Search-module

Just thinking but maybe it would be nice to have a module where people (visitors) can select some settings and when pressing "search" it will set filters to the model and return the requested data.

for example we visit the eventslist-view without filter on top, on the right there is the search-module and when visitors do select values it will return the requested values within that eventslist-view. maybe to complicated but it's an idea.

an additional parameter for the search can be radius/range.

Over here is some information explaining how to set it up.

A requirement there is that all relevant venues should have a filled langitude/longitude.
The feature can be relevant when having a website with a collection of activities organized in several city's. It would be nice to give visitors a way to limit/display the activities based upon a city they select form a dropdown.

when selected the data will be send by POST and the view will then return the requested values in the prox of the selected city.

ah well, something to think of.

Hm... (again :blush: )

Modules are intended to be completely independent from the content area. So it could be difficult to bring them together also to ensure it's never shown on other content pages. That's why the page itself contains the filter area. Maybe one could make it "hanging" on top, not scrolling out of the window (as in backend).

The radius search is a nice and often helpful thing I also thought about. With long/lat present it's easy to realise, just a little bit vector analysis. (as pure distance between two points, not a drivable way length)
Personally I gave up this dream because all solutions I found so far were hard coupled to Google - and you know, I've a Google allergy. :sick: :laugh: (In this concrete case I forbid myself to send all our user's address data to Google)

So it could be difficult to bring them together also to ensure it's never shown on other content pages.

will give it a try (in the far future)

were hard coupled to Google - and you know, I've a Google allergy

i know

maybe it's duable with openstreetmap + overpass or something like that but as Google is way easier at the moment (for me) i'll stick to that one for now.

about the search-module:

did try a bit and am having a very basic search-module position-7 "right", template protostar.
when a visitor selects a value in that module the views will recognize it and only show the wanted results.

am having a menu-item that points to the eventslist, when clicking at a category that view will also recognize the setting in the module and will only display results in the selected range.

for me that's enough and will expirement some more.

// EDIT //
did find out that the range/radius part needs some tweaking. Tried it out with some city's but am getting unexpected results so have to adapt it a bit more.