Need General Guidance : Drupal 101 : Lynda.com Clone

Posted by randomblink on May 31, 2012 at 3:42pm

Alright...
I'm learning my way around Drupal. I've started asking questions. I'm jumping straight to Module development rather than tinkering with Themes, but I will get to them later.

For those of you familiar with Lynda.com, the site breaks down Training Videos into:
Software Company -> Software Title -> Version -> Topics -> Videos

I'm curious. Let's say I wanted to build a Drupal site for Boardgames.
Game Company -> Game Types -> Game Title -> Topics -> Videos

Would it make more sense to just build the nodes in the admin panel (call them Videos), find a module that creates pages, and go? Or would this be Module Creation Process Worthy...?

( I'm really just trying to grasp some concepts )

Comments

First thought, no need for

Posted by nevets on May 31, 2012 at 4:07pm

First thought, no need for custom code, I would use a content type. The breadcrumbs probably reflect the menu path

No Code?!?

Posted by randomblink on June 1, 2012 at 5:24pm

I'm unsure how to feel about that. The system is that responsive and flexible as to need no coding for a tutorial site like that?!
That kinda makes me happy... lol. I mean, I wanna develop and get back into some coding, but I want to get some sites put together more... awesome...

If you've always done it that way then you're probably doing it wrong. - Kettering

Part of learning Drupal is

Posted by nevets on June 1, 2012 at 6:47pm

Part of learning Drupal is learning how to use the core and contributed modules