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[UX] Create a project browser for modules, themes, layouts etc #870

Closed docwilmot closed 8 years ago

docwilmot commented 9 years ago

See https://github.com/backdrop-ops/backdropcms.org/issues/56#issuecomment-93853228

So that users can simply select projects to download within update module, rather than the not-so-friendly cutting and pasting of zip file urls.

I would personally like to suggest the ability to select multiple projects for download in one go, and related, automatically attach dependencies.

Any ideas?

docwilmot commented 8 years ago

Clearly I need to try PB to see where this UI is being used.

Clearly so do I, since I don't know. I should have checked first before posting.

docwilmot commented 8 years ago

The jQuery UI MultiSelect Widget was for project categories, which we dont have yet, until we start collecting more data from .info files. So removed. PR for PB against core coming up.

klonos commented 8 years ago

Couple of questions:

  1. How does this currently look? Do we have a video demo or something available or are we blocked on implementing the server side?
docwilmot commented 8 years ago

@klonos https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/project_browser Not much change in the merge to core, just moving the code to update module and adding tests. So install and test please, would be grateful for some full feedback. The server has been fully functional (at last) for a few weeks since @quicksketch fixed query issue.

klonos commented 8 years ago

OK I just gave this a quick spin. I usually test every module that seems interesting/useful once it has an official release (I'm "watching" the entire contrib repo). I take the official releases (even alphas/betas) as the maintainer saying "OK, this is ready for initial testing". Guess that's why I've never gave it a go previously.

Anyways, I've spotted a few things and I'll file issues in the project issue queue. Main thing is that out of the box I got a "Showing 0 to 0 of 0." results :disappointed:

quicksketch commented 8 years ago

Thanks for giving this a spin @klonos! I haven't had time to check it out, but I'm hoping to try soon!

docwilmot commented 8 years ago

Oops, sorry about that. I never updated the server to use Backdropcms.org. Pushed latest code; please re-install for changes. Thanks.