Above: An example of project filters
Project filters allow your visitors to filter a list of projects by different criteria, in order to find the projects that are most relevant to them. Visitors can filter by project geography (postcode or ward) to find projects near them - or filter by other criteria such as stage - for example, viewing only projects that are currently open for comments.
Custom filter types can also be created, such as project theme - for example, allowing visitors to view all active travel projects, or only local plans projects.
Using project filters, you can turn a project into a 'hub page' allowing for easy navigation of all Commonplace projects your organisation is running.
Project filters allow any visitor to browse through your projects and find the projects that they are most interested in.
This makes your hub page:
More dynamic and interactive
Visitors can decide for themselves which projects they are most interested in
Shorter
With project filters, there is less content to scroll through to find the right projects
Geolocalised
Visitors can find projects that are locally relevant to them, with filters for postcode and ward
Customisable
With custom filters, the sky's the limit!
There are two types of project filters that can be added to your hub page:
There are three default filters:
Status
Allows visitors to filter for Active or Completed projects
(Note: project team members are also able to filter for Testing and Archived projects)
Postcode
Allows visitors to find all projects within a 1km radius of a postcode
(Note: based on the project's latitude and longitude)
Ward
Allows visitors to filter projects by ward
(Note: based on the project's latitude and longitude)
Custom filters can be defined by you, based on any criteria you want.
To create custom filters, simply create a copy of the project filters template document and share it with your Customer Success Manager.
Simply list your projects, and for each one provide the filters you'd like them to fall under - if you want multiple filters to apply to one project, separate the filters by commas.
Depending on the complexity of the filters and the number of projects, the turnaround time for custom filters will be 2-5 working days.
To enable project filters, you will first need to confirm the purchase of the project filters add-on with your Customer Success Manager. Once this is confirmed, you will need to provide the following pieces of information:
The URL of the hub page on which you would like the project filters to appear
Which of the default filters you would like to include:
Status
Postcode search
Ward
Any custom filters you would like to include (see above)
Still unsure about anything? There's lots more information here on the Commonplace Help Centre - alternatively, contact the support team and we'll be happy to help 👋
