Static Host

Note: This documentation is for an old version of Webinator. The latest documentaion is here.

Static Host

Use the information in this section to perform the Static Host type of integration.

Decide whether your existing pages will include a query field or just a link to the Webinator search page.
If your page will use a query field (an HTML form), you can obtain the HTML code that you need from the Webinator's live search page as follows:
On Webinator, in the Administrative Interface, at the main menu, click Live Search. This opens the search form.
Use your web browser's view page source option (MSIE: TopMenu->View->Source, Netscape or Mozilla: TopMenu->View->Page Source) to open a window that contains the source code of the page.
Cut everything between and including the <form> and </form>. Paste the form into your web page(s).
If your page will just link to the Webinator search page, create the link using the URL of the Test Search. To obtain the URL of the Test Search, at the Administrator Interface, on the main menu, click Test Search. When the Webinator search page opens, cut the URL string from your browser, and paste it into your web page(s) at the appropriate link element.
Optionally, if you want to change the appearance of the search page, you can do this by adding HTML to the Top and Bottom HTML settings. At the Administrator Interface main menu, click the Search Settings link, and scroll until Top HTML and Bottom HTML are in view. Add the desired HTML code. For information about using an HTML editor to make these code additions, refer to (section 4.6.25).
The settings are ready for test runs. Use the Update Test button to apply the "test" settings, and use the Test Search link on the left to try them out.
After you are satisfied with the appearance and operation of searches using Test Search, you are ready to go live.
On the Search Settings page, press the Update Live and Test button to make the settings live.
If you are using a link to the Webinator search page, change the link to point to the Live Search, using the same steps you used to set up the link to point to the Test Search.