By benbruscella on

I am very comfortable with taxonomy, cck, and views, but when it comes to custom displaying of the data, I can't find a good solution.

i.e. When should you edit the template with hooks? When should you create a module? When do you use snippets?

Example:
For a magazine site, I created a CCK type called ISSUE, and have a category issue as well to hold the issue numbers.

Issue cck is:
title (text)
cover_image (image)
description (text)
cover_story_image (image)

And it is filed under Issue 90.

If I want to show the latest issue title and description only on a page, what is the best way to do this? I thought a php snippet would be best, but I am not sure.

How did you learn about cck and views?

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Comments

Phillip Mc’s picture

Phillip Mc commented

I would recommend a snippet for what you want to do - show the most recent article and description only.

The Views.module is very comprehensive and for me, it's like using a JCB digger to eat dinner.

phil

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Phil, I love that analogy.

BTW, Ben, you might want to be looking at Taxonomy Image at least for the issue cover picture.

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