Ajax Driven Dropdown Lists for ProcessWire made easy

Setting Up Dynamic Selects

Prepping up for some powerful relational data interface

1. Setting Up Introduction
Some must reads before you get started.
2. Dynamic Selects Settings: Front- and Backend
Build your first dynamic dropdown.
3. First Column Data Source
Set the ball rolling...
4. First Column Selector
Getting data for the first dropdown.
5. First Column Custom PHP Code
Fine-tuning fetching data for the first dropdown
6. Include/Exclude: Templates, Pages, Fields
Hiding some fields from being selectable.
7. Hide Empty Selects
Hiding non-populated Dynamic Selects columns.
8. Dynamic Selects Columns Settings: An Introduction
Powerful data-mapping at your fingertips.
9. Column Settings: Name
Naming your columns, the right way.
10. Column Settings: Label
User-friendly dropdown headings.
11. Column Settings: Trigger
Initiating the cascade.
12. Column Settings: Relationship
Defining the dynamism.
13. Column Settings: Data Source
What do you want to see? Value outputs.
14. Column Database Operations
CRUD operations behind the scenes.
15. Sorting Columns
Managing the order of your dropdowns.
16. Invalid Data Relationships and Triggers
In this topic we look at pitfalls to watch out for when setting up chained selects.
17. Dynamic Selects Title
Give it an identity.
18. Publish Dynamic Selects
Making it visible in the frontend.
19. Lock Dynamic Selects
Lock-down. Prevent edits and deletions of your Dynamic Selects.
20. View-Acces in Frontend
Which users can view this select in the frontend?
21. View-Access: Action if user has no Access
What to do when user attempts to view a select and has no access?
22. Cache Ajax Reponses
Keeping it smooth and fast. Caching data.
23. Cache Time
How long before a refresh?