Re: [Slashcode-development] Re: Topics

[Nathan V. <na...@th...>]

On 22 Feb 2001, Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda wrote:

> The second issue is that of user interface.    One long list is a pain
> in the ass, but when you start needing to select multiple topics, it
> gets even harder.  Probably its not that difficult: if you and have the
> topic defined, and additional dropdown list can appear and a topic can
> be selected.  This is a little clunky, but relatively unobtrusive since the
> bulk of stories will only have 1 or 2 topics anyway.

You can have a selection menu that allows multiple selections... it would
probably make sense to have a single list for the primary topic and a
multiple selection menu for the secondary topics.

To do section-based topics it would work best, I think, to have javascript
dynamically populate the topic selection menus based on which section is
selected.  A lower-tech solution would be to have all the section:topic
pairs in the topic selection menus.

More javascript in the admin area would be great in general (especially in
the variable and template areas; why not preload all the variables in
javascript so they display instantly instead of submitting the form).

-n