Sphinx Search for Invision Power Board
I’ve toyed with Sphinx before. It blew my socks off… Until it broke. Sphinx is an Open Source indexing engine, which is supported out of the box by the forum software, Invision Power Board (IPB). Essentially what Sphinx does, is run a bunch of queries against the IPB database, usually hosted on MySQL, pulling the […]
Shoppers vs Shops – Online Buying Debate
As a small business owner, I’ve witnessed first hand the effects of overseas online retailers. I have lost numerous sales because an overseas dealer can offer the same product to customers for around 10% less. One of the products I used to sell was 20% off cost price to me, including GST. An overseas retailer […]