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Tags filter page template

Use the tags filter page template to provide a means for visitors to browse for information by tags, which are derived from pages' and files' keywords property. Examples:

  1. Go to the page under which you want to create your Tags filter page.

  2. Go to Edit > Create a new page:

    The SiteBuilder page 'Edit' menu, with the 'Create a new page' option highlighted

    Note: To create new pages, you need edit or admin permissions for the parent page.

  3. Select Change page template to expand the options, then select Tags filter:

    The 'Create new page' screen, with the option to create a Tags filter page highlighted

  4. You see the Tags filter page options:

    The first part of the Tags filter page options

  5. Select what Pages to include by choosing an option from the drop-down list:

    • Normal pages

    • Uploaded files

    • Normal pages and uploaded files

  6. Enter the path for the Topmost page you want to filter under. This is the part of the URL that follows https://warwick.ac.uk. For example, to filter for pages matching tags under the IDG website, you would enter:

    /services/idg/
  7. To Include subsites under your selected page, select that checkbox.

  8. Choose what Field to show on results by selecting an option from the drop-down. The Page heading and Link caption are both set up when creating a page, and can be found in the Page properties.

  9. Select how you want to View the tags and filtered content:

    • Standard: Tags appear in a grid at the top of the page with the filtered results below.

    • Two columns: Tags are displayed in the first column, and filtered results in the second.

  10. Use the radio buttons to specify what tags should appear for users to filter by:

    The second part of the Tags filter page options

    • Show all possible tags: Every tag under the topmost page appears in the list for users to filter by.

    • Select which tags to show: Enter the names of the tags you want users to be able to filter by in the box, or select the Choose tags button to view a list of all tags, and select the ones you want to use.

  11. Choose what should be displayed from matching pages:

    • Show matching content inline: Displays the content of pages matching a selected tags.

    • Show matches as a tag list: Returns a list of matching pages without displaying page content. You can optionally choose additional Results list formatting:

      • Show the description next to the page results

      • Show the tags next to page results

      • Show icons next to results: Displays file format icons next to files and page thumbnails next to pages in filtered results.

      • Show edit icons next to results: Users who have edit permissions see a button next to files in filtered results.

      • Show a link to the parent page on tagged images: Images that appear in filtered results are accompanied by a link to the page the image is uploaded to.

  12. Enter the new page's URL and other page properties, as for a blank page template.

  13. Enter the keywords and page contact.

  14. When you have finished editing the page properties, select the Create new page button. You see a confirmation message with a link to view the new page.

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