January 15, 2008

Sort Added To County Trail List

This past week I've added a rather simple, but much needed addition. Each county page (ex. Boulder County) in the trail section shows all the trails that are available. In the past the list of trails was not dynamic and the trails were sorted by Trail Type, City, then Trail Name.

Now the visitor is able to select what column they would like to sort by. The list will default to the previous sort, but now visitors will see links in the upper right hand corner of the trail list. By clicking a link they will see the trail list sort in order of their selection. Trails are now able to be sorted by Trail Name or City or Difficulty or Rank.

For instance:
If a user clicks 'Rank' the trail list will re-sort the trail list by rank from lowest to highest. If they click the 'Rank' link a second time the trail list will re-sort by rank from highest to lowest. In the upper left corner users will see the current sort that is being displayed.

I think this makes for a more interesting glance at the county trails and will help visitors locate trails quicker as well as offers a quick glance at how visitors have ranked the trails in the county from favorite to least favorite.

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