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re-indexing procedures is Admin selectable. For details see chapter: Periodical Re-indexing New feature for media search: Find media results not only by media 'tile', but also by EXIF and ID3 info To be activated in Admin backend. New option in Admin settings called: "Use string list of 'URL Must Not include' also to prevent erasing of involved . . .
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In order to erase all sites and all pages completely, it might become necessary to uncheck this option Improved search form. Now offering separated search buttons for 'text' and 'media' queries, as well as a button for combined search. Improved search procedure for combined search of text and media, in order to speed up the search procedure. . . .
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dependencies, like registrations in temporary and pending tables, had been already observed before. Improved Admin search function: Searching for 'Sites', the result listing now will present also the 'Options' button to select Edit, Re-Index, Erase & Re-index, Erase, Delete, Pages, Browse and Statistics Improved index procedure for media . . .
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accept basic authentication strings. Improved index procedure: If the 'User Agent String' as defined in Sphider-plus Admin backend is not accepted by the site to be indexed, Sphider-plus will use a standard browser HTTP_USER_AGENT to connect to the site. New algorithm to delete the content of HTML and PHP tags No longer using the PHP function . . .
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only be used, if the following Admin setting is activated: 'Clean resources during index / re-index and also for search function' Improved 'Settings' interface in Admin backend. After pressing 'Save', now additionally presenting the eventually existing dependencies and the necessarily modified settings. Improved 'Approve sites' menu. If . . .
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sites' menu. If categories are available, as per default the new sites are placed in category 'none'. Improved search function: If in admin backend the option 'Delete special characters like dots, commas, exclamation and question marks etc. as part of words' is activated, also the search query will be cleaned from secondary characters. . . .
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like 'book: kellner' and 'kellner, rolf' will no longer fail. This modification will not be active for 'Phrase' search. Improved search function for queries containing hyphens. Improved HTML files. Now loading faster the search form. Improved display output for main categories. Improved 'addurl' form. Now accepting URL's without www. Improved . . .
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framework for ID3 and EXIF extraction during media indexing. Updated GeoIP database, used to provide the IP of the search user. Updated IDS configuration file, default filter and converter. Updated language files for Czech and Slovenian language. Thanks to Peter Krupa. Updated suffix list, holding all the file suffixes, which will not to be . . .
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enable suggestions for queries using main-categories. Bugs fixed, which prevented disabling the IDS framework for 'Search User' and 'Suggest User'. Bug fixed in option "Ignoring parts of a page by <;div id='abc'>;" for multiple nested divs. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /addurl.php /search_ini.php . . .
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/ added for this release: /addurl.php /search_ini.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/admin_search.php /admin/auto_index.php /admin/db_common.php /admin/configset.php /admin/index_media.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php /admin/spiderfuncs.php /admin/url_backup.php /admin/getid3/all files /include/commonfuncs.php . . .
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re-indexing procedures is Admin selectable. For details see chapter: Periodical Re-indexing New feature for media search: Find media results not only by media 'tile', but also by EXIF and ID3 info To be activated in Admin backend. New option in Admin settings called: "Use string list of 'URL Must Not include' also to prevent erasing of involved . . .
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In order to erase all sites and all pages completely, it might become necessary to uncheck this option Improved search form. Now offering separated search buttons for 'text' and 'media' queries, as well as a button for combined search. Improved search procedure for combined search of text and media, in order to speed up the search procedure. . . .
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dependencies, like registrations in temporary and pending tables, had been already observed before. Improved Admin search function: searching for 'Sites', the result listing now will present also the 'Options' button to select Edit, Re-Index, Erase & Re-index, Erase, Delete, Pages, Browse and Statistics Improved index procedure for media . . .
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accept basic authentication strings. Improved index procedure: If the 'User Agent String' as defined in Sphider-plus Admin backend is not accepted by the site to be indexed, Sphider-plus will use a standard browser HTTP_USER_AGENT to connect to the site. New algorithm to delete the content of HTML and PHP tags No longer using the PHP function . . .
