SharePoint 2013 has FAST search built into its core fabric. New site templates and web parts have been added to allow you to build search driven applications. Through these search web parts, we can cross site collection boundaries to surface information, improve navigation and create a seamless experience across the different sites, site collection and web application. We will also demonstrate how to use cross site publishing to leverage multiple content sources. We also discuss several approaches for publishing internet sites.

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SharePoint 2013 Catalog Sites
Brian Culver●SharePoint Fest Chicago ●December 2014●SRC204
Build a SharePoint 2013 Search Driven Application

2. About Brian Culver
•SharePoint Solutions Architect for Expert Point Solutions
•Based in Houston, TX
•Author
•ProveIT! Analytics
•SharePoint 2010 Unleashed
•Various White Papers
•Speaker and Blogger

3. About Brian Culver
•Dad to 2 more girls (3 months old)

4. Session Agenda
•What is a Search Driven site?
•Search Driven Publishing Model
•Steps to Configure a Catalog Site
•Product Catalog Architecture
•Search Driven Content Web Parts
•Display Templates
•Working with the Catalog Settings
•Managed Navigation
•Refiners
•Tips

5. A site driven by search … right?
Core Concepts
•Navigation Driven by metadata
•Published Content is the focus
•Site Structure very simple
Implementation
•Two Publishing Pages
•Friendly URLs
•Content can be anywhere
Sounds complicated until you see it.
Examples:
•Best Buy
•Amazon
What is a Search Driven Site?

6. A site driven by search … right?
•Sounds complicated until you see it.
•Examples:
•Best Buy
•Amazon
Core Concepts
•Navigation Driven by metadata
•Published Content is the focus
•Site Structure very simple
Implementation
•Two Publishing Pages
•Friendly URLs
•Content can be anywhere
What is a Search Driven Site?

7. The Search Driven Publishing Model
The Product Catalog site
•Used for content storage
•Product Content Type
•Taxonomy
The Publishing site(s)
•Presentation Layer
•Display Templates
•Content By Search Webpart

8. Search Driven Publishing Model
Breakdown site collection boundaries
Eliminate large list thresholds
Allows for flexible & dynamic publishing
Separate presentation from storage
Some Advantages:

9. Product CatalogDemo

10. Prerequisites
On-premise
•SharePoint 2013 Enterprise License
Office 365
•Enterprise E3 and E4 Plans
•Lots of Manual configuration because Product Catalog Site Collection template is not available.
Steps to Configure a Catalog Site

11. 1.Create site collections for cross-site publishing.
2.Import list content into the Product Catalog Site Collection.
3.How to enable a list as a catalog.
4.Set up search and enable crawling of your catalog content.
5.Connect your publishing site to a catalog.
6.Upload and apply a new master page to a publishing site
7.Upload page layouts and create new pages in a publishing site
8.Assign a category page and a catalog item page to a term
9.Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a category page
10.Configure the query in a Content Search Web Part on a catalog item page
11.Upload and apply display templates to the Content Search Web Part
12.Plan and Configure to use refiners for faceted navigation
13.Add refiners for faceted navigation to a publishing site
14.Add a Taxonomy Refinement Panel Web Part to a publishing site
Steps to Configure a Catalog Site on SP2013

12. Product CatalogArchitecture -Site Template

13. Product CatalogArchitecture -Site Template

14. Product CatalogArchitecture -Content Types & Site Columns
•Content Types
•Site Columns

15. Product CatalogArchitecture -Content Type
The “Product” Content Type

16. Product CatalogArchitecture -Products List

17. Product CatalogArchitecture -Navigation Term Set
•Product Hierarchy

18. Product CatalogArchitecture -Term Set Settings

19. Product CatalogArchitecture -Term Set Navigation

20. Product CatalogArchitecture –Page Levels

21. Audio
Cameras
Computers
Home appliances
Phones
TV and video
Adaptive experiences empower web developers to create portals
based on managed navigation and a few dynamic pages
Audio
Cameras
Computers
Home appliances
Phones
TV and video
Friendly URL
http://contoso.com/cameras
Use page
maincategory.aspx
Microsoft Confidential
Search
CONTENT SEARCH WEB PART
TERM STORE
NAVIGATION TAXONOMY
Filter query by
CATEGORY:Cameras
Product CatalogArchitecture -Page Architecture

22. Audio
Cameras
Computers
Home appliances
Phones
TV and video
TERM STORE
NAVIGATION TAXONOMY
Friendly URL
http://contoso.com/computers
Use page
maincategory.aspx
Adaptive experiences empower web developers to create portals
based on managed navigation and a few dynamic pages
Microsoft Confidential
Search
CONTENT SEARCH WEB PART
Filter query by
CATEGORY:Computers
Product CatalogArchitecture -Page Architecture

23. Search Driven Content Web Parts

24. Search Driven Content Web Parts
CBQ without borders
nicely themed
Simple to Add
Simple to Edit
Super Flexible

25. Display Templates
•Many options OOTB
•Create your own

26. Display Templates
Make your own in HTML & JavaScript
Many ship Out-of the- Box
Display Templates

27. Working with the CatalogSettings

28. Working with the CatalogSettings

29. Catalog Enabling
Working with the CatalogSettings
Catalog Connection

30. Managed Navigation
New NavProvider
Friendly URLS
Product Catalog integration
Terms can be site structures
1:1 binding of Site Collection to Term Set
Managed navigation

31. •Drive your navigation and URLs based on Term Store hierarchies
•Clean URLs for actual end users
•www.contoso.com/careers
•www.contoso.com/aboutus
•Define settings for navigation in terms store manager
•Provides also dynamic topicpages capability for minimizingamount of physicalpages for catalog type sites
Managed navigation

32. Managed navigation & Refiners
•Define refiners for catalog content drill down in catalog drive scenarios
•Provides easy filtering capabilities for catalog information
•Content editors can define which managed properties are available as refinements
•UI rending can be customized for each refiner
•Different data types have different rendering options

33. TIPS: New Site Search Admin Tasks
Just to summarize, here are things site admins can do to manage search themselves:
Task
Site Collection Admin
Site Admin
Create and/or override Query Rules, including Promoted Results
Create and/or override Result types and display templates
Create and/or override Result Sources, either for remote locations or as a custom search “vertical”
Create managed properties
Create refiners
Start a local crawl –can even be done down to the list level

34. Useful Links and Resources
•TechnetImport Scripts
•http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Import-list-content-to-f735d7fb
•Check for the Latest Slide Deck
•http://www.slideshare.net/bculver

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37. Thank you!
Brian Culver, MCMTwitter: @spbrianculver
E-mail: brian.culver@expertpointsolutions.com
Blog: http://blog.expertpointsolutions.com/
Slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/bculver