Does Search module require content in database?

duanelc777

Hi, I'm curious if the Search module performs its search exclusively on the database, as with Wordpress? Or is it able to search/index the pages themselves, at least initially. We have a couple sites we'd like to add Search to, but all pages have been hardcoded with little/no content in the database. Thanks

almostcompletely

After installing the search module, you need to "reindex" - which pulls the content into a table for the search to act on. For CMS pages, the search table is maintained automatically. For hard-coded pages, you'll need to reindex on each manual change