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- Describes how to access the Search widgets in Page Designer.
- Explains the Faceted Search widget's customizable options to target searches to specific content types.
- Notes that the original Search widget is no longer supported but still works, and recommends using the Faceted Search widget.
Higher Logic provides dozens of widgets that you can use to:
- modernize the look of your community pages,
- enhance the usefulness of your site, and
- increase member engagement.
Access the Search widgets
You can manage (add, edit, and remove) widgets on a community page by editing that page.
To edit a page:
- Navigate to the community page that you want to update and click Edit Page on the Admin Toolbar (or right click for a new tab).
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- Alternatively, click Edit Navigation to access the Content Management System (CMS) and your community's complete page list, from which you can access any page.
- Editing a page is accomplished with Page Designer. Click the Build tab and scroll down to the Widget section.
- Use the Category dropdown and/or the search field to more quickly find a specific widget.
- Widgets are grouped and accessible from their own category in the dropdown.
- Select the All category to view the complete list of widgets; click Search to view the widgets discussed in this article.
Faceted Search widget
You can add the Faceted Search widget to any page across your site, and with its customization options allowing you to control what content is queried, it can provide a tailored search to fit your needs.
- You can configure the type of content this widget will return in search results, allowing you to customize each Faceted Search widget to meet the needs of specific types of pages. For example, if you placed this widget on a volunteer-oriented page, you could configure the widget to only display search results for volunteer opportunities.
- The benefit of faceted search is it allows users to filter their search results by content type (e.g., blogs), and then fine-tune those results even further (e.g., remove results associated to blog comments or only show results from blogs created in the last week).
Search (old) widget
NOTE: This widget is no longer supported. It will continue to function on community pages to which it has been added.
This widget displays a search field for community users to search for content across your site.
NOTE: Higher Logic recommends replacing instances of this widget with the Faceted Search widget that is described above. It offers more configuration options to improve search functionality and more-refined results.