How to install Advanced Sphinx Search Pro extension

  1. Login to Magento backend.
  2. Go to System > Index Management. Run Full Reindex of all indexes. If it's not possible to run reindex via browser, try to run it via SSH. If you see errors, fix them now.
  3. Go to System > Tools > Compilations.

    If Compiler Status is Enabled, disable the compilation by clicking the button Disable in the upper right corner.

  4. Backup your store database and web directory.
  5. Download extension from your Personal Account.
  6. Unzip the extension locally.
  7. Copy contents of the folder step1 to the root directory of Magento store.
  8. Copy contents of the folder step2 to the root directory of Magento store.
  9. Completely clear the site cache.

    Go to System > Cache Management. Click button Flush Magento Cache. If you want to clear the cache manually, you need to remove a folder /var/cache at the server.

  10. Logout from Magento backend and login again.
  11. Go to Search > Manage Search Indexes and configure Product index.
  12. Go to System > Index Management. Run reindex of the Search Index.
  13. Go to System > Configuration > Mirasvit Extensions > System, at form Installed Extensions press the button Run validation tests for all extensions for check extension installation and configuration.
  14. If compilation was enabled before installation, you need to run recompilation process to enable compilation. Go to System > Tools > Compilation and click on Run Compilation Process.
    If you did not disable compilation and store is down after installation, follow the link and make next steps to recover the store.

Our extension can not work properly, if there installed other third-party search extensions.

If you have installed such an extensions, please, turn them off either before installation, or immediately after installation at /app/etc/modules folder, then purge ALL cache, that you're using, and run reindex.

If you're using Enterprise Edition, you also need to disable Enterprise_Search and Enterprise_CatalogSearch.

Next step:
Configure Search Results

Advanced Sphinx Search Pro