Thinking Sphinx

External Resources

I am happy to provide support via email and the google group - but please do not contact me on Skype or other instant messaging systems about Thinking Sphinx issues.

Further Documentation, Support and Discussion

• RDocs for the official repository
• Thinking Sphinx Google Group

Video

• Railscast #120

Books

There was once a PDF publication on Thinking Sphinx, published by Peepcode. Sadly, it’s no longer for sale (but it’s terribly out of date now anyway).

Blog Posts

Keep in mind some of these posts may refer to features/code relevant to older versions of Thinking Sphinx.

• Sphinx tag on Freelancing Gods
• Rails Thinking Sphinx Plugin: Full Text Searching that’s Cooler than a Polar Bear’s Toenails
• named_scope and Thinking Sphinx gotcha
• Integration testing with Cucumber, RSpec and Thinking Sphinx
• Thinking Sphinx and Unicode
• Thinking Sphinx Case Folding Configuration

Core Topics

• Home
• Getting Started
• Installing Sphinx
• Installing Thinking Sphinx
• An Introduction to Sphinx
• Indexing
• Searching
• Real-time Indices
• Rake Tasks
• Testing
• Upgrading
• Support & External Resources

Advanced Topics

• Advanced Sphinx Configuration
• Common Questions and Issues
• Delta Indexes and Merging
• Facets
• Excerpts
• Geo-Searching
• Sphinx Scopes
• Deployment
• Search Middleware
• Search Glazes, Panes, and Masks
• Contributing to Thinking Sphinx