System Requirements

There are two main components to adding a search engine to your site.

For indexing your website, you will require a Mac computer with:

  • macOS High Sierra (10.13) officially supported. May work on older versions of macOS but not officially tested.
  • 128 MB of memory (more memory is required to index larger sites)
  • At least 30 megabytes of available disk space

(If you wish to index your website from a Windows desktop, see Zoom for Windows. If you wish to index your website on a Linux desktop or directly on a Linux server, see Zoom For Linux)

For searching on your online web site or CD-ROM,

Your requirements will depend on the scripting platform of your choice. You will need either one of the following:
  • Web server with PHP (4.2 or higher) installed (see PHP option) OR
  • Web server with ASP 3.0 or higher and VBScript 5.5+ installed (see ASP option) OR
  • Web server with CGI executable permissions (CGI option) OR
  • Web server with ASP.NET support (hosting permission and Full Trust privileges to install and run custom Server Control - see ASP.NET option) OR
  • A web browser with JavaScript 1.5 or higher support (Javascript option) - when none of the above is available.

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