[geeklog-users] Dynamic User-chosen Groups?

[Jerry Stratton]

>Why not do this through the topics.  Right now you can go into your
>display settings and filter the content the way you want by select which
>topics you want to see. Why use security groups to do this?

Well, I didn't say security groups. But your suggestion doesn't sound like it would be easy for users to do on the fly. It sounds like a more permanent change.

Is it possible to use that method to provide users with a single link that switches on one topic (i.e., "Mac OS X") and at the same time switches off some but not all other topics (i.e. "Mac OS 9", "Windows", "Linux" but not "General").

That is, I'd like to be able to provide users with the option to, with a single click on the main menu, switch from whatever topics they were viewing + "Mac OS X" (if present) to whatever topics they were viewing, except "Mac OS X" and plus "Mac OS 9". (Or for my other planned site, switch quickly between "Player" and "Gamemaster" to see different articles, but still see articles about gaming in general.)

Jerry

>--Tony
>
> On Mon, 6 Jan
>2003, Jerry Stratton wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to give geeklog users "dynamic" groups (or 
>categories) that they choose themselves by just clicking on a link?
> >
> > I'm thinking of something like where users could, for example, 
>click on "Mac OS X", "Mac OS 9", "Windows", "Linux" and 
>automatically be part of that group until the next time they click 
>on another group in that set of groups. Or, for a gaming geeklog, 
>there could be a group for "Players" and a group for "Game Masters"; 
>users could switch, on their own, between the groups and get a 
>different view of the same geeklog depending on which category they 
>currently have chosen.
> >
> > Jerry
> >

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