Can the content of pdf files be searched online?

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January 27, 2014
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On my website, I have an archive of old newsletters in pdf format. Is it possible for a "site search" of my website to render search results of the content of those newsletters?

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Revdrbeatty

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revdrbeatty Aug 15, 2014 7:49 AM (in response to pk4ut)

We are using WordPress on a Go Daddy server having uploaded 250,000 digitized and OCR pages in various pdf files to our non-profit.org public site. We want members to be able to search the pdf files. What exactly do we need to buy or download to add to our Word Press server?

I will be ever so grateful for exact instruction on what to do next.

Amiable_contributors1587

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Unfortunately, I don't know, and since this forum is for issues with Workspaces, I suspect that others here won't know, either.

You would be better off finding a WordPress forum and posing your question there.

Amiable_contributors1587

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I would think that this depends on the tool that your web site uses for searching, as well as if the PDF files are images (e.g., scans) or 'real' text.

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pk4utAuthor

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Thanks for responding.

Not sure about the search tool, but the websites I have, for the most part, were created with Joomla and WordPress. The newsletters have some placed imagery, but for the most part are real text. I am prepared to place a paragraph summary with each pdf link, but the monthly newsletter archive goes back to June, 1992, so I am not thrilled about the summary thing but will if I have to.

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Revdrbeatty

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We are using WordPress on a Go Daddy server having uploaded 250,000 digitized and OCR pages in various pdf files to our non-profit.org public site. We want members to be able to search the pdf files. What exactly do we need to buy or download to add to our Word Press server?

I will be ever so grateful for exact instruction on what to do next.

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