Hi Derek, yes, your idea looks good.
Next question would be: How to lay out the database structure (models)? Regards, Thomas Am Dienstag, 28. April 2015 16:04:35 UTC+2 schrieb Derek: > > A quick "brain storm"... > > One idea could be to keep all the metadata for your views - their full > name; abbreviated name; aliases (alternate names); URL; keywords; and > categories etc. in a single table. You could then use this table to > generate *multiple* possible ways for a user to "find" the view they need. > > For example - you could present a list of categories (and sub-categories, > and sub-sub-categories) which could be presented in a expandable list > (jQuery-style). > > You could create a tag-cloud and allow a user to 'expand' a single tag > into related-views. > > You could allow a user to create their own tags for searching and display > (in a many-to-many table linked to user). > > You could allow a user to "favourite" some of the views and allow the user > to easily see (list/sort/search) those. > > And, of course, a simple search button could be created to allow an > 'incremental' display (auto-complete Google-style) of all possible matches > from all fields in your table... > > I am sure there are other ways you could think of to generate navigation > options, including fancy graphic ones! > > You would have to 'admin' this table of course, but the data in it could > be changed dynamically (e.g. adding more categories and aliases) without > affecting the logic of your app. > > [Hey - this could even make a cool app on its own!] > > Hope these ideas help.... my project is a just a boring menu-driven one. > > Derek > > > On Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:27:47 UTC+2, guettli wrote: >> >> We have a complex intranet application. >> >> It has many view. >> >> The problem: How to find the view a user wants to use? >> >> A huge sitemap HTML does not help. >> >> Is there a way to search the matching view? >> >> Maybe even with auto complete? >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/c24246d5-a053-418f-a196-3b9b026dd6bf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
