$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2008-06-22 16:35:52 davidlesieur Exp $

README file for the Field Indexer module.


Description
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The Field Indexer module indexes field data into Drupal's search index. Each
field enabled for indexing becomes a type of index entry. Then, with an
appropriate search module, users may perform keyword searches restricted by
field.


Search modules
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The following modules implement field search based on index data generated by
Field Indexer:

- Faceted Search (http://drupal.org/project/faceted_search); this support is
  experimental, only in the dev version at this point.

One could imagine similar support being added to Views Fast Search [1] or Views
[2], for example, although it has not been discussed yet.

[1] http://drupal.org/project/views_fastsearch
[2] http://drupal.org/project/views


The package
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Field Indexer is in fact a bundle of modules:

- Field Indexer: Provides a configuration page where the site administrator may
  select which fields to index. This module also provides a basic API for field
  indexing modules.

- Node Field Indexer: Implements indexing for core node data (only the node
  title is supported at the moment).

- CCK Field Indexer: Implements indexing for CCK [3] fields.

- Biblio Field Indexer: Implements indexing for Biblio [4] fields.

Third-party modules may implement support for additional types of fields.

[3] http://drupal.org/project/cck
[4] http://drupal.org/project/biblio


Installation
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1. Extract the 'field_indexer' module directory, including all its
   subdirectories, into your Drupal modules directory.

2. Go to the Administer > Site building > Modules page, and enable the following
   modules:

   - Field Indexer
   - Node Field Indexer and/or CCK Field Indexer

3. Go to the Administer > Site configuration > Field Indexer page, and select
   the fields you wish to index. Indexing will start on the next cron run.


Support
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For support requests, bug reports, and feature requests, please use Field
Indexer's issue queue on http://drupal.org/project/issues/field_indexer

Please DO NOT send bug reports through e-mail or personal contact forms, use the
aforementioned issue queue instead.

For general discussions about Field Indexer (or other Drupal search solutions),
you are invited to join the Search group on http://groups.drupal.org/node/4102.


Credits
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- Sponsored by Laboratoire NT2 (http://www.labo-nt2.uqam.ca).