SEARCH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Make sure you have already installed Seamus
2. You can now install VenexusSearch.zip as you would any other DNN module (Host > Module Definitions > Upload New Module)
   **NOTE** If you receive a SQL error during installation, open the SQLDataProvider file (02.00.00.SqlDataProvider) with a text editor (notepad), copy all lines, go to Host > SQL, paste text into box, check "Run as script", and click Execute. You should not receive an error. If you do, please contact us with your DNN and SQL Server version.

SEARCH CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Add Venexus.Search to a page
2. Go into module Settings
3. Under Page Settings > Basic Settings change Cache Time to 0
4. Under Venexus Search Settings:
   1. If you want to add just the search form to a page and redirect to another page for the results, check Input Only Mode
   2. If you check Input Only Mode, add the URL for the search results page (you can use the default Search Results page in DNN)
   3. If you want to use text for the search button, specify the text for Search Button Text
   4. Maximum Search Length will limit the number of characters a user can type in the search box
   5. Search Box Size specifies the width of the search box
   6. If you want to use an image for the search button, check the Use Image for Search Button checkbox and select the image you want to use.
   7. You can limit the number of results returned by specifying Max Results (There is a maximum limit of 500 for performance reasons)
   8. You can specify the number of results per page by setting Page Size
   9. You can use a remote database by adding a Connection String
   10. By checking Portal Specific Search, you are limiting results to only items in the current portal
   11. By checking Allow User Chosen Search Type, the user will be able to specify "Web" or "Site" search.
5. Click Update

Example:

Search Skin Object:

Want to use Venexus Search module in your skin and replace the default DNN one? You can add it by using the code below:

First you need to register the tag by adding the following line at the top where the other Register tags are located:

<%@ Register TagPrefix="venexus" TagName="search" Src="~/desktopmodules/venexusseamus/skinsearch.ascx" %>

Place the control in the skin like so:

<venexus:search runat="server" searchresultstabid="39"></venexus:search>

The example above is assuming you used the default search results page in DotNetNuke and have added the VenexusSearch module to it to display the results. Make sure you change the Search Results TabID to match the tab on your site if you have created a new page.