Using Sitekit CMS Posts Faceted Search Using Sitekit CMS Posts
What we’ll cover Introduction: what is a Faceted Search? What you need… Looking at a live Sitekit CMS example Setting up a new Sitekit CMS example Your questions www.sitekit.net
What is a faceted search? A website interface allowing a website visitor to search for specific content such as products, files, or services using a number of different attributes. For example – on a used-car website a visitor might be able to find there next car by filtering on: Make Model Colour Mileage Engine size Engine type www.sitekit.net
Examples: John Lewis Find toys using filters such as age, type, brand and price www.johnlewis.com www.sitekit.net
Examples: PC World Find gaming consoles using filters such as brand, price and model www.pcworld.co.uk www.sitekit.net
Examples: Arnold Clark Find used cars using filters such as type, make and model www.arnoldclark.com www.sitekit.net
What you need… Familiarity with Sitekit CMS Posts including: Post type creation and configuration Post item creation and editing Familiarity with editorial pages: Page creation Editing page properties Functional page configuration For advanced customisation: CSS HTML XSL www.sitekit.net
Next… Looking at a live Sitekit CMS example Live interface Post types used Update existing items Setting up a new Sitekit CMS example Update a single filter interface to use the faceted search interface Add in a new facet post-type Add new facet values to the new post-type www.sitekit.net
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