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only be used, if the following Admin setting is activated: 'Clean resources during index / re-index and also for search function' Improved 'Settings' interface in Admin backend. After pressing 'Save', now additionally presenting the eventually existing dependencies and the necessarily modified settings. Improved 'Approve sites' menu. If . . .
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sites' menu. If categories are available, as per default the new sites are placed in category 'none'. Improved search function: If in admin backend the option 'Delete special characters like dots, commas, exclamation and question marks etc. as part of words' is activated, also the search query will be cleaned from secondary characters. . . .
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like 'book: kellner' and 'kellner, rolf' will no longer fail. This modification will not be active for 'Phrase' search. Improved search function for queries containing hyphens. Improved HTML files. Now loading faster the search form. Improved display output for main categories. Improved 'addurl' form. Now accepting URL's without www. Improved . . .
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framework for ID3 and EXIF extraction during media indexing. Updated GeoIP database, used to provide the IP of the search user. Updated IDS configuration file, default filter and converter. Updated language files for Czech and Slovenian language. Thanks to Peter Krupa. Updated suffix list, holding all the file suffixes, which will not to be . . .
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enable suggestions for queries using main-categories. Bugs fixed, which prevented disabling the IDS framework for 'search User' and 'Suggest User'. Bug fixed in option "Ignoring parts of a page by <;div id='abc'>;" for multiple nested divs. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /addurl.php /search_ini.php . . .
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/ added for this release: /addurl.php /search_ini.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/admin_search.php /admin/auto_index.php /admin/db_common.php /admin/configset.php /admin/index_media.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php /admin/spiderfuncs.php /admin/url_backup.php /admin/getid3/all files /include/commonfuncs.php . . .
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/templates/html/110_media-only header.html /templates/html/200_no media found.html /templates/html/sphider-plus.ico Top . . .

Log [ Change Log Summary ] [ Outdated versions ] Version v.1.8 Release date: 26. February, 2009 New feature: Search for media content. If activated in Admin settings, media files like - Images - Audios - Videos will be indexed and become searchable. Result listing is separated into 4 sections: found text, found images, found audio streams . . .
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EXIF data is indexed, it is possible not only to query for a media title, part of a title or suffix, but also to search for e.g. all songs of a specific author, or for all images done with 'f/2.0' or perhaps flash setting 'red-eye'. For more details, please notice the documentation chapter Media Search New feature: Index RSS and Atom feeds. If . . .
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If activated in Admin settings, RSS (v.0.93 - v.2.0) and Atom (v.1.0) feeds are indexedand the content becomes searchable. For more details, please notice the documentation chapter RSS and Atom feeds New feature: Result cache for text and media queries. If activated in Admin settings, this item offers: - Extremely reduced response time for . . .
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more details, please notice chapter Result cache for text and media queries Enlarged Admin statistics. In table 'Search Log' the following items are additionally presented: - User IP - Users country code - Users hostname New item in Admin Settings (Section: Index Log Settings): Suppress browser output of logging data during index / re-index. . . .
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items). Additionally count of results in cache and currently used memory space are presented. The status of last search request (done 'in category xyz only' or in 'all sites') is cached for next query input. Improved Log output if file mode is set to 'text'. Additional common file for French language. Thanks to Florian Vugier. Updated French . . .
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Thanks to Humberto Branco. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /addurl.php /php.ini /search.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/configset.php /admin/db_main.php /admin/GeoIp.dat /admin/geoip.php /admin/index_media-php /admin/install_all.php /admin/install_sphider-plusphp.php /admin/install_v.1.8.php . . .
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folder) /converter/rss2html.php /converter/rss.html /converter/rss_parser.php /include/commonfuncs.php /include/searchfuncs.php /include/search_media.php /include/media_counter.php /include/search_links.php /include/search_media.php /include/common/audio.txt /include/common/image.txt /include/common/suffix.txt /include/common/video.txt . . .
