if you do mean pdf files, you could put them in an instance of our Shared Files feature, then they will be searchable by title in the site search. You could optionally copy and paste the text of the pdf also into the description field and then it will also work in site search for the contents of the pdf.

if you mean something else by "documents" please clarify

Best,

Joe

Hi Mark,

Joe Audette's suggestion to use the Shared Files feature is your best bet. Any files uploaded using the Shared Files feature will have their filename indexed so your users can search them.

Hope this helps,
Joe D.

Hi Mark,

Are you getting any results when you search for terms that are in content on your site?

Check if there are files in the /Data/Sites/[SiteID]/index directory.

Did you try your search more than once after deleting the files in the index directory? The reason I ask is that the index is not rebuilt until a search is performed which triggers the site to check the index and when it notices that the directory is empty, it spins up an index job. If you only searched once, you wouldn't get any results because the index hadn't been rebuilt yet. Once the index is rebuilt (shouldn't take long if your site isn't very large), you should be able to find what you are searching for. The index has undoubtedly been rebuilt by now so you might want to try your search again.

HTH,
Joe D.

Hi Mark,

The index will be updated after new files are uploaded or existing files are updated. All of the included mojoPortal modules work this way.

If someone deletes the index files, a search will need to be performed to get the index re-built.

So, in short, as long as the index files remain intact, you shouldn't run into any problems.

HTH,
Joe D.