I just finished uploading my web site to Rootsweb (www.darveaux.com) and went to check it out. I noticed that the Search function doesn't work at all. The line appears to type in the item to be searched for, but when Return is pressed, it goes through the motion of searching and doesn't find things that i know are there (even if it is on the page thats visible.) The same thing occurs when the site is run off the hard drive.
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Re: Search function on web cards
Hi Blaise,
It appears the "index.json" file, which contains the index that the search function needs to perform the search, is missing from your website.
Do you see this file in the web project folder on your Mac? If so, upload it to your web page. If not, let me know.
Thanks,Mark Harrison
Leister Productions, Inc.
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Re: Search function on web cards
Originally posted by Mark View PostHi Blaise,
It appears the "index.json" file, which contains the index that the search function needs to perform the search, is missing from your website.
Do you see this file in the web project folder on your Mac? If so, upload it to your web page. If not, let me know.
Thanks,
Yes, the file is in the web project. I guess I missed transferring that one to the site.
However, upon uploading it, the search function still doesn't work on the web site or from my Mac.
Thanks,
Blaise
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Re: Search function on web cards
After taking a closer look at the JSON file, there are some hidden characters in some of your name fields that could be causing the issue.
Stéphane St. Laurent and Thérèse Plamondon have a hidden character in their first & mid name field. You should completely delete and re-type their first/mid names in your family file to clear the hidden character.
Then, recreate the web project and upload just the index.json file (you shouldn't need to re-upload the whole project).
If that doesn't fix the issue, let me know.Mark Harrison
Leister Productions, Inc.
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Re: Search function on web cards
Originally posted by Mark View PostAfter taking a closer look at the JSON file, there are some hidden characters in some of your name fields that could be causing the issue.
Stéphane St. Laurent and Thérèse Plamondon have a hidden character in their first & mid name field. You should completely delete and re-type their first/mid names in your family file to clear the hidden character.
Then, recreate the web project and upload just the index.json file (you shouldn't need to re-upload the whole project).
If that doesn't fix the issue, let me know.
I did just as you said, but the search function still doesn't work.
Blaise
p.s. I just saw the Reunion email and where the hidden characters are. As far as I know, those are just e's with normal accent marks. There are many in my database.Last edited by Blaise A. Darveaux; 06 November 2018, 04:14 PM.
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Re: Search function on web cards
Originally posted by Blaise A. Darveaux View PostThanks Mark,
I did just as you said, but the search function still doesn't work.
Blaise
p.s. I just saw the Reunion email and where the hidden characters are. As far as I know, those are just e's with normal accent marks. There are many in my database.
Roger
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Originally posted by Blaise A. Darveaux View PostI did just as you said, but the search function still doesn't work.
As far as I know, those are just e's with normal accent marks. There are many in my database.
HTHMark Harrison
Leister Productions, Inc.
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Re: Search function on web cards
Just a small addition: you can find the 'Invisable' characters by using TextWrangler.
View -> Text Display -> Show invisibles
Mostly it is an 'inverted' question mark, see screendump.
Then you can find all the places with invisibles characters
But might be Mark cs or others have a simpler method to find all the invisibles.Attached FilesFrans van Bodegom
Reunion NL Support Team
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Mark,
I was aware of the cashing issue so when I tried it yesterday, I closed the tab in the browser and re-entered the URL to go to the site. It still didn't work as I reported. Apparently that wasn't enough to load the new page into the cache.
I did the Shift-Command-R as you said and then it did work.
I am curious why after re-making the project with the new .json file, it still didn't work off the hard drive. Perhaps it was still using the same old .json file?
Anyway, thank you all for your cyber sleuthing to get to the problem.
Blaise
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Re: Search function on web cards
Originally posted by Blaise A. Darveaux View PostI am curious why after re-making the project with the new .json file, it still didn't work off the hard drive. Perhaps it was still using the same old .json file?Mark Harrison
Leister Productions, Inc.
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Does this mean that the search function won't work at all when the project resides on the hard drive. The reason I ask is that I just made a small project (saved it to my desktop) to give to someone to put on their hard drive and when I tried it out, the search didn't work. If it won't, I will have to tell them so they aren't confused.
Also, will TextEdit find those pesky hidden characters in the JSON file? TextEdit is as much of a text editor that I have on hand.
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Originally posted by fjvanbodegom View PostBut might be Mark cs or others have a simpler method to find all the invisibles.
Roger
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Originally posted by Blaise A. Darveaux View PostDoes this mean that the search function won't work at all when the project resides on the hard drive.
Mark Harrison
Leister Productions, Inc.
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