new Search/filter options

I'm mainly talking about the NDS roms, of course it could be taken for the other sections..

As many (all) the ROMS have a (E), (U), (J), (K), ... wathever letter telling the origin (country/language) of the roms, i think it would be a great functionnality to be able to filter/search roms on that info

in my cas, i'm not really a good japanese or korean reader thus i would find usefull to filter thoose languages.

Mike

 

I posted a commend similar to this yesterday i think. Guess we all think the same. lol

 

Maybe some fine tunning for this great functionality would be using checkboxes instead of a drop down list box.

Which would enable to show European and US release at the same time.

Another cool stuff would be a reset button on the filter options.... as there are cookies remembering users choices for that form, it would be useful and easy to reset the for to his standard values

Mike

 

Hmmm, well Seph since check boxes would be a bit difficult to do, and i think i know why. Why don't you just organize the roms into different folders on the server? Like (U) in a folder called '(U)'. That would make it easier to organize the search and optimize it since if you tell it to only search in folders (U), and (J) then it wouldn't have to scan the entire database for those roms, just that folder. Therefor making the search faster, and easier to customize from the back end. Though i know what yo mean with check boxes since those were made for forms like saying that "yes i drink cola", but the thing is you can't easily customize the checkbox as much as you can a drop down menu. So Mike that might not get implemented soon, unless Seph finds a way to circumvent it's flaws.

 

Indeed... not that difficult
anyway, and instead of or does not bring that much modifications...
only some string management to create the query
if you manage sql directly in the php code you could also use this sql :

where country in ('U', 'E')
instead of
where country = 'U' or country = 'E'

or
where country in ('U')
instead of
where country = 'U'

it's easier for string management and has the same result


now for the reset button.
it's just a "clear form" button... of course i know cookies would change when the user change the search options.
I just found that it could be "useful" for the common user to reset the options with only one click.

Well ... anyway ... this site is GREAT

and if ever you need help for it (or advices for coding/sql) do not hesitate.

Mike

ps : also wanted to say that if you need french translator then ask me