Client Categorization Feature - Visual Overview =============================================== Before This Feature ------------------- :: /clients/ page showed ALL clients: ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ A partial list of valued clients │ ├─────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ • Client A │ │ • Client B │ │ • Client C │ │ • Internal Client (shouldn't show) │ │ • Test Client (shouldn't show) │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ After This Feature ------------------ :: /clients/ page shows ONLY FEATURED clients GROUPED BY CATEGORY: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ A partial list of valued clients │ ├──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────────────┤ │ GOVERNMENT │ NON-PROFIT │PRIVATE SECTOR│ EDUCATION │ ├──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ │ • US Dept │ • Foundation │ • ACME Corp │ • University X │ │ of Example │ ABC │ • Tech Inc │ • College Y │ │ │ • Charity XYZ│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────────────┘ Note: Internal clients and test clients with featured=False do NOT appear Admin Interface Enhancement --------------------------- :: Django Admin - Clients List: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Clients [+ Add] │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Filter: │ │ ☐ Featured: Yes Search: [____________] 🔍 │ │ ☐ Featured: No │ │ ☐ Government │ │ ☐ Non-Profit NAME COMPANY CATEGORY FEATURED │ │ ☐ Private Sector ────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ ☐ Education US Dept... GovCo Government ✓ │ │ ☐ Healthcare Foundation - Non-Profit ✓ │ │ ☐ Other ACME Corp ACME Inc Private ✓ │ │ Internal - Private ☐ │ │ Test Client - Other ☐ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Client Edit Form ---------------- :: Edit Client: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Name: [_____________________________] │ │ │ │ URL: [_____________________________] │ │ │ │ Description: [_____________________________] │ │ [_____________________________] │ │ │ │ Company: [Select Company ▼] │ │ │ │ ☑ Featured Display on public clients page │ │ │ │ Category: [Government ▼] │ │ Options: │ │ - Government │ │ - Non-Profit │ │ - Private Sector │ │ - Education │ │ - Healthcare │ │ - Other │ │ │ │ [Save] [Cancel] │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Database Schema --------------- :: Client Model (db/models.py): ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Client │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ id ObjectId (PK) │ │ created DateTime │ │ updated DateTime │ │ name CharField(300) │ │ description TextField │ │ address TextField │ │ url URLField(300) │ │ company_id ForeignKey(Company) │ │ featured BooleanField ⭐ NEW │ │ category CharField(50) ⭐ NEW │ │ Choices: │ │ - government │ │ - non-profit │ │ - private │ │ - education │ │ - healthcare │ │ - other │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Usage Flow ---------- :: Administrator Workflow: 1. Login to Admin → /admin/ 2. Navigate to Clients → /admin/db/client/ 3. Edit/Create Client → Check "Featured" ✓ 4. Select Category → "Government" 5. Save → Client now appears on public page 6. Public views page → /clients/ (client grouped under Government) Public Visitor Workflow: 1. Visit website → https://aclark.net 2. Click Clients link → /clients/ 3. See categorized list → Grouped by Government, Non-Profit, etc. 4. Click client URL → Opens client website in new tab Code Flow --------- :: Request: GET /clients/ ↓ cms/urls.py → ClientsView ↓ cms/views.py → get_context_data() ↓ Query: Client.objects.filter(featured=True) ↓ Group by: category ↓ Context: {'categories': { 'Government': [client1, client2], 'Non-Profit': [client3], ... }} ↓ Template: cms/templates/clients.html ↓ Include: blocks/clients_block.html ↓ Render: Categorized client list Example Data ------------ **Featured Government Client:** .. code-block:: python Client( name="US Department of Example", featured=True, category="government", url="https://example.gov" ) Result: Appears on /clients/ under "Government" **Featured Non-Profit Client:** .. code-block:: python Client( name="Example Foundation", featured=True, category="non-profit", url="https://foundation.org" ) Result: Appears on /clients/ under "Non-Profit" **Hidden Internal Client:** .. code-block:: python Client( name="Internal Client", featured=False, category="private" ) Result: Does NOT appear on /clients/ (featured=False) Benefits -------- | ✅ **Visibility Control**: Choose which clients to display publicly | ✅ **Organization**: Clients grouped by industry/sector | ✅ **Easy Management**: Admin filters and search | ✅ **Professional Display**: Organized, categorized presentation | ✅ **Flexibility**: Can add/remove featured clients anytime | ✅ **Backward Compatible**: Existing clients default to not featured