Forum OpenACS Development: Re: Ajax Drop Down Menues for XoWIKI

3: Re: Ajax Drop Down Menues for XoWIKI (response to 1)

Posted by Michael Steigman on 05/12/09 01:27 PM

We are working on a category browser. Initially, it'd just be for wiki but eventually the idea would be to use it under any package utilizing categories. I also want to build in the ability to manage categories if the user has permission. It probably won't look like what you've described though.

Regarding sorting of pages (categorized objects), this looks to be done alphabetically for each subcategory. I haven't checked the code, though. There is nothing in the data model to assist with that - category_object_map only stores the category_id and object_id - and that's probably how it should be. What's wrong with alphabetical display of wiki pages in each category?

5: Re: Ajax Drop Down Menues for XoWIKI (response to 3)

Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 05/12/09 02:32 PM

The main idea for me is to use XoWIKI as a CMS light. That's why the alphabetical ordering does not help, as you might want to teaser certain pages, having them show up first in the drop down. Also, there should be a "first" page to display, if you select a category and not the subcategory, meaning, if you have a page under the main category ".LRN", then this page should show up, even though there might be more categories like ".LRN & LAMS" or "Assessment".