Webinator 4 Examples

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Webinator 4 Example Scripts

Webinator 4 is written in Texis Web Script, which provides a flexible way to modify or even completely redesign your site's Webinator search. Texis Web Script is a powerful HTML server-side programming environment that enables a designer to easily create, deploy, and maintain Web based applications. It tightly integrates into one package three of the most needed entities:

An object enabled SQL RDBMS (Texis)
Concept Based Text Retrieval (Metamorph)
A CGI-scripting language and compiler (Vortex)

Texis Web Script extends HTML with programming capabilities which are directed towards the most commonly performed Web activities. This extended HTML language is called Vortex. Vortex HTML is compiled into P-code similar to Java. Execution of this P-code is very fast and efficient in contrast to interpreted script languages like Perl, and can easily support the demands of very highly hit Web servers.

Below are some example scripts for use with Webinator databases: a few alternate search interfaces, and admin utilities. For a quick summary of all Texis Web Script and SQL commands, see the Quick Reference page. For full details, see the Webscript manual and the Texis manual.

User Interface Examples

Webinator 4.3.? Search: The standard Webinator 4 search interface that comes with the distribution. It provides the Webinator look and feel. It is customizable by downloading the script and modifying it to suit your needs. For new features, see the View Source link and scroll to the comments at the bottom.
This script is a bit complex since it provides so much back-compatibility; one of the scripts below may be an easier starting point for your own custom interface.; View Source Download
Webinator 4.3.? dowalk & webinatoradmin: The version 4 walker and administration scripts (both are required). They require at least texis version 4 released after Oct 31, 2001 (texis -version), but work best with texis version 4.3 or later released April 3, 2003 or later. For new features, see the View Source link and scroll to the comments at the bottom. Make sure to always download and install both dowalk and webinatoradmin if upgrading either, ie. keep both the same version.; dowalk: View Source Download; webinatoradmin: View Source Download
AltaVista Clone: A simple search script along the lines of AltaVista's search interface.; View Source Download
Verity Clone: Another small (under 100 lines) script modeled after Verity's Search 97 interface.; View Source Download
Lycos Clone: A Lycos look-alike search.; View Source Download

Other Useful Scripts

Meta Search Engine & Parser: This allows you to create a metasearch engine similar to those found at Dogpile.com or Metacrawler.com. A parser generator is available to help you create new kinds of Metasearches as well.; View Source Download
Fast Adhoc Web Log Statistics Report: This tool is a very quick way to generate reports from your web-server log file. It shows: total hits, hits by host, hits by URL, hits by referrer, and hits by browser type. It can be used in real-time to see action on your server from a number different perspectives.; View Source Download
Directory Tree: An admin script for producing a site map from a Webinator 4 database. It prints every URL in the database, with a list of links from that page under each.; View Source Download

Older Versions

Webinator 4.0.? Search: The standard Webinator 4 search interface that was last in the 4.0 line. It provides the Webinator look and feel. It is customizable by downloading the script and modifying it to suit your needs.; View Source Download
Webinator 4.0.? dowalk & webinatoradmin: The version 4.0 walker and administration scripts (both are required). They require texis version 4 released after Oct 31, 2001 (texis -version).; dowalk: View Source Download; webinatoradmin: View Source Download