By trptproject on
For the life of me I can't seem to work out how to create content as a registered user (or admin for that matter) and have it placed on a particular page. A blog entry on, say, the blog page or an image on the image page. It's either the front page (selectable of course) or a completely new page. If I choose a menu option to try to 'force' the new content onto that page, I get a page 'already populated' error.
Any help would be appreciated, I'm ready to throw Drupal out the window... :-(
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Hi trptproject I'm anxious
Hi trptproject
I'm anxious to hear the answer to your question. I'm at exactly the same place w/ Drupal (except for the 'throw it out the window' part--those little ones and zeros will NOT get the best of me! )
So folks, I've read through handbooks, bought two books (Drupal 4.x unfortunately) and scoured the forums. Lots of good info, but nothing on how to get started with that first page other than the frontpage.
Easy, baby step explanation, anyone?
Connie
Views is your solution
Hi,
You need to look at the views module. This module builds queries related to your chosen taxonomy.
So you first also need to use the taxonomy module.
And when you have used views, you can use panels to show the content on every place of a page what you like.
In my perspective taxonomy, views and panels are the biggest benefits from drupal against other CMS-systems.
Read through the documentation of these 3 great modules, to get your content rocking!
Greetings,
Martijn
www.gratis-informatie.nl
Not ready for views! Stuck on taxonomy! Help!!!
Hi Martijn, et. al.,
The taxonomy stuff is what is kickin' my -uh-confidence. I've made up vocabularies and terms and deleted them again because I can't figure out the whole taxonomy thing. Maybe I'm trying to make it too complicated. I can design databases and am trying to use the same theory on taxonomy. I'm thinking of category as database; vocabulary as table and terms as field. Then I'm thinking of relative as join. But I'm making a heck of a lot of vocabularies this way. Should I scrap the whole taxonomy as database theory?
As you can surmise, I'm a long way from using views!
If anyone has the time/inclination, maybe you could advise me on taxonomy structure. Let me use fruits as an example, since this whole thing is getting kind of fruity on me! I will be posting articles--pages?-- for everything, from broad overview to specific brands!
First there's citrus fruits, including oranges, grapefruit and kiwi.
Then there's tree fruit that is not citrus fruit; apples, pears and peaches.
Then there's berries; strawberries, blackberries and dewberries.
Under strawberries, there are all the varieties, everlasting, superlarge, supersweet--and now I've run out of options unless I want to make another child relationship, which seems to be getting a bit too complex. Or is it?
So would I make three different vocabularies, one for citrus, one for tree, one for berries? Then make each individual fruit a separate term?
One vocabulary with three different parent terms, citrus, tree and berry and then child terms for each individual fruit?
Then there's growing methods articles. For simplicity, lets use organic and inorganic. Two more vocabularies? Just terms to be related to each vocab or term?
And then there's equipment articles, some specific to each vocab or each term; some just generic. How do I work that in to the taxonomy? What do I do w/ them?
Help, please! (Newbie baby steps instruction needed)
Connie
Fruit example
Hi,
There are a lot of taxonomy examples on drupal. Please google otherwise for examples.
I will help you on the way.
A taxonomy is categorizing of your content.
So if your content is an article about great tasty orange, you give it a tag: orange (tag is the taxonomy term).
So you vocabulary would be:
- Fruit
Your taxonomy terms in this vocabulary are:
-----citrus fruits
-----tree fruit
-----berries
You can place taxonomy terms (tags) under other taxonomy terms.
So you're vocabulary will look like this:
Ok so now you have one vocabulary filled with above terms.
If you then go into the vocabulary you can select a installed node-type to be used with this vocabulary.
If you for example have the "page"" node type selected within this vocabulary Fruit then when you create content (a page), you can select the taxonomy terms for this node (a page within the page content type)
So when you select as a taxonomy term within Fruit: Orange (you tag Orange).
The above example article: about great tasty orange will be placed as content under the taxonomy term (tag) Orange.
Then you can see this content on the taxonomy-term page of the term Orange.
So if you write another article you can select the same or other terms.
So you fill your website with your articles!!
I don't have more time now to help you out, but this should help you to start filling your website.
Could luck!
greetings,
Martijn
www.gratis-informatie.nl
Very helpful!
Thanks Martijn! You've given me a great starting place. I didn't even know about Tags!
You're right, this will definitely help me get started.
Connie
Tags same as terms?
Oh, wait! I was thinking tags were a lower level than terms. They are actually the same thing. Like 'You use a term to tag content.'
Wow! this drupal speak can get confusing! Almost like archery class--knock the notch of the knock onto the string!--But I figured out archery, by golly, and I'll figure this out, too!
Connie
The key is the understanding
Hi Connie,
Once you understand the concept it will blow you away!!!
Taxonomy is the unique selling point of Drupal!! Views is the key to querying content.
Panels is the key to show content on every place on a page you like.
Could luck with your quest!
Greetings,
Martijn