[ckan-dev] Better interface for tags etc

Thu Feb 9 13:52:13 UTC 2012

On 9 February 2012 12:04, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:

> The datahub interface is unclear about things like tags and groups
> (especially tags).
>
> If you click on search:
>
> http://thedatahub.org/dataset
>
> you see (the start of) a list of datasets, with in the RH column
> headings like 'Tags', etc. For example a null search lists 5 tags.
> This kind of looks like there are only 5 tags in the whole datahub. Of
> course this isn't so (I guess they're the most popular tags). But how
> do I see the others? How do I search by tag?
>
> I suggest under the listed tags should appear 'More ...', and that
> both this and the word 'Tags' link to a page which both lists all tags
> available and gives a tag search box. Of course the same could be done
> for 'Format' and 'Groups'.
>

This is an excellent idea. I suggest you create a ticket. Rufus / Tom
should know which of the super tickets for UX would be suitable to add it
to.

> (In addition how about an 'advanced search' link under the search box?
> This would enable you to search on words in tag, publisher, etc.)
>

Do you mean like Google/GMail advanced search, with different input boxes
for each field? I quite like this. Anyone else have thoughts?

Dave

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