customer_account:filter_configuration

customer_account:filter_configuration

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You can configure the filters for the search in the account by following this link.

You can configure the filters for the navigation in the account by following this link.

The filter configuration in your Findologic account allows a user-friendly and fast configuration of your filters.


Parameters

Filter classification

  • Main filters: By default, filters in this category will be shown on each search result page or category page. If there is no filter-data there will be a default-text “No more filters possibilities”.
  • Other filters: Filters in this category will be shown after a click on “Show more filters”. If there is no filter-data the filters and the link for showing more filters will not be shown.
  • Inactive filters: Filters in this category will not be shown at all.
Use the icons in the column “Actions” to change this classification of your filters simply in one click.

Filter name

  • Display name: The name of the filter, that is shown in the frontend of the shop.
  • Exported name: The name of the attribute in the export feed.

Filter type

Choose the type of the filter from the dropdown. Depending on the filter, you can choose from different types.

  • Text: Filter values will be shown as text.
  • Color Filter: Filter values will be shown as a color picker. To make sure all colors are being displayed, do not forget to add them in the Findologic customer account. Here you can find the documentation regarding color filter congifuration.
  • Dropdown: Filter values will be shown in a dropdown element.
  • Image: Filter values will be shown as an image. This feature is only available for the manufacturer filter. To use this filter please follow this instruction on how to use manufacturer logos.
    • Display style:
      • As list: After each image, there is a new line.
      • Float horizontally: Images are shown in one line. Automatic new line is inserted, when the filter width isn't large enough.
    • Show title: Show the title of the filter and the image.
    • Image width: Width of the image (image scales).
    • Image height: Height of the image (image scales).
  • Range Slider: The filter value will be shown as a range slider. To use this configuration, you need to export numeric values as attributes for this filter. The range slider is only able to work with numeric values.
  • Unit: This unit that should be shown in the Shop.

Additional Settings

Following filter options will be shown, if the chosen filtertype allows it:

  • CSS class: Filters obtain the CSS class that is set here.
  • “No filter available”-text: Sets the text, if there are no more filter values for a certain filter.
  • Sorting: Sets the order of the filter values.
    • A-Z: Lexicographic order
    • relevance: Sort is according to the calculated relevance based on the number of items matching with each filter value
    • count: The most clicked filter values ​​are listed first
    • 0-9: Ascending order
  • Show count: If enabled, the number of items for each filter value is displayed in brackets next to the filter value.