Did you consider using an existing open-source project to provide the
AJAXy UI to your index?  VuFind and Blacklight are among the
candidates.  That's where I'd start, if I were in your position.

-- Mike.



On 28 February 2011 03:34, Yitzchak Schaffer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We are working on creating a public-facing biographical index. We're planning on using Solr with faceting, and building an AJAXy search frontend. We have experience with symfony for overall framework, so we have begun the project using that.
>
> The only robust-looking material I was able to find on Solr with AJAX tonight was
>
> https://github.com/evolvingweb/ajax-solr/wiki
>
> Can anyone offer any alternate projects or approaches? I'm just getting my feet wet in both advanced JS/frontend dev techniques, and Solr.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Yitzchak Schaffer
> Systems Manager
> Touro College Libraries
> 212.742.8770 ext. 2432
> http://www.tourolib.org/
>
>