The default MySQL Fulltext search is not performing very well on more serious shops. It is slow and the results aren't very relevant. Apache's Solr does a much better job in delivering fast and relevant results. I have used the Solarium PHP library to build Solr into Magento CE. In the future I plan to build auto correct of search terms and other features. If you have some funds available for these improvements, pleas contact me.
- Magento Community Edition 1.6+
- A working Solr 3.x or 4.x server
- Inside this repository you can find the solrconfig.xml and schema.xml
- After installing this extension:
- Clear the Configuration cache
- Log out of the Admin
- Log in on the Admin again
- Configure and enable it via: System > Configuration > CATALOG > Solarium Search
- Reindex the Catalog Search Index, this will update Solr (if enabled)
If you have an issue, you can open a bug report in GitHub's issue tracker.
This extension is also on Magento Connect.