Sort by CFP date

[LeonAdato]

It would be lovely to be able to sort the list by CFP closing date, rather than just the start date of the event.

[jespino]

I like the idea, but it has certain problems like how should be the interface, what is the final intention here? figure out what are the following CFPs? Maybe we can have a "Open CFPs" page that shows all the CFPs ordered by deadline. @scraly do you have any idea about how to do this?

Having ordered by CFPs have another problem that is we are pre-filtering the events per year, so it conflicts a bit with the sorting by CFP end date, specially in the end/beginning of the year.

[scraly]

You already have CFP with their closing date in the ICS calendar.
In order to think if it's enough or not, I need to know what kind of needs you have :-)

Thanks

[LeonAdato]

I can show only events with open CFP
but I cannot sort by the CFP close date

This is important because I want to know which CFPs will close soon, and apply to those first.

[jespino]

@LeonAdato @scraly what do you think to add another view that is "CFPs" that generate the "list view" for CFPs or the "calendar view" of CFPs.

[scraly]

For the moment, we can have the list of CFP when we add a filtering with "opened CFP".
With this filter, users can view the conferences with CFP in the map, calendar or list.

Have you a specific need to think about a cfp view? 🙂

[jespino]

The main point is about ordering by CFP date, not by event date, to be able that you are not hitting any deadline (directly in the web, not through the calendar)

[scraly]

I see
Do you have an idea of UI?

[LeonAdato]

@LeonAdato @scraly what do you think to add another view that is "CFPs" that generate the "list view" for CFPs or the "calendar view" of CFPs.

If the list is sort-able, then I'd say that accomplishes the job. But if you can't sort the list then it's not helpful. I want to know which CFPs are coming up soonest so I can work on applying to those now.

[scraly]

I think it can be a good idea to have a view for CFP, accessible on cfp.developers.events for example or accessible through a button like the others views.
In this CFP view we can imagine having:

• by default: the opened CFP sorting by the closing date (urgent CFP that will close ^^)
• a filter to have CFP opened until a date

I think having a CFP view allows us to imagine a lost of good features.

WDYT?

@LeonAdato @jespino

[scraly]

Moreover in this CFP view, having the region/country filter could help too.
In order, for example, to list all the opened CFP that will close shortly and in "France" for example ;).

[LeonAdato]

I think it can be a good idea to have a view for CFP, accessible on cfp.developers.events for example or accessible through a button like the others views. In this CFP view we can imagine having:

• by default: the opened CFP sorting by the closing date (urgent CFP that will close ^^)
• a filter to have CFP opened until a date

I think having a CFP view allows us to imagine a lost of good features.

WDYT?

@LeonAdato @jespino

Ultimately I think the best UI would be sort and filter options for each column, so that people can configure the view to what they want (in these 2 countries; AND events that start after x date; AND CFP's that close between x and y date; sorted first by CFP close date and then by country).

I know that's a lot, but I also know that's the question people come to this sight to answer.

[jespino]

I'm very busy until February but if I find time I can give it a try. I would suggest allow to set by CFP date or by event date. Then all the interface should work based on that. About the filtering we would need more powerful filtering, like supporting ORs and ANDs, and putting that in an interface. Let's start first the switch from Event mode to CFP mode, and then work on the advanced filters.

[bendechrai]

Hey folks. @scraly suggested on Bluesky that I submit a PR to add sorting to switch between event start date and cfp end date, so I submitted the above. Hopefully that's a good MVP to give most people what they want. Happy to make changes as desired 😊

[scraly]

Thanks @bendechrai :)
You're website and you're PR gave to me an idea.

I drafted a PR in order to create a special view for opened CFPs:
#1282

The UI of this new CFP view needs to be improved a lot :-D.
But I developed the idea.

[scraly]

A new CFP view is coming:

[scraly]

With #1282 (add a new CFP view) and #1287 (filter until a CFP closing date), I think this issue is solved.
For specific filtering (AND, OR ...), you can create a new issue I suggest :).