You have two possibilities for the Searching. Database Search and Domain search.
If each database is FT indexed (set to immediate) then all stidents will be able to search their own blogs within a few minutes of entering the blog entry. That is bog standard stuff.
The Domain Search takes much longer due to the sheer amount of data. In my experience the Domain Search will index about 500-500meg of databases per hour. Thats a lot of stuff to sift through. Heck even Google only visits websites every couple of weeks to index/re-index pages.
Now you might be able to implement some kind of ping update so that when a new blog is created a seperate entry is added to a central database and indexed immediately but there is only so much that thi scentral DB could hold and it will need pruning occasionally. But at least it won't have the mucky views that will need re-indexing... it should only be used for searching purposes. Once you have the resultant doc you actually send the searcher to the real life record. But to my mind this is a really tacky search hack.
DB indexing and Domain indexing are two separate tasks and should be treated as such. Short of buying a specialist movabletype kind of setup, I think this is your better option if you want to pursue the Domino option.
After all, Domino R7 has all the necessary blogging templates straight out of the box. All you need to do is some fancy admin work and you're sorted.
You have two possibilities for the Searching. Database Search and Domain search.
If each database is FT indexed (set to immediate) then all stidents will be able to search their own blogs within a few minutes of entering the blog entry. That is bog standard stuff.
The Domain Search takes much longer due to the sheer amount of data. In my experience the Domain Search will index about 500-500meg of databases per hour. Thats a lot of stuff to sift through. Heck even Google only visits websites every couple of weeks to index/re-index pages.
Now you might be able to implement some kind of ping update so that when a new blog is created a seperate entry is added to a central database and indexed immediately but there is only so much that thi scentral DB could hold and it will need pruning occasionally. But at least it won't have the mucky views that will need re-indexing... it should only be used for searching purposes. Once you have the resultant doc you actually send the searcher to the real life record. But to my mind this is a really tacky search hack.
DB indexing and Domain indexing are two separate tasks and should be treated as such. Short of buying a specialist movabletype kind of setup, I think this is your better option if you want to pursue the Domino option.
After all, Domino R7 has all the necessary blogging templates straight out of the box. All you need to do is some fancy admin work and you're sorted.