Talking Drupal #117 - Solr

In episode #117 we talk about using Solr for search on a Drupal website.  www.talkingdrupal.com/117

TOPICS:

• Core search
• What is Solr
• How does Solr work
• Benefits of using Solr
• Features of Solr

MODULES:

• Search API - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api
• Search API Solr Search - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr
• Search Pages - https://www.drupal.org/node/1255226
• Custom Search - https://www.drupal.org/project/custom_search
• Facet API - https://www.drupal.org/project/facetapi
• Search API Page - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_page
• Search API Autocomplete -https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_autocomplete
• ApacheSolr - https://www.drupal.org/project/apachesolr

RESOURCES:

• Setting up Solar - https://www.drupal.org/node/1999310
• Apache Solr - http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
• Rubber Duck Debugging - http://www.rubberduckdebugging.com/
• Views Help Text Bug (Patch #36) - https://www.drupal.org/node/339384
• Open Solr - https://opensolr.com/

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Multi-Step Registrationwww.drupal.org/project/stepWith Multi-Step Registration you can create multi-step (wizard) user account registration forms. Each step of the wizard can be configured to, optionally, expose one or more Profile2 types.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan