Creating some super basic Volusion search / browse filters on your own. Many times there are ways to sort / filter your Volusion products / services that are above and beyond the product options and their Include_In_Search_Refinement. Sometimes you need a basic way to “guide” the user to their destination with the least amount of bumps as possible.

Straight to the point:

1. Log in to your admin dashboard.
2. Click the Products tab.
3. Click the product(s) you want to be added to this filter.
4. Scroll down to Advanced Options and find Additional Product Keyword(s) field.
5. Fill that in with the keywords that will help your users filters this product. If you do not have any products that have “recycled” as an option, you could put that here. That will help users filter all your products that are recycled. You could do this with the integrated search, but you have way more control and it’s an overall better UX.
6. Go into the Category area. Create a new category or reuse an old one.
7. Scroll all the way to the bottom of that category. In the Custom Where Clause, type ProductKeywords = 'recycled' OR ProductName LIKE '%recycled%' and replace “recycled” with the word you want to filter through.
8. Mark the category hidden and style the Customizable Product Display as you see fit. Make note of the Category Visible ID. You will need it in the next step.
9. Put the category Attribute Tag string in your template. Make sure it jives well with your .css: <div id="DropDown_ShopBy_Category" param_category="3" param_defaultvalue="Greeness">
10. Change the param_category to the navigation all these are tied to. The ID is the Category Visible number.
11. Change the param_defaultvalue to whatever makes sense for your business.

If you have issues, contact me. I can help you in a sentence or two.

Caveat: you can go many ways with SQL. If you want to deviate and create IF THEN thingies, please troll through the Volusion forums.