Website Search Functionality

Could someone please point me in the direction of a tutorial
or example of how to create and implement a search box into a
website. The website is HTML and am hosted on a server which permit
php. I am a novice and need a good step by step guide to follow and
learn.
Thank you for your help in advance,
Daniel

That first result should give a good option:
http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.dreamweaver/browse_thread/thread/b2fdf6bebb3eb4e 4/343577fab3aec6d2?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#343577fab3aec6d2
Dan
Knowledge Sponge wrote:
> Could someone please point me in the direction of a
tutorial or example of how
> to create and implement a search box into a website. The
website is HTML and
> am hosted on a server which permit php. I am a novice
and need a good step by
> step guide to follow and learn.
>
> Thank you for your help in advance,
>
> Daniel
>

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