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tables and additional table rows in already existing tables. If you update from a former version of Sphider-plusphp, please run the /admin/install_v.1.8.php script. If you upgrade from original Sphider or install from scratch, you don't need to run this script. Its features are also included in the other installation scripts. Top . . .

Log [ Change Log Summary ] [ Outdated versions ] Version v.1.8 Release date: 26. February, 2009 New feature: Search for media content. If activated in Admin settings, media files like - Images - Audios - Videos will be indexed and become Searchable. Result listing is separated into 4 sections: found text, found images, found audio streams . . .
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EXIF data is indexed, it is possible not only to query for a media title, part of a title or suffix, but also to Search for e.g. all songs of a specific author, or for all images done with 'f/2.0' or perhaps flash setting 'red-eye'. For more details, please notice the documentation chapter Media Search New feature: Index RSS and Atom feeds. If . . .
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If activated in Admin settings, RSS (v.0.93 - v.2.0) and Atom (v.1.0) feeds are indexedand the content becomes Searchable. For more details, please notice the documentation chapter RSS and Atom feeds New feature: Result cache for text and media queries. If activated in Admin settings, this item offers: - Extremely reduced response time for . . .
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more details, please notice chapter Result cache for text and media queries Enlarged Admin statistics. In table 'Search Log' the following items are additionally presented: - User IP - Users country code - Users hostname New item in Admin Settings (Section: Index Log Settings): Suppress browser output of logging data during index / re-index. . . .
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items). Additionally count of results in cache and currently used memory space are presented. The status of last Search request (done 'in category xyz only' or in 'all sites') is cached for next query input. Improved Log output if file mode is set to 'text'. Additional common file for French language. Thanks to Florian Vugier. Updated French . . .
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Thanks to Humberto Branco. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /addurl.php /php.ini /Search.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/configset.php /admin/db_main.php /admin/GeoIp.dat /admin/geoip.php /admin/index_media-php /admin/install_all.php /admin/install_sphider-plus.php /admin/install_v.1.8.php . . .
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folder) /converter/rss2html.php /converter/rss.html /converter/rss_parser.php /include/commonfuncs.php /include/Searchfuncs.php /include/Search_media.php /include/media_counter.php /include/Search_links.php /include/Search_media.php /include/common/audio.txt /include/common/image.txt /include/common/suffix.txt /include/common/video.txt . . .
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tables and additional table rows in already existing tables. If you update from a former version of Sphider-plus, please run the /admin/install_v.1.8.php script. If you upgrade from original Sphider or install from scratch, you don't need to run this script. Its features are also included in the other installation scripts. Top . . .

be activated in Admin settings. Select method of highlighting for found keywords in result listing. If 'Advanced search' is activated, the user may select: - bold text - marked yellow - marked green - marked blue The default highlighting can be defined in Admin settings. If in Admin settings the option ' Index words in Domain Name and URL path' . . .
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result listing (row URL). If in users browser JavaScript is disabled, a warning message is displayed on top of the search form that full functionality of Sphider-plus will not be available (required for the suggest framework). Improved printout for 'Show sites in category' . If in Admins 'Site options' the content for 'title' was not included, . . .
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0 - New links: 0 is no longer shown. Because all links are delivered from the sitemap file and new links are not searched during index / re-index. An eventually non-existing log folder will be created automatically during index / re-index process. So, the message 'Logging option is set, but cannot open a file for logging. ' will be prevented. . . .
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JavaScript is disabled, a warning message is displayed on top of Admin page that full functionality of Sphider-plus administration will not be available (required for warning messages). Updated Romanian language file by CyBerNet. Corrected Spanish language file by Willy. Bug fixed in index / re-index function that caused problems to index . . .
