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When creating an article, there is an option of adding Feature values to categorise article's content. This is meta data that you define as meaningful to the article. Features can then be displayed as filters in the article list page so that your website visitors browsing through the article list can quickly find relevant content or product use suggestions and ideas.
Use case
A business Let's use the case of a business that sells homewares and furnishings on their website. Their design articles newsletters and blogs contain a wealth of information and ideas about how customers can decorate particular rooms in their homes to achieve a certain look, featuring products they sell. Instead of site visitors having to browse through each article, they can use their article list page can include feature filters to so readers can quickly find relevant articles. ETC
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Add a features filter to an article list page to help site visitors find relevant articles quickly. |
Availability - version 4.23
Step-by-step guide
The process of adding a features filter involves configuration steps in various screens. TIP - Before you start, think about the Features and Values that are meaningful for the targeted article list filter.
1. Add Features and Values for Article
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Next, we need to enable Feature Filter so that it the filter appears in the Article List page.
Two Choose from one of two filter modes are available: client side, and server side.
- Client side mode: processes the filter data in the client web browser. Only works when the pagination is turned OFF, i.e. when all articles are listed on one page. This mode is faster and suited for smaller number of articles.
- Server side mode: processes the filter data by accessing the database server and returning information from the relevant table. Suited if pagination is ON. This mode is more efficient when filtering larger numbers of articles.
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