For general information about this module, check the README.txt file. Installation ------------ 1. Unzip the files, and upload them as a subdirectory of the sites/all/modules directory of your Drupal installation (or the location you normally use for contributed modules). 2. Go to 'Administer > Modules', and enable the Porter Stemmer module. 3. Go to 'Administer > Configuration > Search and metadata > Search settings' and click 'Re-index site'. You should do this step whenever you upgrade to a new version of the Porter Stemmer module, so that the search index is rebuilt with any changes to the stemming algorithm. 4. Ensure that cron has run at least once, to build the search index. On larger sites, it may take several cron runs to complete the search index. You can check progress on the Search settings page, and you can run cron manually by visiting 'Administer > Reports > Status report', and clicking on 'Run cron manually'. 5. This module will use the PECL "stem" library for PHP, if it is installed on your server. If you have full administrative/root access to your server, and are comfortable with Apache/PHP configuration and system administration, you can install this library by following the instructions at: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.pecl.php Once the library is installed, you will need to add a line to your php.ini file to enable the module: extension=stem.so If the PECL "stem" library is not available, the module uses a PHP implementation of the stemming algorithm. The output is identical. More information about the PECL "stem" library: http://pecl.php.net/package/stem