How would you build this in Drupal?

Posted by dstrassel on December 31, 2012 at 10:05pm

Hi all...I'm thinking about a node type that would have a large number of pre-defined fields and I'd like to make them editable by section similar to Wikipedia or better yet Crunchbase (http://crunchbase.com). I looked at the Fieldgroup module to break the add/edit form into a multipage wizard but that's still clunky because you have to navigate through several pages every time to get to the "save" button.

Any suggestions on how to accomplish this? Maybe create a different node type for each section and then assemble the full page as a View using relationships or contextual filters? Or could Panels be helpful here?

Is Drupal maybe not a good fit for this type of content? I'm still pretty new to Drupal so any input would be appreciated.

Comments

How about using Panels and In

Posted by Je Kyran on January 3, 2013 at 11:43am

How about using Panels and In Place Editor?

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Posted by tryitonce on January 6, 2013 at 7:31pm

I think Panels would be quite too complex. I would think all you need in D7 are the Fields - that used to be in a separate module under D6 - CCK then.
You create the fields you need and group them - without any additional module. All with be on one page and you save this page at the end (or top and bottom - if you add it).
There will be some modules you may want to add that will give you some customised fields - but the basis is there in D7 - out of the box.
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