when you say headache of running a linux server, what are you referring to? Do you need a box? If so, what kind of capability do you need? --- Gary Mort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mitch Pirtle wrote: > > I'd love to see some sort of joomla<->sphinx > integration, that one > > might be worth creating a project for on > JoomlaCode. To be honest > > though I'm not sure how you would integrate the > two, as they are quite > > separate and distinct beasts ;-) > Well, I've been fixing some code that does searches > of data in a Joomla > component(AdsManager), which also comes with a > really messy mambot to > plug into the regular Joomla search. The default > searches are really > really bad(price fields can be searched for EXACT > price, not ranges). > > So I started looking at how to make that advanced > search mode a bit more > friendly, when I ran across Sphinx and looking at > it, it has every > advanced search function I would want. Since all > you need from your > search result is an id number and the component it > is in, it seems to me > Sphinx could be easily integrated with a server side > search, so the > server checks the Sphinx system based on the parms, > and returns a bunch > of data, than back to the Joomla MVC component to > format the display of > the data. > > I have a good idea of how to integrate my component > with Sphinx. And I > see how to do the Joomla content component. The big > problem I was > looking at was how to make it painless to integrate > everything else? > Something that would take all the search Plugins > installed for each > component, and build out the Sphinx index(though > worst case, I think > that can be handled just by saying "hey, here is a > neat tool if you want > to write yet ANOTHER search module") > > The only downside I saw with it was requiring a > server to run the daemon > on(yeah, I'm a shared hosting guy. I just don't > have the time to deal > with the hassle of setting up, configuring, and > securing a server these > days. Other than periodic refreshes on my > MythTV/router I don't worry > about it much.) > > Still, it would be a fun project to work on, > providing I can find > someone who wants to handle the headache of > maintaining a linux server. :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
