User talk:Svemir Brkic

Sphinx on ProyectoFedora.org
Svemir, I implemented Sphinx on ProyectoFedora.org/wiki which is the spanish Fedora Project wiki. I've been modifying the way it displays the search page and results, and wanted to share these back with you. You can look at the changes here: http://proyectofedora.org/wiki/Especial:SphinxSearch

Thanks for your work! --Nushio 03:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Cool, thanks! Feel free to add a link to your project on the extension pages, or I can do it later. Are there some changes or improvements you would like to contribute to the project? Svemir Brkic 12:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Like I said, I made some visual changes, mainly to SphinxSearch_body.php to display the namespaces as in Wikipedia's search (Based on user feedback). I'm also starting to tweak the results page to display more relevant stuff, and moving things around, like formatting.

I'm still a n00b when it comes to hacking wikipedia extensions(and php, for that matter), so most of the code is pretty "dirty", but functional. But of course I'd love to contribute back to the project! --Nushio 22:15, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Reshuffle the SphinxSearch documentation
The talk page does contain some useful information which are independent of any SphinxSearch release, so it might be a good idea to strip some of those topics, group them and create a subpage. Topics that seems relevant:
 * Extension_talk:SphinxSearch -- > Extension:SphinxSearch/Windows install
 * Extension_talk:SphinxSearch --> Extension:SphinxSearch/SQLite configuration
 * Extension_talk:SphinxSearch --> Extension:SphinxSearch/Search suggestions
 * merge Extension_talk:SphinxSearch
 * merge Extension_talk:SphinxSearch
 * Extension:SphinxSearch/Search weight configuration
 * merge Extension_talk:SphinxSearch
 * merge Extension_talk:SphinxSearch
 * merge Extension_talk:SphinxSearch
 * maybe a page about categories and namespaces merged into a subpage Extension_talk:SphinxSearch, Extension_talk:SphinxSearch

People always wonder about the differences of MW's search solutions, so on the main the page, a comparison matrix could describe those features in comparison (syntax support, performance, signle unique feature etc.).
 * Standard MW Search
 * Extension:EzMwLucene
 * Extension:Lucene-search
 * Extension:Zend_Search_Lucene_for_MediaWiki

Priority on the ToDo list would help people to see what comes next, I mean SPH_SORT_EXTENDED mode by @relevance and by number of times the page would be a killer and single out any feature against the other search engines available. PDF indexing could an item too as proposed by