See FlexWikiFAQ.

Searching The Wiki

• Q How can I get an index of available pages? Search with no search string returns the list, but it shows content as well and you don't get a nice clean list. If it is not currently possible, I'll throw it on FeatureRequests.
• A Here's how to create an index of all pages within a namespace. See TopicIndexBehavior for details.

 @@TopicIndex("Title", ".*", "YourNamespaceHere")@@ 

• Q Is it possible to just search page titles and not page contents?
• A Not directly. But you can create pages that perform fixed searches using TopicIndexBehavior.
• Q Is it possible to search for multiple words? I tried this with 2 words in the search field, and got no results, even when both words existed in topics. It would also be nice to include AND/OR logic in the search.
• A Yes, but I haven't fully tested the possibilities. It seems that the default search is an "exact phrase" search. If you separate your terms with a pipe ("|") it seems to give OR logic. Not sure if there're other boolean search features. --MattMcCabe 7/28/05
• Q Is it possible to exclude a page (or pages) from showing up in the search engine hits? I know this sounds odd, but there are people in my organization who wish to create pages that are not so easy to find.. sort of 'by invitation only'. So they don't want them to show up in the search pages or 'lost and found'.. I will look into creating private pages using ACLs, if that will satisfy them.
• A Yes, but you need to implement FlexWikiSecurity by using FlexWikiAuthentication and then FlexWikiAuthorization. Then the topics need to be limited so that only certain users are able to read a topic. Topics that a user does not have authorization for, will not show up in search -- JohnDavidson [22-Sep-2008]
• Q Is there a way to search all namespaces as default? Currently, a search starts in the default namespace, and has to be reset to all.
• A This functionality is included in build 2.1.0.263. See flexwiki.config.template for configuration details. -- JohnDavidson [22-Sep-2008]