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.

Related

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