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Tutorials

In order to use the Islandora Solr Search module, Solr and GSearch must already be installed and working. See the tutorials below for instructions.

• Search & Discovery in Islandora
• milestone 6 - Installing Solr and GSearch
• Customizing GSearch and Solr
• Upgrading From Older Versions of Solr and GSearch

Dependencies

• Islandora
• Tuque
• Apache Solr (4.2 or higher)

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1. Set the Solr URL to http://path.to.your.site:8080/solr (use "localhost:8080" unless Solr is installed on a separate server).
2. Leave the Request handler as "Let Solr decide" unless you have defined a different request handler in the solrconfig.xml file.
3. Click "Save Solr configuration."

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After you have successfully set up the Solr URL on the Solr Index tab, you can configure search results and metadata display on these tabs:

1. Facet pages - Create Configure alphabetical browsing pages based on a facet from indexed fields in Solr (for example, an alphabetical browse of results by author name or topic). Requires the Islandora Solr Facet Pages module. 
   For more on this see Islandora Solr Facet Pages.
2. RSS settings - Configure the fields to be included in the RSS display of search results. 
   For more on this see Islandora Solr RSS Settings
3. Solr Breadcrumbs - Configure how breadcrumbs are generated.
   For more on breadcrumbs see below.
4. Solr settings - Configure the Islandora search results display profile(s), including fields to display be displayed in the search results, sort and facet settings, query settings, required fields, and the Advanced Search block.
   For more on this see Islandora Solr Settings.
5. Table profile settings - Configure the "Table Display Profile" (if selected in "Solr settings").
6. Metadata display - Configure which metadata fields display to be displayed on Islandora object pages for each solution pack when the "Details" option is expanded. Requires the Islandora Solr Metadata module.
   For more on this see Islandora Solr Metadata.

Solr Breadcrumbs

To enable breadcrumbs, browse to Administration » Islandora » Configuration and select

• "Render Drupal breadcrumbs"
• "Islandora Solr" under "Breadcrumb generation," and
• "Use iTQL for particular queries."

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