Add and Manage the Search Widget on a Page

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Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners | Publishers | Authors

Add a Search Widget to a Page

  1. Sign in to your website solution

  2. Navigate to your desired page

  3. Click on the Widgets tab and drag and drop the Search widget onto your pageWidgets section with the Search widget highlighted and added to the page.

  4. If desired, add Helper Text that will display inside the search box and will disappear after someone starts typingWidget options menu showing search appearance and helper text customization.

  5. Click the Next buttonSearch panel with a highlighted 'Next' button for navigation.

  6. Configure the Search Options
    The input fields under the Search Options header.

    • Header Text: Enter the desired header text for the Search Widget

    • Enable Department-Only Search: Display an option to search only the current department

    • Content Types Available: Manually select content types that will be available in the search results

  7. Click the Done buttonThe Done button on the search widget page.

  8. Click the Save Changes button at the top of the page to save the page versionSave icon.


Enable Content Types in Search Results

Selecting content types in the Content Types Available field allows users to narrow down search results based on content types from the HCMS.

  1. Sign in to your site

  2. Navigate to the page with the Search widget

  3. Click on the Search widget on the page
    The Search widget on a page.

  4. Click Search Options
    Widget options menu showing search appearance and search options customization features.

  5. In the Content Types Available field, select content types to include in the search results
    Checkboxes in the Content Type Available drop-down menu.

  6. Click Done
    The Done button on the search widget page.

  7. Click Save
    Save icon.