is OG right for this task ?
| Project: | Organic groups |
| Version: | 5.x-3.1 |
| Component: | og.module |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
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Hi there
I have posted a forum topic , but no one had answered , so i am trying here
I want to have a site with 2 type of content
1. the main site content (news,images,events,etc) - i want to be able to show this alone
2. sub groups content (same taxonomy terms as the main site) - only the group post
This sounds like OG for me so i have og installed, but i am not able to show the main site content alone, this is because few reasons
1. taxonomy link on the post, show (by default) all the posts (even of groups) - so i will need to overwrite all taxonomy term by a custom view (hope this is possible i haven't did this before).
2. can't write a views view that will be usefull for the main site content and the groups content
plus og theming look more complicated for me( haven't seen theme samples for og home page ).
another example is og_calendar, it does not use a event module setting for theme a site calendar so Og calendar is different
in other words, my question is, is og right for this kind of situation ?, if yes what are the steps needed to build such a site
another approach is adding another taxonomy (audience) for all the posts, and taxonomy permission module , and do this by myself
Avior
#1
Hi, Avior,
I don't fully understand what you're trying to do here, but let me offer some suggestions.
First, think of OG is an excellent way to control access to content, in a way that's driven by the user. That is, your users -- or certain users -- can create their own groups, invite other people to become members of the group, and only group members have access to the content that's in the group.
Second, you can have other web site content that's not in a group (we call this "public content"). That means you can build out your web site as a series of pages with menus or links for navigation, just as you normally would. Then, you can add groups to the web site to hold group-specific content.
Your question suggested you want groups within a site that has public content, and yes, you can do this.
You might try setting up a test site to try this out, and see if it seems to do what you need.
Good luck!
#2
closing this issue