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Hi,
This is my 1st post to this forum, but I've been lurking for a while 
I have created a website that needs to have search facilities, eg. search for postcodes, suburbs, keywords.
How do you do this?, I've tried Google and can't seem to find an answer.
Any help is much appreciated
Thank again
-Janice
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| Hi Adding that type of search facility as not as easy as it may seem, you will need the services of a programmer.
Google offer a search box that can be added to a site, but it would seem that you are looking for a more advanced one. Lets put it this way, if i wanted to add a Post Code search to a site to pull full addresses etc, now i am in the UK, it will cost hundred and huindreds of pounds, if not get close to the thousand mark, because the post code software first of all is expensive here.
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Mamba is correct, you will really need a 3rd party to do that these days. I've worked a bit with a site called Spiderline for search, and I've also set up a couple of people to use Google's search function. Both of the clients I've done that for purchased the business one, which I think is like $100 a year, but they may have a free version for small sites too, I'm not sure at this moment.
Once you do that though, whoever you use, will most likely give you a block code to throw into your page.
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Thanks for your help, this has really stumped me and slowed my whole project down, I was looking for something that was free (I was thinking some sort of code)
If postcodes aren't included thats fine.
Something like this :http://www.adultsneed.com/index.php
Sorry thats the only example I could find 
Thanks again
-Janice
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| since someone has already started a thread about this and a conclusion has been reached i guess ill ask my question here.. How about a search box on a website that searches for the word or phrase in that box within your site?
-Lou
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Well the site you linked neica06, uses a php script for processing the search. So probably php and mysql together. I've never built a local search engine, so I won't be a lot of help. But building one will require something more than Expression Web. I would search for either "php searh engine script" or "asp search engine script" depending on your setup.
Also, Google does make a free simple search that you can use, which may work for LouRock, but might not give all the options you're looking for neica06.
Google Search
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Thanks so much for your help Dustin, I love the website and the tutorials 
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