Beginners Question - ASP code showing in browser

[Neil Hanrahan]

Hello,

I am new to using zoom search so please bare with me. I have an intranet which has been created and I want to use zoom search to search my storage servers which are on seperate computers to the intranet.

I indexed the sotrage computers and then directed the output file to a folder called Search on my intranet server. The zoom files where created. I then read the userguide and it said to start using the search you sipmly load search.asp into your browser. I did this and all it did was show me the code from search.asp.
When I load the search_template the search field is not there.

I then noticed on the userguide there was a part that said enter this code into the searh_template.htm :

<form method="GET" action="search.asp">
<input type="text" name="zoom_query" size="20">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
Results per page:
<select name="zoom_per_page">
<option selected>10</option>
<option >20</option>
<option >100</option>
</select>
<br><br>
Match:
<input type="radio" name="zoom_and" value="0" checked>
any search words
<input type="radio" name="zoom_and" value="1">
all search words
</form>

I then loaded the search_template and was given a search bar to use. I entered a simple search called "test" and all i got given was the code from search.asp?

Can any one help?

[David]

See this FAQ.
Q. I've indexed the site, uploaded the files, but I only see the search script code when I open the search page in my browser (or get a prompt asking if i want to download it)

[Neil Hanrahan]

I have IIS on my machine so I dont know why the page is not loading?

[David]

If you are seeing ASP code in the browser then the server is not executing the ASP code. Have you checked your IIS configuration? (Or contacted the hosting company / server admin person)

[Neil Hanrahan]

Its an intranet and I am the Admin of the server that runs IIS. I have just gone into the IIS options and ASP is Allowed on the Webservice Extensions tab

[David]

Make a simple ASP "hello world" script.
<% Response.Write("Hello World!") %>
and place it in the same folder as the search.asp script and see if it works.

[Ray]

If you're using IIS 7, you need to enable and install "Classic ASP". ASP.NET is not the same as ASP. Consult Microsoft documentation for help on configuring your IIS server.

[Neil Hanrahan]

Im using IIS6, I keep getting the prompt to download the search.asp script. ASP is definately enabled :

http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=54033998lr5.jpg

[David]

Your screen shot of the IIS configuration shows ASP to be prohibited. But ASP.NET to be allowed.
As Ray already pointed out ASP is not the same as ASP.NET.

[Neil Hanrahan]

Even with "Active Server Pages" AND "ASP.Net" enabled the same problem occurs

[Ray]

As pointed out, what you are describing indicates very clearly that ASP is not correctly enabled or configured on your server.

The only other possibility is if you are not accessing your Intranet web server at all and you are accessing the server via a local file path.

For example, to access your web server, you should be using a URL like:
http://myserver/mysite/search.asp

And not a path like
\\myserver\mysite\search.asp

The latter would not be accessing the web server at all, and you'd be accessing the file via the file system.

Having said that, if it's not the above, then I would recommend consulting IIS documentation to see what has gone wrong with your IIS setup and configuration.

[Ray]

Another tip: try restarting the machine after you change IIS configuration.

[Neil Hanrahan]

Thanks for the help Ray, problem fixed! the Base Url i was using was wrong, Thanks again Ray