FAO Web guide: 6.9 Providing access to search

Web Guide home 1. Introduction 2. Web publishing basics 3. Planning 4. Content collection 5. Design 6. Construction 7. Testing 8. Launch 9. Maintenance 10. Writing for the Web Resources 1.1 FAO and the Internet: What is an FAO Web site? 1.2 Quality criteria of Web sites 1.3 An introduction to Web accessibility at FAO 1.4 Electronic publishing at FAO 2.1 Content quality 2.2 Roles in Web publishing 2.3 Web site quality clearance and continuity 2.4 Policy and legal matters 2.5 Language coverage policy 2.6 Web site traffic monitoring 2.7 Static and dynamic content 2.8 Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 2.9 Social Media Guidelines 2.10 Current server structure at FAO 3.1 What and (who) is the site for and what is it about?3.2 Define the Web site subject scope 3.3 Define your audience 3.4 Identify resources 3.5 How to track and share planning decisions 4.1 Developing a content inventory 4.2 FAO content repositories 4.3 Metadata 5.1 Review user needs 5.2 Defining information architecture 5.3 Prepare interface design 5.4 Define technical implementation 5.5 Tracking design implementation 6.1 Management of files/naming 6.2 HTML and coding 6.3 Use of style sheets 6.4 Graphics 6.5 Conversion of electronic documents 6.6 Language encoding 6.7 Link management 6.8 Printable pages 6.9 Providing access to search 6.10 Domains, URLs and aliases 6.11 Tools 7.1 Testing approaches 7.2 How to use the test environment 8.1 Launch checklist 8.2 Promotion 9.1 Quality assurance and routine checking 9.2 Update procedures for Web sites 9.3 Web usage analysis 9.4 Evaluation of Web sites 10.1 Writing a page of text 10.2 Organizing your text on the page 10.3 How to optimize content for search engines 10.4 How to write feedback, error messages 10.5 Quotations 10.6 Non-discriminatory language Checklists Acronyms Newsletter Guidelines Policies Procedures Web resources Tag cloud Contacts 2.3a Data ownership 2.3b Regulation of access to servers 2.3c Clearance of Web sites by OCP 2.4a Country names, flags and maps 2.4b The fao.org domain, subdomains and root directories 2.4c Use of FAO emblem and logos 2.4d Politically sensitive material 2.6a FAO Web sites: the user perspective 2.6b How to gather user information: user research 2.6c Designing for the user 2.6d Page size and downloading 2.7a Static content 2.7b Dynamic content 2.7c Content Management Systems (CMS) 2.9a FAO and Facebook 2.9b FAO and Flickr 2.9c FAO and Google+2.9d FAO and LinkedIn 2.9e FAO and SlideShare 2.9f FAO and Twitter 2.9g FAO and Wikipedia 2.9h FAO and YouTube 4.3a What is metadata?4.3b Why embed metadata in Web pages?4.3c How to embed basic metadata in the HTML head section 4.3d How to create or improve current metadata 4.3e FAO standards for encoded metadata 4.3f Metadata, search engines and their robots 5.2a Identify Web pages and subject categories 5.2b Define navigation 5.2c Define metadata and search requirements 5.3a Corporate visual identity 5.3b Web site design usability principles 6.1a How to use the FTP server 6.2a HTML and XHTML 6.2b Browser compatibility 6.2c New windows and pop-ups 6.2d JavaScript 6.2e HTML title and metadata tags 6.3a CSS and Web accessibility 6.3b Cascading Style sheets (CSS) and browser compatibility 6.4a Graphic formats 6.4b Use of images on the Web 6.4c Photos 6.5a Converting Word documents into PDF 6.6a Guidelines for language encoding 6.6b Multilingual interfaces 6.7a Linking files across languages 6.7b Links to the FAO home page, FAO copyright and AskFAO 6.7c Absolute and relative links 6.7d Avoid spamming on e-mail addresses 6.8a How to prepare print-safe Web pages using CSS 6.8b Other ways of preparing print-safe Web pages 6.11a Recommended editing tools for Web site construction 6.11b Graphics, document and conversion tools 9.1a Maintaining quality 9.1b Content freshness
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	6.9 Providing access to search Procedure To help you determine which search engine is the most appropriate for your Web site, you can contact OCP or CIO. In consultation, OCP and CIO will evaluate your needs and where costs are involved; provide an estimate and a timeline. Support at any stage is always available from OCP and CIO. Following is a description of the searches available: 1. When you want: Full-text searches of a set of publicly available Web pages (not including HTTPS [secure] or FTP sites); Quick, easily customizable searches (e.g.: specify or prioritize sites to include or exclude); or Collaborative editing of the search engine scope; Use Google Custom Search Engine (GCSE). This is a full-text search engine that connects to Google's search database to provide filtered results. It is used on the http://www.fao.org/ home page. More information on GCSE is available here. Please note: Set-up is by the Web site owner, but OCP will provide the Google username and password for your instance; No cost are incurred in-house or from Google; Customizable look and feel to match your Web site; Advertisements (Google's Adsense) must not be included in a GCSE instance; and After your site has been published you must wait for Google to index it before any site specific search results are returned. The time that Google takes to do this is variable and can be anything from 2 hours up to 2 weeks. Existing FAO Web pages will however be returned if the search is not limited to the new site being published. 2. When you want: Complex queries; searching databases or metadata in combination with a full-text search; Control over crawl frequency; Search portable media such as CDROMs and DVDs; Search HTTPS (secure) or FTP Web sites; Intranet and Extranet searches; or Search password protected areas; Use Open Source Search Solutions. Nutch and Lucene software, in combination or alone, offer more control and flexibility for searching. Set-up can be done by OCP or CIO, and costs are usually involved. If your Web site uses a Content Management System (CMS), the embedded search engine may provide the best results. OCP and CIO can help you optimize these tools.

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