1. Using Sitekit CMS Posts
Faceted Search
Using Sitekit CMS Posts

2. 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

3. 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

4. Examples: John Lewis
Find toys using filters such as age, type, brand and price

5. Examples: PC World
Find gaming consoles using filters such as brand, price and model

6. Examples: Arnold Clark
Find used cars using filters such as type, make and model

7. 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

8. 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

9. Your questions