Creating different abstract outputs for the same "Profile"

wriviere · Post by **wriviere** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:31 am

I have a profile for search results that I am trying to apply two different "abstract" output styles to. I have currently tried setting up two meta searches of the same profile to try to accomplish my goal.

Currently I have this setup:
MAIN PROFILE
MAIN PROFILE meta search 1
MAIN PROFILE meta search 2

In each of the meta searches' "Search settings", I defined my output that I want for each abstract:
MAIN PROFILE meta search 1
abstract type = query
abstract length = default
MAIN PROFILE meta search 2
abstract type = query
abstract length = 2800 (bytes)

Here's the problem:
When I do my test searches for each one, the settings in the meta searches are completely ignored and only the settings in the MAIN PROFILE "Search settings" are recognized. What can I do to make the meta searches abstract lengths visible to the end user?

My ultimate end result is I am trying to create two results outputs from the same "profile" of search results. One being a small abstract length and the other being a verbose (around 400 words) abstract length. I am creating an .aspx page that will "scrape" Thunderstone's results and output whichever setting the user has chosen (simple or verbose) to the search results page.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

- Ernie

Post by **mark** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:29 am

Set the main profile abstract length to the longer of the desired settings. Search directly against that and let your proxy use as much as desired of the abstract. Meta search will return the abstract size defined by the back end and won't help you here.

Post by **mark** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:37 am

BTW, this is a public forum. You might not want to publish your phone number and email address for spammers to potentially harvest. People can email you by clicking "Email Cc" when posting a reply.