Re: how to create a faceted browser with Django

2009-11-11 Thread SeanB
Daniel: I greatly appreciate the suggestion: it seems like it might offer just what i'm looking for. But i'm having a bit of trouble getting things set up (the dreaded "no results" on my simple test case, which means i'm still missing something). Do you happen to have a pointer to a running

Re: how to create a faceted browser with Django

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Nov 9, 4:24 am, SeanB wrote: > Many web sites offer faceted browsing such that a series of categories > can be selected to narrow a large set of records down to a few (or > one). Such interfaces often show how many records match the various > category values, which

Re: how to create a faceted browser with Django

2009-11-09 Thread SeanB
as a follow-up: list_filter attributes in the admin interface provide part of what i mean, but only part. Given a set of restrictions, the admin interface: * shows all possible choices, rather than the only remaining choices that are possible * doesn't show counts Sean On Nov 8, 8:24 pm, SeanB

how to create a faceted browser with Django

2009-11-08 Thread SeanB
Many web sites offer faceted browsing such that a series of categories can be selected to narrow a large set of records down to a few (or one). Such interfaces often show how many records match the various category values, which sometimes helps direct the search. Likewise, since only valid