The search bar and the filter button on the topics page needs to be improved. [Meta Note]: Throughout the explanation of this issue, there will be two different search bars. 1) the search bar to search through content. 2) the search bar to search through the list of filters, when selecting a filter ("filtered search").
Filter Button
Searching for Filters & Traversing Filter Windows
After clicking the filter box, a window should appear above of possible filter categories. This window should be filtered based on what is typed in the "filtered search". When one of these filter categories is clicked on, the window no longer shows the filter categories, but rather the options for the specific filter category selected. In the case of the author filter category, the next window should be blank, and then the "filtered search" would just search through a list of authors, and based on the search, authors would start appearing in the window. Furthermore, this window should most likely be a fixed size, that allows scrolling within the window.
Also, for the author search, if there is no functionality for pulling authors from an API, then just pull from a json file that has hardcoded fake users for now.
Representation of Filters
The selected filters should be represented somewhere (maybe under the filter box or the search box), with x's on them allowing the user to click on the x and delete the filter.
Categories and Options
Subtopic (for law - real estate, securities, taxes, intellectual property......for finance - markets, accounting, currency, banking......for business - operations, management.........for development - smart contracts, side chains)
Time (last day, last week, last month, last year)
Author
Medium (podcast episode, article, video, presentation slides, course)
Difficulty Level (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
Search
Based on the filters currently in place, the search bar should only search through that filtered content.
MakerAcademy
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2 years ago 
The search bar and the filter button on the topics page needs to be improved. [Meta Note]: Throughout the explanation of this issue, there will be two different search bars. 1) the search bar to search through content. 2) the search bar to search through the list of filters, when selecting a filter ("filtered search").
Filter Button
Searching for Filters & Traversing Filter Windows
After clicking the filter box, a window should appear above of possible filter categories. This window should be filtered based on what is typed in the "filtered search". When one of these filter categories is clicked on, the window no longer shows the filter categories, but rather the options for the specific filter category selected. In the case of the author filter category, the next window should be blank, and then the "filtered search" would just search through a list of authors, and based on the search, authors would start appearing in the window. Furthermore, this window should most likely be a fixed size, that allows scrolling within the window. Also, for the author search, if there is no functionality for pulling authors from an API, then just pull from a json file that has hardcoded fake users for now.
Representation of Filters
The selected filters should be represented somewhere (maybe under the filter box or the search box), with x's on them allowing the user to click on the x and delete the filter.
Categories and Options
Subtopic (for law - real estate, securities, taxes, intellectual property......for finance - markets, accounting, currency, banking......for business - operations, management.........for development - smart contracts, side chains) Time (last day, last week, last month, last year) Author Medium (podcast episode, article, video, presentation slides, course) Difficulty Level (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
Search
Based on the filters currently in place, the search bar should only search through that filtered content.