Advanced

If you've made it through the previous examples you should now be pretty familiar with integrating the search form on your site and doing a GET request through a simple HTML form.

You can use additional parameters listed on the Funnelback documentation website in combination to make an advanced searching option for your users. An additional way to find other interesting parameters is to use the search.vcu.edu interface and watch how the url changes based on your interaction with the user interface.

When implementing your search think about what types of form elements work best for your application. In the example below I've tried to use different options as an example to show purely show you can, but some parameters may fit better in certain form elements.

Try it out

Try searching for terms such as "human resources," "faculty" or "programs."

Choose what you want to search: