Faceted search gives users the ability to apply extra conditions to the search. A common example is on shopping sites, where you can search for an item, let's say "t-shirt" and then apply additional filters, such as size, color, and style. This means they can find the answers they need more quickly, as they can narrow down their search to only include results that are relevant.

With technical documentation, there are many uses for faceted search. You could use it to filter a search by product name, type, or other characteristics such as version number or operating system.

To set up your Paligo HTML5 Help Center to use faceted search, you will need to use a search engine service, either:

You will also need to set up your Paligo content to use taxonomies. The taxonomies will need to be applied in a certain way, as described in the following sections: