Smart Content Filter

Use Cases

Version: 1.6.0

Use Cases

Common Uses
  • Blog Sections: Browse posts by category, tag, search, and date with Tabs or Pills filters.
  • News Rooms: Magazine or News Portal preset with a featured lead story.
  • Tag Catalogues: Tag Pills + Multiple, Enable Category Filter set to No, Safe HTML intros with full intro limit (0).
  • Multi-category catalogues: Category Selection Multiple so visitors combine several groups in one view.
  • Agent or topic landing pages: Default Tag IDs or Default Category IDs with Lock Default Filters so the page opens already filtered.
  • Catalogues: Safe HTML intros with full intro limit (0) for styled product or course blurbs.
  • Portfolios: Masonry or Grid layouts with image hover effects and lightbox.
  • Product Showcases: Card grids with custom field metadata and share buttons.
  • Directories: List view with author and custom field filters; Filters Toggle for a compact chrome.
  • Documentation Hubs: Sticky toolbar, search, and shareable filtered URLs.
  • Case Studies: Category pills, featured badges, and lead overlays.
Content Planning Tips
  • Use clear category names: they become frontend filter labels.
  • Use Joomla tags for cross-category themes.
  • Use custom fields for structured values on cards, filters, and optional card images.
  • Add consistent intro images (or a custom image field) for polished grids and list views.
  • For plain cards, keep intro text short with Intro Text Limit. For styled catalogues, use Safe HTML and limit 0.
  • For shareable agent or topic links, either use Default Tag IDs with Lock Default Filters, or link to ?scf_{moduleId}_tag={tagId} when Shareable Filter URLs is Yes.