unsure if php or asp, sad huh? im new to all this-pipex is the server [remote] thru 123-reg. i cant see on their site if its php or asp, like i said in my first post-i have a search engine builder- it indexes fine, builds the engine, it even gives a preview b4 uploading to the server which works. in the engine program window- then when i upload to the server and put the search box code on my webpage, search results go to a page of script, which gives me the feeling im getting close, b4 i was getting server not found. so i have improvements..im convinced its the settings in the search engine program, that need tweaking. i get a bit lost when it asks for output dir. etc..i read the help files. im still confused. i only have a few pages on my site so far but i want a working engine b4 i add all the other data. potentially thousand or more pages, so its crucial i get the engine running right first.

thnx for ur help.

regards

martin

cgi/perl script enabled on my server.

martin??? You sure your not the old CrewDesign? :o

Is the server Windows or Linux?

no craig, crew design helped me with some of my site design... i refered to them from here. why do you ask?

linux

Then its PHP.

Checkout mysql's built in search functions.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...xt-search.html

thnx sypher.