Repository Filtering and Sorting

[Johnny Canuck]

It sure would be nice to have a scenario repository with decent filtering and sort capabilities.

For instance the BF repository at:

http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=select&id=44

shows ratings and total votes, but can I sort by rating? Doesn't appear so. Can I filter out scenarios with <5 votes? Again, no.

GreenasJade's repository at:

http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods?by_downloads=true&game_type=5

has a couple of basic sorts, but that's about it.

I would love the ability to display scenarios sorted by name with the following filters in place:

- CMBN

- 500 - 750 points

- Greater than 5 votes

- 4 stars or more

- 1/5 on a difficulty scale

Allow people to rate the difficulty and stars. That would be pretty sweet.

Maybe I'll play with Drupal and CCK/Views in my spare time to see if I can at least prototype something along those lines.

[Johnny Canuck]

Well, that worked out quite nicely as a proof of concept:

I can add/change fields, sort on any of the fields and filter the values in them. As far as I'm concerned, these are things that a decent repository should have. Users can upload scenarios or mods and fill in the data (or choose from a select list) for each of the fields.

The only problem is that between Scouts and Soccer, my volunteer time is already spoken for. Anyways, there's already a couple of popular scenario/mod warehouses.

This prototype was accomplished with Drupal 6, Views, CCK, Fivestar and about four hours of getting up to speed again.