multi-category search improvement
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multi-category search improvement
I was hoping it's possible to add the contributor to the search criteria. For example, one could search for all 5 voice or Renaissance works from a certain contributor. Thank you.
Re: multi-category search improvement
I've just made some modifications for that, but I'm not very familiar with that page, so, Carlos, please check and possibly improve...
Max
Max
Re: multi-category search improvement
Max, the search by Editor field seems to be working just fine. Thanks!!!
Charles H. Giffen
CPDL Board of Directors Chair
Admin at & Manager of ChoralWiki
CPDL Board of Directors Chair
Admin at & Manager of ChoralWiki
Re: multi-category search improvement
Thanks Max, looks like you've already got the hang of it.choralia wrote:I've just made some modifications for that, but I'm not very familiar with that page, so, Carlos, please check and possibly improve...
Re: multi-category search improvement
The flash strikes again...
I'm not totally happy with my implementation because one has always to specify at least one category further to the editor's name, which is not completely logical as the editor's name is also handled through a category itself. I'm not sure whether the editor's name can be somehow considered as equivalent to other categories, and thus allow the user to only specify the editor's name.
Max
I'm not totally happy with my implementation because one has always to specify at least one category further to the editor's name, which is not completely logical as the editor's name is also handled through a category itself. I'm not sure whether the editor's name can be somehow considered as equivalent to other categories, and thus allow the user to only specify the editor's name.
Max
Re: multi-category search improvement
Max, I don't see any problem with this, so I've allowed searches by editor's name only.choralia wrote:I'm not sure whether the editor's name can be somehow considered as equivalent to other categories, and thus allow the user to only specify the editor's name.
As an experiment, I've replaced the field where the editor's name should be typed in by a drop-down list with names pre-loaded, so as to avoid typing errors. How do you all like it?
Re: multi-category search improvement
For me, that's great. Well done, Carlos. What about adding an ordermethod = sortkey in the dpl query, so that editor names are ordered by surname?carlos wrote:How do you all like it?
Max
Re: multi-category search improvement
I particularly prefer it ordered by name just because by typing a letter the list jumps to the first name starting by that letter (which is good, considering that we have almost one thousand editors in the list); but if others prefer it by surname as you suggest, it's also fine by me.choralia wrote:What about adding an ordermethod = sortkey in the dpl query, so that editor names are ordered by surname?
That choice will probably depend on the user's cultural background: anglophone countries seem to prefer lists ordered by surname, while other cultures (as the lusophone countries) prefer to sort lists by given name.
Re: multi-category search improvement
Thanks to both Max and Carlos for the tweaks.
Charles H. Giffen
CPDL Board of Directors Chair
Admin at & Manager of ChoralWiki
CPDL Board of Directors Chair
Admin at & Manager of ChoralWiki