Problem On Site Chebucto Search Engine

There is currently a problem with the on site Chebucto Search Engine, which is used for searching within a category. This is the search box at the bottom of most pages, that looked like the following:

Search Through All of the NGB Cemetery Transcriptions

This search engine is currently frozen at June 27, 2005, and consequently only returned items posted prior to that date. However, it should be noted that it also returned broken links for items deleted after that date. As a result, this search engine has been de-activated untill our Host Provider can rectify the problem.

Our site wide "Google Search" is unaffeced, and works fine. In the interim, you may want to use this for category searching by including the category name at the end of your search string, to help narrow the search. Please note that the site designation "site:ngb.chebucto.org" is note required as the Google link provided on our pages is already specific to NGB.

Using Search Engines

Users of the NGB site should be aware that search engines (both Google and the on-site Chebucto versions) do not instantly pickup and find new material posted to the site. All search engines must access (on their own schedule) the material on a given website and save it in their own internal indexed databases. Until that is done, searches for new items will not be found. When you initiate a search, the search engine searches it's own internal database, not the actual website.

While the Chebucto search engine (our category level search boxes) usually updates it's indexed database within a few days, the Google search engine takes much longer, sometimes as long as three months. Consequently, your search may not find new material posted to the site, even though it is actually there. This is normal operation for search engines and something we just have to live with.

Remember, if your search doesn't find what you looked for, it may at a later date. Conversely, an item displayed by a search engine may no longer exist.

Problem with Netscape

Since the upgrading to a new version of the menu system, there is a conflict with Netscape 4.x (primarily 4.7) browsers, which does not allow files in the sub-levels of NGB to open. This problem is solved by upgrading your Netscape browser out of 4.x. The current version is 8.x, and is available, free of charge, from www.netscape.com .

If you are using online banking software, a conflict with Netscape 6.0 and 7.x may also exist. Please check with your financial institution for advice on which upgrade version to use.

Note:- Internet Explorer should be unaffected.

Broken Links Found through Search Engines

The NGB Site is currently in a state of major reorganization and revisions of it's files. As part of this process, most page file extensions are being changed from "html" to "shtml". Consequently, if a search engine (including our on site version) finds a file and it has an html extension, you may not be able to display it if the extension has been changed to shtml. Please note that search engines usually display files as old as 3 months before they update their stored index. In such a case, you can probably display it by changing the file's extension in your browser's address box. Alternately, (if using Google), you can click on "cache" at the end of the item found and see the actual page that Google has stored in memory. This problem should resolve itself over the next few months, when the Site cleanup is completed and the search engines stop displaying old versions of files.