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I've become terribly confused on the best way divide up content on a Drupal site. I guess I've become overwhelmed by the number of ways a single piece of content can be labeled (author, content type, category, menu, block, etc.) and lost track of the larger navigation structure and how to create it.
For example, if I wanted to a fairly simple City website of
- Departments
- Mayor's Office
--Blog- Public Works
- City Manager
- Planning
--GIS Maps
--Land Use Applications - Public Works
- History
- Contact Us
- News
should I use Catagories or Menus and Blocks?
Thanks.
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So, for your menu. Is each of those one are? One section? A combination of the two?
First take a step back. There is a learning curve to Drupal because there are so many ways to do this type of site. Check out this thread on several ways to build a site.
If you just want one page for each item on your list.
Page module
Menu module
And one menu block (each menu is a block)
--- disable the default Navigation menu block for anonymous users.
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
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-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
sepeck Is each of those one
sepeck
Say what?
No kidding. I've been messing around with Drupal since 4.5 and I still don't have firm enough grasp on how to consistently label content and display it in the navigation. There is an enormous amount of repetition when building a site. For example if I wanted a book titled "Chlorine" displayed in the menu, there are about half a dozen fields which must be filled in with the word "Chlorine" (title, menu, url, category, ...). I understand that this repetition unleashes the powerful capabilites of Drupal, but hoo smokes is it complicated.
The link to you posted to http://drupal.org/node/31896 is a particularly helpful thread.
Thanks for your help.
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are == of.
is each of those one of? As in is Each a Single Page or a collection of articles...
Now now, a few weeks to get a basic understanding, then build a few sites to get the better understanding. :) You're catching on. The thread about various ways to achieve the same goal is good because it highlights the flexibility of Drupal which is is strength and it's learning curve. I also recommend listening to the Lullabot podcasts. They offer bits and pieces and insights into techniques and strategies for implementing sites intermixed with all the other information.
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
For guideline of city website see http://nashikit.com
For guideline of structure of city website see http://www.nashikit.com
nashikit.com is powerful webportal of Nashik city, India.
nashikit.com is develop in drupal 4.7.0
thanks
Thanks, nashikit. I am looking at the site now.