[ZDP] Okay... new search results screen...

[Maik Roeder]

Hi !

jiva@devware.com wrote:
> 
> I'll wait for your permission to save these changes, but I wanted to
> show what I've done here.
> 
> If you go into the Jiva version and run a search, you should see a new
> way of presenting the results which, IMO, makes the whole search
> interface about 10000 times more useful.

Looks great !

>  First, it lists the title of
> the content (if it has one).

I am not using the title. You should use the name and perhaps the shorter
nickname.

>  Every content object returned SHOULD
> have a title.  If we come across ones that don't, we should fix them
> ASAP.  The importance of this cannot be understated.  Next, it returns
> the actual complete URL printed out and hyperlinked.  This is for
> people who want to hilight the text of the url but can't do it easily
> otherwise.  It's also vitally important that the http://zdp.zope.org
> is shown on the front of it in the link.  The reason for this is
> because as users become web-savvy, they tend to fit a URL into a
> certain mental template.  We need to conform to this mental template.
> Finally, it prints out the abstract for the document.  This is the
> second most important bit (the first being the title).  This gives the
> user that absolutely vital little bit of "Oh yes, this is the document
> I want, I can tell by the abstract!"

Good.
 
> With your permission, I'll save this to the regular version.

You are allowed to do so without asking.

Greetings,

Maik Röder

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