Create a custom search page with facets

Here is how to easily create a custom page with facets for searching and filtering content for a specific content type.

1. Add a new view and under Show select "Apache Solr search"
2. Fill in other settings as you like
3. In the view add a filter 'Apache Solr: entity_type'; under setting set operator to > is equal to "node"
4. In the view add a filter 'Apache Solr: bundle'; under setting set operator to > is equal to [machine name of content type]
5. Add the fields you want to display
6. Create a Panels page: add the view you just created, add the facets you want to display
7. le voila: you have a faceted search page for a specific content type