T127 Advanced Search Page

[maxturer]

Includes:

• Creation & styling of advanced search page
• Implementation of Chosen JS library on search page via chosen-rails gem
• Addition of sassc-rails gem over deprecated sass-rails
• Restructuring of navigation bar to accommodate "Advanced" button
• Misc edits to homepage CSS needed to work with new navbar HTML

To test:

• Visit /advanced through clicking the "Advanced" button in the navbar.
• Perform a search using the free-form search fields on the left side of the page (All Fields, Creator, Title, Abstract or Summary and/or Keyword) - ensure results in catalog match search.
• Perform a search using the Date Created search fields on the left side of the page - ensure results in catalog have dates of creation between the set dates.
• Perform a search using the additional filters search fields on the right side of the page to narrow search by facets - ensure results in catalog match search.

[maxturer]

That's a little odd, you're right. I suppose that's the sort behavior elsewhere in blacklight, though. What do you think of removing the option to sort from this page?

[dolsysmith]

I think that makes sense.

[maxturer]

Alright, removed it!