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  • Known issue: Not responding links in Javascript search result due to MOTW

    We've just discovered an unexpected side effect of having added what is known as the Mark of The Web (MOTW) to the default "search.html" page for the Javascript version.

    For those that do not know, the MOTW is specifically the following line of HTML placed at the very top of our default "search.html" file with V5.0 Beta 15:

    Code:
    <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
    This was put in place to disable the security alert that you would normally see when opening the Javascript search page from a local computer, using Internet Explorer.

    It turns out that, while this achieves that purpose fine, it consequently blocks links to other local HTML pages which do NOT contain the MOTW. IE really should have displayed an error message or something that says this, but unfortunately, it simply does not respond to the click.

    So there's two possible solutions for those of you having this problem:

    a) Remove the MOTW from the "search.html" page, and your V5 search page will work again like it did with V4.2 (complete with the security alert in IE when running locally)

    b) Add the MOTW line to all your other HTML pages if you wish to get rid of the security alert in IE.

    More information on the MOTW is available here:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rview/motw.asp

    We will be updating our documentation on this.

    Note: We will also be removing the MOTW from our default search template in the next build, and will only be suggesting this method as a documented solution in our FAQ - for those users who really wished to get rid of the security alert and are willing to modify all their HTML files in order to do so.
    --Ray
    Wrensoft Web Software
    Sydney, Australia
    Zoom Search Engine
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