Setting up Filters on collections

Introduction

Filters on collections is a feature, which allows adding Searchanise Filters to your store collection pages. So, customers will be able to filter and sort collections based on product attributes.

There are pre-installed filters with the most common attributes like price, product type, vendor, availability, etc. You can add and use as many filters as you need.

Example of a collection page with Filters on collections:

With Filters on collections, customers can narrow down the search in just a few clicks and choose something suitable in your online store.

Setting up Filters on collections

There are two ways to set up Filters on collections in your store:

1. Through redirecting Shopify collection links – the app will replace all links to collections ([store_url]/collections/…) in your store with the links that lead to the page with the Search Results Widget ([store_url]/pages/search-results-page?collection=…). Therefore, by clicking on the collection link, you will view products in the Search Results Widget.
2. Through embedding HTML code into the Shopify template – the theme code should be modified to use the collection template of our app instead of the theme default one. In this case, you will view collection products in the Search Results Widget as in the first way, but collection links won’t be changed.

You can pick the most convenient way and follow the instructions.

Through redirecting Shopify collection links

To set up Filters on collections through redirecting Shopify collection links, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Searchanise Search & Filter control panel > Filters > Filters on collections section > Settings tab.
2. Select the Navigation through redirecting Shopify collection links option.
3. Apply the changes.
4. Optionally, hide the Search Results title in the collection pages and display your collections titles.

The Filters on collections feature is set up. You can go to your Shopify collections in the storefront and check out how it works.

If you face any troubles with setting up the feature, you can contact us. We will be glad to help you.

Hiding Search Results Title

To hide the Search Results title in the collection pages and display your collections titles, follow these steps:

1. Go to Shopify admin panel > Online store > Themes.
2. Find the theme you want to edit, and then click Actions > Edit code.
3. In the Templates directory click page.liquid.
   Important info

   If your theme is Online Store 2.0 (Dawn, next-generation themes), it has a different structure. In this case:

   1. Click page.json in the Templates directory
   2. Find the page’s main section name in the type attribute: 

      

   3. Open the file with the found name in the Sections directory. In the example above it’s main-page.liquid

4. Find the line with the page title:

   

5. Add snize-search-results-page-title CSS class to the element that contains the page title: 

   

6. Save the changes.

Through embedding HTML code into the Shopify template

To set up Filters on collections this way, you need to edit or customize your theme. Below you can find the instructions for Vintage and Online Store 2.0 (Dawn, next-generation themes) themes:

• Vintage theme’s instructions
• Online Store 2.0 theme’s instructions

Disabling Filters on collections

To disable Filters on collections, follow these steps:

1. If you enabled the Navigating through embedding HTML code into the Shopify template option, then reverse the changes in the collection.liquid file.
2. Go to the Searchanise Search & Filter control panel > Filters > Filters on collections section > Settings tab.
3. Select the No navigation option.
4. Apply the changes.

That’s it. The Filters on collections feature is disabled.

Settings

There are some settings for Filters on collections. You can manage them in the Searchanise Search & Filter control panel > Filters > Filters on collections section > Settings tab.

Setting	Description
Sorting
Default sorting	Changes the collections sorting. The default sorting on Shopify is Date: New to Old. If the collection was added to the Manual collection sorting list, the default sorting for it will be named Featured.
Show out of stock products at the end of list	Moves the out-of-stock products to the end of the products list. The option is disabled by default.
SEO
Include collection part in product url	Includes the collection’s handle into the product URL, for example, your_store.com/collections/watches/products/watch_1. The setting is enabled by default.
Override collection SEO information	Overrides the page titles and meta descriptions of your store with the Searchanise SEO settings: the Searchanise Search & Filter control panel > Translations & Texts section > Search Results Widget tab > SEO part. The setting is disabled by default. If it is disabled, it will be used SEO data, adjusted in Shopify.

Manual collection sorting

See the instructions.

Troubleshooting

1. Collection pages in your Shopify store are showing all products