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indexed is increased to 255 characters per word. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /search.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/auth.php /admin/configset.php /admin/install_all.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php /admin/spiderfuncs.php /include/searchfuncs.php /include/search_links.php /languages/ all files . . .

be activated in Admin settings. Select method of highlighting for found keywords in result listing. If 'Advanced searc' is activated, the user may select: - bold text - marked yellow - marked green - marked blue The default highlighting can be defined in Admin settings. If in Admin settings the option ' Index words in Domain Name and URL path' . . .
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result listing (row URL). If in users browser JavaScript is disabled, a warning message is displayed on top of the searc form that full functionality of Sphider-plus will not be available (required for the suggest framework). Improved printout for 'Show sites in category' . If in Admins 'Site options' the content for 'title' was not included, . . .
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0 - New links: 0 is no longer shown. Because all links are delivered from the sitemap file and new links are not searced during index / re-index. An eventually non-existing log folder will be created automatically during index / re-index process. So, the message 'Logging option is set, but cannot open a file for logging. ' will be prevented. . . .
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JavaScript is disabled, a warning message is displayed on top of Admin page that full functionality of Sphider-plus administration will not be available (required for warning messages). Updated Romanian language file by CyBerNet. Corrected Spanish language file by Willy. Bug fixed in index / re-index function that caused problems to index . . .
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indexed is increased to 255 characters per word. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: /searc.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/auth.php /admin/configset.php /admin/install_all.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php /admin/spiderfuncs.php /include/searcfuncs.php /include/searc_links.php /languages/ all files . . .

version ] Version v.2.2 Release date: December 22, 2009 Build up with Sphider: v.1.3.5 In front of Sphider-plus version 2.1 the following items have been added / modified: Improved multiple database support: Results may now be collected from more than one database. 1 - 5 databases could be configured to fetch results for the common result . . .
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1 - 5 databases could be configured to fetch results for the common result listing. Valid for text and media search, all search modes, taking into account category selection. More details in documentation chapter Activate / Disable databases Improved RSS and Atom feed index procedure. Including now also a validation for the well-formed XML. . . .
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noun, pronoun, etc. Works for all kinds of single quotes. New Admin setting: For queries containing numbers, search with wildcards. Useful to search for complex article numbers, if the user only knows a part of the complete item description New Admin setting: Index ZIP compressed files and archives. Supports (X)HTML, XML and also compressed . . .
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Index procedure improved for dynamical created links. New option: Suppress zero results in 'Most popular searches' as presented at the bottom of result listing. To be selected in Admin settings. Self test whether all s of ../admin/ are writeable. Otherwise a chmod 777 is performed. Malfunction will cause warning messages. Self test for . . .
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was shorter than 250 characters (as to be defined in Admin settings: 'Maximum length of page summary displayed in search results'). Bug fixed that prevented highlighting of keywords in result listing for Strict search (!query), if keyword was found in position 0 of full text. Bug fixed that caused direct jump to iframe instead of linking to the . . .
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file. Thanks to Danny von Berg. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: addurl.php search.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/auth.php /admin/auth_db.php /admin/configset.php /admin/db_config.php /admin/index_media.php /admin/install_tables.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php . . .
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/include/click_counter.php /include/commonfuncs.php /include/make_captcha.php /include/media_counter.php /include/searchfuncs.php /include/search_media.php /include/common/must_include.txt /include/common/must_not_include.txt /include/common/not_div.txt /include/images/no_fonts.jpg /languages/ all files /templates/all folders/hdline.jpg . . .

version ] Version v.2.2 Release date: December 22, 2009 Build up with Sphider: v.1.3.5 In front of Sphider-plus version 2.1 the following items have been added / modified: Improved multiple database support: Results may now be collected from more than one database. 1 - 5 databases could be configured to fetch results for the common result . . .
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1 - 5 databases could be configured to fetch results for the common result listing. Valid for text and media search, all search modes, taking into account category selection. More details in documentation chapter Activate / Disable databases Improved RSS and Atom feed index procedure. Including now also a validation for the well-formed XML. . . .
