WSS search from portal

I know, there have been a lot of articles on this, but haven't found the solution on this. The situation is as follows

My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that. But I also created WSS sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also want to search these sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in the search result. I haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though, is this necessary? Does this mean I need to add every new site to this Site Directory. What I have tried

- Proxy settings are ok, read something about that issue but this is fine
- When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL Server on the _Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so looks good too
- I enabled WSS search results
- When I search on a WSS site within that site, I get results
- The Site Directory is something else then /sites/, how can I include this and all the subsites

I would really appreciate this, this is the last thing I have to configure before going live. Thanks!

Christopher
Mon May 10 06:07:32 CDT 2004

Yes, you need to add the sites to the Sites Directory and enable them to be
crawled. Also, make sure the Default Access Account for the crawler has at
least Reader role on the WSS site.

Chris

"MJB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED4408AC-CACE-4F98-AE70-A1CDC4ADD84F@microsoft.com...
> I know, there have been a lot of articles on this, but haven't found the
solution on this. The situation is as follows:
>
> My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that. But I also created WSS
sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also want to search these
sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in the search result. I
haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though, is this necessary?
Does this mean I need to add every new site to this Site Directory. What I
have tried:
>
> - Proxy settings are ok, read something about that issue but this is fine.
> - When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL Server on the
_Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so looks good too.
> - I enabled WSS search results.
> - When I search on a WSS site within that site, I get results.
> - The Site Directory is something else then /sites/, how can I include
this and all the subsites?
>
> I would really appreciate this, this is the last thing I have to configure
before going live. Thanks!

Bec
Mon May 10 08:58:51 CDT 2004

I am having the same problem. How do I enable a site to
be crawled if yuo initially did not select this at the
site creation? I have tried adding it to the content
source but every time it runs a crawl the same sites come
up in the errors and won't be crawled for some reason.

Also what is the default access account? are you just
saying that someone must have access to the site?
Everyone is a contributor so this shouldn't be an issue
should it?

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, you need to add the sites to the Sites Directory
and enable them to be
>crawled. Also, make sure the Default Access Account for
the crawler has at
>least Reader role on the WSS site.
>
>Chris
>
>"MJB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:ED4408AC-CACE-4F98-AE70-
A1CDC4ADD84F@microsoft.com...
>> I know, there have been a lot of articles on this, but
haven't found the
>solution on this. The situation is as follows:
>>
>> My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that. But
I also created WSS
>sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also want
to search these
>sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in
the search result. I
>haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though, is
this necessary?
>Does this mean I need to add every new site to this Site
Directory. What I
>have tried:
>>
>> - Proxy settings are ok, read something about that
issue but this is fine.
>> - When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL Server
on the
>_Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so looks
good too.
>> - I enabled WSS search results.
>> - When I search on a WSS site within that site, I get
results.
>> - The Site Directory is something else then /sites/,
how can I include
>this and all the subsites?
>>
>> I would really appreciate this, this is the last thing
I have to configure
>before going live. Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

Ian
Mon May 10 08:59:53 CDT 2004

Can you please say how exactly you add sites to the Site
Directory?
>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, you need to add the sites to the Sites Directory
and enable them to be
>crawled. Also, make sure the Default Access Account for
the crawler has at
>least Reader role on the WSS site.
>
>Chris
>
>"MJB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:ED4408AC-CACE-4F98-AE70-
A1CDC4ADD84F@microsoft.com...
>> I know, there have been a lot of articles on this, but
haven't found the
>solution on this. The situation is as follows:
>>
>> My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that. But
I also created WSS
>sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also want
to search these
>sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in
the search result. I
>haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though, is
this necessary?
>Does this mean I need to add every new site to this Site
Directory. What I
>have tried:
>>
>> - Proxy settings are ok, read something about that
issue but this is fine.
>> - When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL Server
on the
>_Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so looks
good too.
>> - I enabled WSS search results.
>> - When I search on a WSS site within that site, I get
results.
>> - The Site Directory is something else then /sites/,
how can I include
>this and all the subsites?
>>
>> I would really appreciate this, this is the last thing
I have to configure
>before going live. Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

Christopher
Mon May 10 16:14:47 CDT 2004

From the Home Page of the Portal -> Site Settings
Under the Search Settings and Indexed Content select "Manage crawls of Site
Directory"
This takes you to the SRMan.aspx page
Just Add Link to Site and select the "Crawl this site" from the dropdown.
If you are an Administrator this will automatically be Approved. If not,
you'll have to ask the Admin to approve it.

