actually the filtering was much easier than I thought. I made a variable 
called order_by and can just pass parameters to it from each filter button.

On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:36:24 AM UTC-5, Mike C. wrote:
>
> Also my search condition was so long and not structured that great. I just 
> posted a new topic with my current Name, Tag and Skill/Category search 
> method. I think it can be changed to have skill indexed with the 
> Person/Group, instead of indexing the Skill model and the SharingSkill 
> model, than I can add it into the single search option instead of chaining 
> searches down the page as I had previously done. Once I figure out that 
> issue, it will probably be easier to figure out the other search filters on 
> attributes by declaring each one as filters{} using the :with => filters 
> call on my search.
>
> On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:31:02 AM UTC-5, Mike C. wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for the deletion, I thought it looked a little jumbled mess and 
>> figured it would he easier to build the test app and just put the repo up 
>> before asking the question hehe. I'll repost when I have it up =)
>>
>> On Monday, November 5, 2012 5:22:38 AM UTC-5, Pat Allan wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mike
>>>
>>> Would be happy to help, but your gist has been deleted. Care to send us 
>>> another link?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Pat
>>>
>>> On 05/11/2012, at 11:07 AM, Mike C. wrote:
>>>
>>> > I'm stuck on implementing some custom sort filters with Thinking 
>>> Sphinx and hoping someone out there can help me figure this one out.
>>> > 
>>> > I have an ajax search page that allows you to search by, Name, 
>>> Category and Tags (via acts_as_taggable) this is currently working fine. 
>>> What I'm finding difficult to implement is the additional search filters. I 
>>> am unclear on the best approach to implement this:
>>> > 
>>> > 1. Most/Least Viewed
>>> > 2. Highest/Lowest Rating (via thumbs_up)
>>> > 3. Most/Least Reviews (via a comments model)
>>> > 4. Time Frame (Day, Week, Month, Year)
>>> > 
>>> > Here is what I have so far, it is quite long and could probably be 
>>> refactored and shrunk a lot, uploading a GIST to show the code with nicer 
>>> formatting. After it works I'll upload a public Thinking Sphinx test app 
>>> with credits to anyone that can help me get this working, it will help me a 
>>> ton and anyone else looking for more complex TS examples.
>>> > 
>>> > Here is the Gist
>>> > 
>>> > 
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