Faceted Navigation for ExpressionEngine

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1. FACETED NAVIGATION FOR EXPRESSIONENGINE JOHN HENRY DONOVAN
2. FACETED NAVIGATION?
3. Users are searching for an item in a structure where all facets of an item are a possible entry point PROBLEM SOLUTION Allow the users to navigate the information by progressively selecting desired facets of the information items.
4. It is not to be confused with ‘parametric search’ WHAT FACETED NAVIGATION IS NOT
6. EXAMPLES OF FACETED NAVIGATION
7. http://www.amazon.co.uk
8. http://well-formed-data.net/experiments/
9. http://www.asos.com
10. http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/car-range/
11. http://store.apple.com/
12. http://devot-ee.com
13. DECIDING WHEN TO USE FACETED NAVIGATION
14. •WHEN THERE IS GOOD META DATA IN PLACE USE DON’T USE •WHEN CONTENT NATURALLY FORMS FACETS •YOUR USERS UNDERSTAND THE FACETS •USERS PREFER THE ACTUAL SEARCH •VERY SMALL COLLECTION OF CONTENT •CONTENT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RELATE
15. FACETED ANATOMY 101
18. PAGINATION AND DUPLICATE CONTENT CRAWL DEPTH DUPLICATE CONTENT
19. CRUFT FREE URLS /template-group/template/url-title /template-group/url-title
20. <?php $entry = "{segment_2}"; if (($entry == "") || ($entry == "category") || preg_match("^P[0-9]{1,}$^",$entry) ){ ?> {embed="/directory/listing/"} <?php }else{ ?> {embed="/directory/more/"} <?php } ?> /directory/index PHP :On Parse: Input
21. CATEGORIES {exp:channel:categories channel="directory"} <a href="{path='directory/index'}"> {category_name} </a> {/exp:channel:categories}
22. {exp:channel:categories channel="directory"} <a href="{path='directory/index'}"> {category_name} </a> {exp:query sql="SELECT count(exp_category_posts.entry_id) AS post_count FROM exp_category_posts WHERE exp_category_posts.cat_id = '{category_id}' "} ({post_count}) {/exp:query} {/exp:channel:categories}
24. SOLSPACE SUPERSEARCH http://solsp.ac/e0M
25. SUPERSEARCH EXAMPLE QUERY http://mydomain.com/shop-directory/ search&category=sunglasses&price- from=27&price-to=220
26. THANK YOU
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