1.3 Customizing the Welcome Page (initPage.html) or adding a Table of Contents
1.3.1 Steps followed to build the Plain Search Box Welcome Page
You can add your own content to the Welcome Page, initPage.html,
in HTML format. The existing text in this file must be left as is, but the
searchbox can be placed anywhere in the file. This is marked by HTML
comments <!--Start_AVSearch--> and <!--End_AVSearch-->.
All the links in initPage.html page should include the full path minus the drive
letter.
NOTE: The file initPage.html cannot be renamed or moved from the
top level directory of the CD.
NOTE: If a banner graphic is added to the search results page, it should
also be added to the initPage.htm (using the standard image source tags).
1.3.2 Steps followed to build Table of Contents:
- Using the "CD-ROM Toolkit Indexer Wizard", index your content.
Choose the "Table of Contents" option on screen 4 of 7 of the wizard.
- Your content directory now contains:
a. The index for your content
b. Example HTML pages and a content directory to illustrate
the construction of a custom Table of Contents.
Following the instructions below, edit the following files to match your CD-ROM content:
initPage.html
navframe.html
topframe.html
introDir.html
topic1.html
topic2.html
topic3.html topic4.html
- Run search....
The html file initPage.html provides the user interface to AltaVista's
Search CDROM product. This html file consists of three sub-sections which
have been implemented as html frames. The diagram below illustrates
the location and names of these three html frames.
1.3.2.1 Search CD-ROM Files
Associated with each of these html frames is a corresponding html file.
Evoking initPage.html results in the topframe being loaded with the topframe.html
file, the navframe being loaded with the navframe.html file, and the mainframe
being loaded with the introDir.html file. The producer can
customize the Search CDROM product by changing the contents of these files.
(The files topic1.html, topic2.html, topic3.html, topic4.html,
and readmeDir.html are included for example).
1.3.2.2 Banner Graphic (topframe - topframe.html)
The topframe contains the banner graphic. The topframe.html
file loads the Solid_banner.gif graphic file located in the avscd/Intel/Images
sub-directory. The producer can insert their own graphic by replacing
this graphic file with their own graphic file.
1.3.2.3 Table of Contents (navframe - navframe.html)
The navframe contains the navframe.html table of contents file.
The navframe.html file determines the topic labels displayed in the table
of contents frame and makes the connection between these labels and their
associated files. (The files topic1.html, topic2.html, topic3.html, topic4.html,
are included for example). The
producer can customize the table of contents by performing the edits to
navframe.html illustrated below:
1.3.2.4 Directory Contents (mainframe - topic1.html)
Search results and targeted documents populate the mainframe viewing
area. You can use the topic1.html file as a example content
page. The search block code, bracketed with “<!--Start_AVSearch-->
<!--End_AVSearch-->”, needs to be inserted at the top of each page.
This maintains consistency with the format of the search results pages.
(The file topic1.html is included for example).The producer can customize
the directory content pages by performing the edits to topic1.html illustrated
below:

1.4 How to start the search interface from your CD
The search interface should always be started using Search.exe, which
is copied to the top level of your content directory after using the
indexer wizard. You can add this to the autorun file on your CD, or
run Search.exe from your own interface.
What Search.exe does
Search.exe will initially carry out first time processing that
sets the browser proxy information. It then fires up the user's
default browser with initPage.html and launches the dispatcher
which processes the queries.
NOTE: The file initPage.html cannot be renamed or moved from the
top level directory on the CD.
1.5 How to Install QuickView Viewers.
AltaVista Search CD-ROM Toolkit supports the previewing of documents
using Inso Corporation's QuickView and QuickView Plus products. These
are NOT supplied with AltaVista Search CD-ROM Toolkit.
There are two ways of obtaining these viewing products:
1. Purchase QuickView Plus from Inso Corporation. More information
is available from http://www.inso.com/
2. Use the basic QuickView product that is included as an optional
feature in Windows95 and Windows NT. To install the basic QuickView product
do the following:
a. Go into the Windows95 or Windows NT Control Panel.
b. Double click on Add/Remove Programs.
c. Click on the Windows Setup tab.
d. Click on the Accessories item in the components list.
e. Click on the Details... button.
f. Scroll through the list of components until you find
Quick View.
g. Click on the tick box beside Quick View to select it.
h. Click on OK in each window.