Chris

"Ian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a96d01c43697$1181b010$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Can you please say how exactly you add sites to the Site
> Directory?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Yes, you need to add the sites to the Sites Directory
> and enable them to be
> >crawled. Also, make sure the Default Access Account for
> the crawler has at
> >least Reader role on the WSS site.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >"MJB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:ED4408AC-CACE-4F98-AE70-
> A1CDC4ADD84F@microsoft.com...
> >> I know, there have been a lot of articles on this, but
> haven't found the
> >solution on this. The situation is as follows:
> >>
> >> My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that. But
> I also created WSS
> >sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also want
> to search these
> >sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in
> the search result. I
> >haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though, is
> this necessary?
> >Does this mean I need to add every new site to this Site
> Directory. What I
> >have tried:
> >>
> >> - Proxy settings are ok, read something about that
> issue but this is fine.
> >> - When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL Server
> on the
> >_Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so looks
> good too.
> >> - I enabled WSS search results.
> >> - When I search on a WSS site within that site, I get
> results.
> >> - The Site Directory is something else then /sites/,
> how can I include
> >this and all the subsites?
> >>
> >> I would really appreciate this, this is the last thing
> I have to configure
> >before going live. Thanks!
> >
> >
> >.
> >

anonymous
Mon May 10 20:46:05 CDT 2004

Hi Christopher,

Thanks a lot for your help, I have added the sites to the Site Directory now... But still no results, but that hasn't anything to do with the Site Directory I think. Every crawl that sharepoint performs in the portal stops after a while... And when I look in the gatherer log I see the error

The address could not be found, (0x80041201 - The object was not found.

A lot of people are experiencing this problem, no solution found yet. (That proxy-server article from microsoft didn't help)..

Thanks anyway, maybe you have the solution for the error above, that would be great...

Ian
Tue May 11 02:26:14 CDT 2004

Ok - well this is where I am running into problems the
site I want doesn't come up on the 'Manage crawls of
site' page and there is no option to add a site there.
How do I add a site to be crawled?

I am having the same problem as MJB - after a full
content update I get errors that the site wasn't found.

Any help would be great - thanks


>-----Original Message-----
>From the Home Page of the Portal -> Site Settings
>Under the Search Settings and Indexed Content
select "Manage crawls of Site
>Directory"
>This takes you to the SRMan.aspx page
>Just Add Link to Site and select the "Crawl this site"
from the dropdown.
>If you are an Administrator this will automatically be
Approved. If not,
>you'll have to ask the Admin to approve it.
>
>Chris
>
>"Ian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:a96d01c43697$1181b010$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Can you please say how exactly you add sites to the
Site
>> Directory?
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Yes, you need to add the sites to the Sites Directory
>> and enable them to be
>> >crawled. Also, make sure the Default Access Account
for
>> the crawler has at
>> >least Reader role on the WSS site.
>> >
>> >Chris
>> >
>> >"MJB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:ED4408AC-CACE-4F98-AE70-
>> A1CDC4ADD84F@microsoft.com...
>> >> I know, there have been a lot of articles on this,
but
>> haven't found the
>> >solution on this. The situation is as follows:
>> >>
>> >> My Portal Search works fine, no problem with that.
But
>> I also created WSS
>> >sites, under http://servername/sites/ . Now I also
want
>> to search these
>> >sites from my portal. But the sites-content is not in
>> the search result. I
>> >haven't added the sites to the Site Directory though,
is
>> this necessary?
>> >Does this mean I need to add every new site to this
Site
>> Directory. What I
>> >have tried:
>> >>
>> >> - Proxy settings are ok, read something about that
>> issue but this is fine.
>> >> - When I do a full catalogue text search in SQL
Server
>> on the
>> >_Site-database I get about 600 results and 1 MB so
looks
>> good too.
>> >> - I enabled WSS search results.
>> >> - When I search on a WSS site within that site, I
get
>> results.
>> >> - The Site Directory is something else then /sites/,
>> how can I include
>> >this and all the subsites?
>> >>
>> >> I would really appreciate this, this is the last
thing
>> I have to configure
>> >before going live. Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

anonymous
Tue May 11 19:21:03 CDT 2004

Hi Ian

I didn't solve my problem with the search yet, still get an error in the gatherer log, but about you question how to add a site to be crawled, I think I have the answer

Within your portal, go to Site Settings, and then in the area Search Settings and Indexed Content choose the option 'manage crawls of Site Directory'. Then choose add link to site to add the site to be crawled (make sure 'include in search results' is checked in the next page). If you have administrator rights, your site must now show up in approved sites, which means it's being crawled (if no further errors ;)

Good luck

MJB

Ian
Wed May 12 07:56:43 CDT 2004

Hi MJB,

Thanks for the instructions. However I went to the place
you indicated and I don't have the option 'add link to
site' there. Should it be in this location? I have full
administrator rights.

Is there any other way to add the site to be crawled?

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Ian,
>
>I didn't solve my problem with the search yet, still get
an error in the gatherer log, but about you question how
to add a site to be crawled, I think I have the answer.
>
>Within your portal, go to Site Settings, and then in the
area Search Settings and Indexed Content choose the
option 'manage crawls of Site Directory'. Then choose add
link to site to add the site to be crawled (make
sure 'include in search results' is checked in the next
page). If you have administrator rights, your site must
now show up in approved sites, which means it's being
crawled (if no further errors ;).
>
>Good luck.
>
>MJB
>.
>