wordpress: facets and taxonomies

That’s Facet-nating!-FacetsWP

Shanta R. Nathwani http://shanta.ca@ShantaDotCa

http://twitter.com/shantadotca




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Agenda

About me How to organize your facets Tools used in creating this presentation (and some others I learned

about along the way) Importing data and setting it up for success Setting up and implementing facets

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About Me• Instructor, Sheridan College

• Joint program with University of Toronto at Mississauga: Institute of Culture, Communication, Information and Technology

• Web Design and Capstone Project

• Serial WordCamper• Spoke at 7 camps last year,

including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

• This year, there will be 7 and I’m co-organizing 2 of them.

• Bachelor of Commerce in Info Tech Mgmt., Ryerson University


Big Thank You!Becky Davis Justin Howe

Shawn Pucknell

http://beckydavisdesign.com/

http://www.justinhowe.com/

https://twitter.com/pucknell

Disclaimer

• Please excuse all the text and screenshots. I’m used to using this for my students, but they make great notes!

• I’m going to upload these after the session to http://shanta.ca, so you don’t have to write this all down.

• Please ask questions! I’ll try and add them to the slides after the fact.

http://shanta.ca/


Information architecture and knowledge There are two ways of looking at how people find information: when

someone is knowledgeable about a topic, and when someone doesn’t know much about a topic.

If someone is knowledgeable about a topic, they can follow a trail of breadcrumbs (such as a menu) to lead them to the right place.

If someone is less knowledgeable about a topic, or there are large pieces of information, it is easier to narrow or filter down the results.


Amazon.ca

Search by:• Title• Author• Genre• Price• Department• …and so much more!

Examples of Faceted Searches


Expedia.ca

Filter by:• Price• Number of Connections• Airline• Departure/Arrival time of day• Length of Flight• …and so much more!

Examples of Faceted Searches


FacetWP

Premium Plugin for WordPress Cost is $79 for 3 sites, $199 for unlimited sites. Both are per year and

include service and updates. http://facetwp.com

http://facetwp.com/


No WordPress Installations Were Harmed

Importing: For the demo today, I used

WP All Import (the free edition) for XML data. The paid edition allows for importing and placement of Advanced Custom Fields as well as images.

I also explored and tested WP Ultimate CSV Importer for CSV files. Out of the box, it will import into all of the standard stuff, as well as the Advanced Custom Fields.

Other Goodness: To keep testing the imports, I had to

keep deleting and re-creating posts. I used Bulk Delete that did the job amazingly. It will also delete selectively.

To do restores, I use Backup Buddy because it is so easy to use. This is a premium plugin, but they have wonderful packages for educators and students.

I used the City of Toronto Festival Open Data set (XML format)

http://www.wpallimport.com/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-delete/

https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=8b0689fe9c18b210VgnVCM1000003dd60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=1a66e03bb8d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD


Import data from external source- Set up the template in WP All Import


All the things!


Now…on to FacetWP!


Facet Types


Under Facets…


Save and Re-index


Onto the Facet Template


Customization of the Facet Template


Copy the shortcodes from templates and facets


Create a page and insert the shortcodes


The Result


Facets At Work


Facets In Action


Results!

Questions?Shanta R. Nathwani

http://shanta.ca@ShantaDotCa





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