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Configuring the Search Tile

1. To access the tile’s configuration panel, click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the tile.

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1. Select Search Result Section from the Tile Menu. 

2. Configure the Search Panels

   • This feature allows you to add separate filters to the search results, focusing the search tile on different Places and types of content. We recommend filling in a few tabs for best results. Repeat steps 3-6 below for additional panels. 

   • Click the + to add additional search result panels

     • Note: You can add up to 10 panels

3. Add a title to each search result section. For example, “Documents” or “Answers.”

4. Select the Place(s) you want the Tile to search. Click the + Add place button to restrict search to specific places(s). 

   • Note: This field is optional. If you leave it blank, the tile will search the entire community.

5. Select Open results in a new window or leave unchecked

6. Choose your Content Results 

   • To show all content types, leave Restrict to content type blank. To restrict results, enter content type in the text box. Use a comma for multiple content types (e.g. document, discussion).

• Choose from the additional data to display with the results(all options below are unchecked by default):

  • Show excerpt

  • Show author

  • Show creation date

  • Show modification date

  • Show Place

  • Show structured outcomes

7. Choose to display People Results by checking the optional box

8. Choose to display Places Results by checking the optional box

9. Save your changes. Scroll to the bottom of the tile and click the Save All button.

*Repeat the steps above for each search panel added.

Configuring the Theme

Select your brand colors for the following tile elements:

• Search input area

  • Header text

  • Header background

  • Search box background

  • Search button

  • Search button hover

  • Search Box width

• Results

  • Section header

  • Results title

  • Metadata

  • Excerpt

  • Results background

• Footer

  • Footer text

  • Footer background

  • Button text

  • Button background

  • Dropdown background

  • Button hover

• Set the Search Box width by dragging the slider to the desired percentage.

• Enter any desired Placeholder text, which will indicate to users what the search field is for. For example, “I’m looking for…” or “Enter a search term.”

• Set the Rounded corners by choosing on or off from the dropdown menu.

Note: Leaving “search box background” blank will set this value to transparent. If you’re using the tile on a News page and your page has a darker background color, the search input will display on top of the background color; therefore, with enough contrast, the white search input will be visible.

Tip: You can type the basic colors into each color field. For example, red, blue, green, brown, black, white, yellow, purple, orange. For other colors, you can enter hexadecimal values. If you don’t know the hexadecimal value, convert your colors at http://rgb.to.

Note: This section also includes a preview, so you can see the Theme updates before you publish any changes.

Configure the Display Configuration Options

Update the Display Configuration options for the tile’s Header & Footer

• Select a display option for Header mode from the following options:

  • Left header

  • Tabbed header

  • No header 

• Select a Display mode for the Footer mode  from the following options

  • Left footer

  • Centered

  • No footer

  • Legacy Footer*

    • *This will be an available option if you had HTML in the footer in the previous version of the Search Tile. You can choose to continue to use that, or use the configuration options to have a call to action.

Configure the Header

• Configure the  Header text, which will appear in the search box. If the header is disabled in “display mode,” this text will be ignored. 

• Add optional Sub-text, which will appear beneath your Header text in Left header display mode, or to the right of the Header text in Tabbed header display mode. 

  • Note: You can style your Sub-text with HTML, e.g. bold or italicize words or phrases, or add links.

Configure the Footer

• Configure the Footer text by adding in optional copy for example, “Can’t find what you are looking for?” 

• Add in Button text, for example, “post your question” “ask us” 

• Choose the location you want the question to be posted to by searching for the appropriate place. 

  • Check the box below if you want to post the question in the current place

  • Check if you want the button to open in a new tab

Save your changes. Scroll to the bottom of the tile and click the Save All button. 

Configuring the Fonts

Configure Custom HTML

Copying your Tile Settings

Best Practices and Tips

Support

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