Setting Up Apache Solr for Drupal 7: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Samuel J. Huskey, in the tenth installment of his series "Rebuilding A Theme," details the process of installing and configuring Apache Solr for the DLL Catalog site, which uses Drupal 7 for faceted search. Huskey documents his experience, noting the ease of using DDEV for local development despite encountering obstacles. 

Key steps include installing ddev-solr, necessary Drupal modules, and configuring Solr within Drupal's UI. Samuel provides a thorough guide for creating a server, uploading a configset, creating an index, and configuring facets, autocomplete, and search views. This meticulous documentation aims to help others facing similar challenges. For further details, readers can visit his website at sjhuskey.info.

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