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Changes

02-11-2009 - 1.3.4.2:

• Clearer Upgrade / Install notes on Sphider screen
• Sphider frame now grows with page to expand as you navigate through Sphider admin screens

02-11-2009 - 1.3.4.1:

• Major bug fix, autosaves were triggering reindex which triggerered errors with the site

02-06-2009 - 1.3.4:

• Initial release coupled with Sphider 1.3.4

Usage

There are two files in the plugin folder for you to use when integrating Sphider with your WordPress installation:

1. your_search.php - Use this to replace your "search.php" in your theme directory. Modify this file to suit your needs and match your template as you wish.
2. your_searchform.php - Use this code wherever you wish to place your search boxes. Notice there are two search forms included in this file. One will search Sphider, and one will search through WordPress. You can easily customize this form to fit your needs.

Changes to the original Sphider source

Differences between this Plugin and the original Sphider source:

1. /admin/auth.php does not include /admin/database.php, instead the db info is contained within /admin/auth.php
2. /admin/auth.php has been cleared and now only contains the include of the admin-side of WordPress (to prevent the public from accessing the Sphider admin), and includes the wp-config.php database settings which are passed into the variables for use within Sphider.
3. /admin/auth.php has a table prefix of "sph_" which goes after whatever the current $table_prefix is inside wp-config.php; For example: "wp_sph_" is the table prefix for Sphider to use if the $table_prefix is set to "wp_"
4. /admin/database.php includes of the admin-side of WordPress (to prevent the public from accessing the Sphider admin), and includes the wp-config.php database settings which are passed into the variables for use within Sphider.
5. All references to the function list_cats have been changed to sphider_list_cats for compatibility with WordPress.
6. /include/commonfuncs.php has the remove_accents function removed in favor of the now included WordPress remove_accents function which is actually going to do a much better job :-)
7. /admin/admin.php has a Sphider bug fix, urlencode before URL is output for links. WordPress (or just the server) doesn't like the URL without being encoded, or else it will show a 404 error.
8. All references to the function get_links have been changed to sphider_get_links for compatibility with WordPress.
9. /admin/admin.php has the log out function removed, from both the menu and the switch($f)
10. /include/commonfuncs.php has another included "allowed" include directory to allow for search form integration on the site.
11. /settings/conf.php has a new configurable variable, searchFile which can be set in the search.php file or wherever you place it to point to the url it is actually located at.
12. /templates/ have had all of it's files modified to replace search.php with $searchFile for support of the new variable mentioned in item #11 of this change list.
13. New template added, named "wordpress", and set as default in /settings/conf.php - this template has the fixes necessary to run search through WordPress's theme directory.
14. /your_search.php has been added for use within the WP Theme directory as the new search.php
15. /your_searchform.php has been added for use within the WP Theme directory as the new searchform.php
16. /admin/reindex.php has been added to allow this plugin to reindex a URL when a post is saved, added, or deleted from within WP.
17. /admin/spider.php has been modified to NOT run index_site if the "index_url" is in the query string; No extra functions will run, interupting the index process from item #16 in this change list.