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noun, pronoun, etc. Works for all kinds of single quotes. New Admin setting: For queries containing numbers, search with wildcards. Useful to search for complex article numbers, if the user only knows a part of the complete item description New Admin setting: Index ZIP compressed files and archives. Supports (X)HTML, XML and also compressed . . .
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Index procedure improved for dynamical created links. New option: Suppress zero results in 'Most popular searches' as presented at the bottom of result listing. To be selected in Admin settings. Self test whether all s of ../admin/ are writeable. Otherwise a chmod 777 is performed. Malfunction will cause warning messages. Self test for . . .
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was shorter than 250 characters (as to be defined in Admin settings: 'Maximum length of page summary displayed in search results'). Bug fixed that prevented highlighting of keywords in result listing for Strict search (!query), if keyword was found in position 0 of full text. Bug fixed that caused direct jump to iframe instead of linking to the . . .
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file. Thanks to Danny von Berg. Involved files that have been modified / added for this release: addurl.php search.php /admin/admin.php /admin/admin_header.php /admin/auth.php /admin/auth_db.php /admin/configset.php /admin/db_config.php /admin/index_media.php /admin/install_tables.php /admin/messages.php /admin/spider.php . . .
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/include/click_counter.php /include/commonfuncs.php /include/make_captcha.php /include/media_counter.php /include/searchfuncs.php /include/search_media.php /include/common/must_include.txt /include/common/must_not_include.txt /include/common/not_div.txt /include/images/no_fonts.jpg /languages/ all files /templates/all folders/hdline.jpg . . .

warning messages delivered by the 'Intrusion Detection System' are blocked in dialogue of Admin backend. Improved search algorithm for queries containing numbers. - If the search term 12.34 does not deliver any result, 12,34 will be used alternately. The same vice versa. - If the search term test123 does not deliver any result, test 123 will be . . .
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is not installed. Improved suggest framework. Now delivering suggestions also for integer numbers. Improved image search. Now searching in title of image, as well as in file name. Also thumbnails are created for .png images, which are marked to be .jpg Improved word stemming implementation. Now allowing to search for original and stemmed words. . . .
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and XLS files. In result listing, no longer presenting the file suffix as part of the title. Bug fixed in category search for option 'More results from category xyz'. Bug fixed in defining an external template folder, outside of the Sphider-plus installation folder. Bug fixed in German word stemming for upper case vocals. Involved files that have . . .
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/admin/messages. /admin/spiderfuncs.php /converter/catdoc. /converter/catppt. /include/commonfuncs. /include/search_10. /include/search_40. /include/searchfuncs. /include/search_media. /include/suggest. /include/stemming/de-stem. /templates/html/010_html_header.html Top . . .

warning messages delivered by the 'Intrusion Detection System' are blocked in dialogue of Admin backend. Improved search algorithm for queries containing numbers. - If the search term 12.34 does not deliver any result, 12,34 will be used alternately. The same vice versa. - If the search term test123 does not deliver any result, test 123 will be . . .
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is not installed. Improved suggest framework. Now delivering suggestions also for integer numbers. Improved image search. Now searching in title of image, as well as in file name. Also thumbnails are created for .png images, which are marked to be .jpg Improved word stemming implementation. Now allowing to search for original and stemmed words. . . .
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and XLS files. In result listing, no longer presenting the file suffix as part of the title. Bug fixed in category search for option 'More results from category xyz'. Bug fixed in defining an external template folder, outside of the Sphider-plus installation folder. Bug fixed in German word stemming for upper case vocals. Involved files that have . . .
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/admin/messages. /admin/spiderfuncs.php /converter/catdoc. /converter/catppt. /include/commonfuncs. /include/search_10. /include/search_40. /include/searchfuncs. /include/search_media. /include/suggest. /include/stemming/de-stem. /templates/html/010_html_header.html Top . . .