LITFL Search

The problem with providing education in the hospital environment is the persistent and unwarranted use of Internet Explorer which acts like a cubist Picasso converter to contort the website into a random series of incoherent text boxes Review of the old site highlighted a few functionality issues. One of the most frustrating elements of moving to a scalable mobile responsive design was the dropdown menus. We had far too much information crammed into an unpredictable space which was only intermittently visible…so they have been discarded with the new build. We have decided to run with ‘single menu tabs’ linked to ‘placeholder pages’ and ‘Google Custom Search Engine’ to facilitate website exploration in the hospital. This should also enhance the mobile experience. Placeholder Pages We are redeveloping the menu single tabs to direct to placeholder pages from which the rest of the site can be accessed e.g LITFL Collections page Google Custom Search Engine I love WordPress – but its internal search functionality leaves a lot to be desired. Certainly WordPress 3.7 addresses the core search functionality allowing search by relevance as well as by date…but for any site with more than 1000 pages – it is still woefully inadequate. There are numerous options for enhanced search such as Relevanssi Custom Search (Premium or Free plugin) – but we have opted for the Google Custom Search Engine. Google CSE is free and high...
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