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On landing page for groups there's "Keywords" input field which should work as a filter, but it actually does not filter by anything. Instead, whatever keyword you enter and submit - it outputs empty results page.
I think it's broken.
I tried to filter local groups by using my country name and it did not output the group I was looking for, so I had to manually search for that group page by page.
Proposed resolution
Either you enable real keywords for groups and ask group organizers to update keywords, or remove the filter from the page, since it confuses people.
User interface changes
"Keywords" field should be removed, since new users who wish to join any USA group could filter all local groups using "USA" keyword, get empty list and make false assumption that there are no local Drupal groups for USA.
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| Working and regional Groups & Meetups | Drupal Groups 2016-04-21 15-45-34.jpeg | 173.82 KB | dmarkovic |
Comments
Comment #2
apadernoIt's not clear what the Keywords field's purpose is. I tried entering a name of a group listed in that page, but it returns No groups. I also tried with partial group names, for example API, but it never returns a list of groups.
It doesn't seem it works.
Comment #3
apadernoComment #4
apadernoIt's not the Keywords field that is not used; in that case, the group list would not be filtered, and the page would show the full list of groups as it does when no value is entered for the Keywords field.
It's rather the field (which is an exposed view filter) that makes the view return no result.
Comment #5
apadernoComment #6
apadernoThe only development done on groups.drupal.org is to replace it. The plan seems to migrate it into drupal.org, as described in #2590497: [meta] Proposal to migrate groups into Drupal.org.