GrowSearch™ - License

License

GrowSearch: Copyright © 2005, Grow Collective. All rights reserved.

Preamble

GrowSearch is free to use. That doesn't mean its free, it just means we place no restriction on how you use it after you buy it as long as you adhere to the license conditions below. Although we don't offer the code for free, at £1 its pretty close and we don't try and disallow you from profitting from using it in turn. When you stack it up against the commercial site search and mapping tools available for 300 times the price, hopefully you'll agree its worth the nominal charge.

An open invitation for commercial use: If you think its a valuable tool for users, yourselves and your clients, and you've just gotten paid for a job well done that included GrowSearch™, please consider donating £1 from your project fees (simply click buy now) and let us know where you used it in our hall of fame. We'd love to know!

License

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, whether for personal or commercial use, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  • Neither the name of Grow Collective nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Additional reference: PHP License

Action

Proof is in the Searching

23/02/06: GrowSearch just got faster! Check the demo to see just how fast.

Requirements

Hosting

Your host needs to support PHP scripting. If they don't, ask them to install it or switch to one of the 99% of providers who do - PHP is free!

Mark-up

Descriptive <title>'s or <h1>'s are recommended for your site pages. It's not so much a requirement but just good practice because the search routine and site map indexes all pages and can use the contents of any tag you choose as the display text for the pages in the list.

Biography of a Search

GrowSearch was originally created for our own use (it's used in gr0w.com). We wanted a simple plug-in that made searching any kind of web page a breeze, regardless of user skill level. We also wanted a routine to produce a site map that would update automatially as part of the package. So after a fair slice of hard work allowing for the varied uses you might put it to and readying it for everyone to use its finaly here: Our combined site search and map. Enjoy! More about the work can be seen in the forthcoming library article.

Update: Thursday, 29th September, 2005

I've finaly got around to writing a press release for GrowSearch. Please feel free to take peek if that kind of thing interests you.