Sphinx test integration for Travis (from #1341)

The db fixture in the sphinx configuration for unit test takes place
after starting the sphinxserver on travis, by importing the fixture
in the before scripts we allow sphinxsearch on travis to run create
the indexes properly

[Test] [WIP] Sphinx support on Travis

This reverts commit 0d8ae877.

This reverts commit a28e7470.

Removed whitespace etc.. *cringe*

Docs typos [; before ?> in view]

fix issue #1315

used e.g. for less client side compiling