web component websearch current web how do I get it to work

[Guest]

This is what opens in address bar when i search for a word
_derived/nortbots.htm
The instructions to add to page are easy and if it is that easy then why
does it not work.

 

[Andrew Murray]

The search component requires the server extensions, and the indexing
service (IIS) on the server to be enabled

 

[Ronx]

nortbots.htm only appears in four cases:

1) You are testing on a disc-based website, including a FrontPage
disc-based web that is being browsed through a web-server.
2) You are testing on a website that does not have server extensions
installed or running
3) The site (or form page) was FTPed from a disc-based web, or
published using a FTP address for the destination, or published to a
file system destination including a network share or UNC address (like
\\machinename\path\webname). Publish must be to a URL of the form
http://example.com
4) There is a bug associated with FrontPage98 which causes this
problem.

It sounds like you are either testing from a disc-based web, or used
FTP to upload the page to a server. The search component will only
work on a FrontPage extended server, and needs to be either created on
the server, or http: published to the server.