A New Dawn Book Club Blog Filter Implementation

Overview

Katie Geiser (A New Dawn) wanted to publish monthly book reviews under a distinct "Book Club" section without creating a second, separate blog. The solution agreed upon is to use a category filter on the main blog page rather than building a standalone blog instance.

This approach keeps all content in one place while allowing users (and nav links) to surface only Book Club posts on demand.

Problem

Katie wanted Book Club monthly reviews to feel distinct from general therapy blog posts
A second blog would duplicate infrastructure and split SEO value
Posts needed to be linkable to affiliate/purchase links (e.g., buy the book), which is standard blog post functionality

Solution: Blog Page Filter

Implement a filter UI on the existing blog page with at minimum two options:

All Posts — shows everything
Book Club — shows only posts tagged/categorized as Book Club

The "Book Club" navigation link in the site header or menu will point directly to the blog page with the Book Club filter pre-selected (e.g., via a URL parameter or anchor), so clicking it feels like a dedicated destination.

Reference Example

The Citrus America website (citrusamerica.com) uses this same pattern — a blog page with category filters that can be linked to directly with a filter pre-applied. A similar implementation exists in that site's news/footer navigation.

Implementation Notes

Platform: The filter should be implementable within the existing website builder (Webflow, WordPress, or similar — confirm with dev)
Developer required: If the native CMS doesn't support filtered URL deep-linking out of the box, a developer will need to implement it
Post tagging: All Book Club posts must be tagged or categorized consistently so the filter works reliably
Nav link target: The "Book Club" nav item should resolve to something like /blog?category=book-club or equivalent

Content Scope

Book Club posts are authored by Katie and will include:
- Monthly book reviews
- Links to purchase the featured book (affiliate or direct)

Volume is low (roughly one post per month), making a shared blog page with filtering more than sufficient — a dedicated blog instance would be overkill.

^[1] — Client overview
^[2] — Source meeting
^[3] — Parallel A New Dawn website workflow decision