Need easy search for PDF and DOC files attached to nodes
I'm a very new Drupal person running D5. We are uploading some PDF files and Microsoft Word .doc files as attachments to our pages, and I'd like the Search mechanism in Drupal to be able to find text in these files.
It looks to me like my main options are the Swish-E Indexer module and the Search Attachments module:
http://drupal.org/project/swish
http://drupal.org/project/search_attachments
Are there any other options available for Drupal 5.x?
It looks to me like Search Attachments might be easier to install and use - would anyone like to comment on that?
I'm nervous because the Search Attachments module to be downloaded isn't actually hosted on the drupal.org site, but instead is on the developer's own site, http://interoperating.info/mark/search_attachments Is this a problem, security-wise, or whatever?
Any advice appreciated... -Steve
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i use search_attachments and
i use search_attachments and it works great-- i don't remember it being difficult to install.
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Thanks for the endorsement
I just got brave and installed search_attachments and it seems to work fine, at least for PDF files. I haven't tried configuring it for DOC files yet. Thanks.
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excellent ;-)
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz
search files
Hi, I am running my site on drupal 6x and am keen to get the search file modle functioning so that i am able to search for terms within pdf documents on my site, I am a druapl and newbee and would really appreciate your help in setting this requirement is vital for my site. Thanks
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