client side searching

[nwiz]

Hi All
I am most of the way through a large site that will be published to a DVD ROM instead of the web so will be installing a client side search engine - then I had a sudden panic!! I remember that xara uses text as a graphic file - I am assuming that the text still sits in the html and will be discoverable to the search tool ???

also any one got any ideas how i can lock a row of graphics at the top of the screen while the page scrolls (not a nav bar - just a row of images above each column of scrolling text

thanks a lot

[bjornkn]

If your text is inside a group it will not be exported as text, but graphic, and will not be searchable - by default.
If you apply a name to your grouped text object 'HTMLtext' it will be exported as text, and thus be searchable.
Check the exported html to be sure.

[nwiz]

thanks for the reply Bjorn - can you help me with exactly how I do this as Im a bit worried I have gone too far without bearing this problem in mind -(site is already >100 pages) - i also have a list of flags on one page with each country name under it as a single block of text - what is my fastest & most elegant way around this

[bjornkn]

As long as you keep your text ungrouped they will export as text, and be searchable.
But if you group text with some graphic, like for a button, it will export as a single graphic, and is not searchable..
If you want to keep text that is inside a group as text, and searchable, you need to select the text object/block/column, rightclick and select 'Name...'.
Add the name 'HTMLtext' (without the quotes) and it should be exported as text.
The best is to do a few tests, look at the html exported, and you'll easily see what is text and what is not.