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When creating an article, there is an option of adding Feature values to categorise article content. This is meta data that you define as meaningful to the article. A filter can be added in the article list page Article List Page so that website visitors browsing through the article list can quickly find relevant content, e.g., product use suggestions and ideas, by using Features values to display only respective articles. 

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Next, we need to enable Feature Filter so that the filter appears in the Article List page. 

Choose from one of two filter modes available: client side, and server side.

  • Client side mode: processes the filter data in the client web browser.   OThis mode is faster and suited for smaller number of articles. Note - only works when the pagination feature 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 articlesNote - suited if the pagination feature is ON

Configuring each mode is slightly different.  

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