Extension talk:SphinxSearch/2017

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It is recommended to use SphinxSearch 0.8.5 and a recent stable release of Sphinx 2.1. Please bear in mind that this extension only handles the communication between MediaWiki and Sphinx and any specific issues related to the search feature (character sets, ability to search with *, search categories, minimum length on search terms etc.) are handled in Sphinx (see sphinx.conf file) and those questions should be redirected to the Sphinx forum.
The development on this extension is done on a voluntary basis and while this forum provides a platform to share experiences and solutions, it is up to its community members to fill in suggestions.

Help

When seeking help and/or support, you might want to consider to mention your system environment (SphinxSearch Extension version, Sphinx version, MW version etc.) otherwise it might be difficult for people to make appropriate recommendations.

For Windows users and related issues see here, for Linux users and related issues see here, and some advice on how to configure a SQLite setup see here.


Exclude a Category from indexing?

Is there a clear way to exclude articles in a particular category from indexing with Sphinx? I haven't been able to find a clear answer on this through lots of searching. I've found plenty of discussion on excluding categories form searches, but i want to have a specialized category such as "Category:NoIndex" excluded from even being indexed in the first place. 98.174.255.150 (talk) 19:35, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Is there any chance to index uploaded files ?

Hi everybody. I would like to know if there is any chance to index uploded files such as pdf, doc, docx ecc. I used the FiledIndexer extension with Sphinx Search engine but this extention was retired because unsecure, and what I'm looking for is something similar

Thanks a lot in advance. Bye BluAlien (talk) 16:30, 21 November 2017 (UTC)