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This is an old revision of CategorySystemOverhaul made by JsnX on 2004-10-11 14:30:52.
Category System Overhaul
The category system used in Wikka needs improvement, and I'm looking for ideas and comments. -- JsnX
Current system:
User adds a wikiword category tag to each page, such as CategoryDevelopment.For more information, see WikiCategory.
Issues with current system:
- Not newbie friendly.
- Non-obvious, making it easy to forget to add a category tag.
- Resource wasteful: Category changes are stored as page updates, thus added database entries.
- Time wasteful: Category changes cause pages to show in RecentChanges, forcing people to review them for what changed.
Proposed system:
User selects a category from a dropdown box during page editing.- Create a new table named Categories.
- Create an action for adding items to, and removing items from, the category table.
- Add a field to the pages table named 'category'.
- Show a dropdown box during page editing that lets the user select a category. The value in the dropdown box is then saved in the 'category' field for that page.
- Create a new category action that will list the available categories.
Issues with this proposal:
- As proposed, this will only allow one category per page.