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Get started with Optimizely Search & Navigation

Describes the steps you need to set up and use Optimizely Search & Navigation.

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To set up and use Optimizely Search & Navigation, follow these steps:

  1. Set up a development environment  with everything you need using Visual Studio, creating an account, and setting up a Developer Service with an index.
  2. Create a CMS project in Visual Studio, and add the Optimizely Content Management System (CMS) integration for Optimizely Search & Navigation from the Optimizely NuGet feed.
  3. Implement basic, free-text search functionality on your website to be used when building CMS-specific search features.
  4. Add more search features such as tracking and viewing statistics, paging, best bets, and facets.

Updated 4 months ago