By nadimo on

Hi,
I need some help please. I am trying to make a web site where people can read reviews about newly released books. I want to sort books by categories, sub-categories and genres. I should and those who browse the site be able if authorized to add there own book title and reviews by categories and genre. The sorting process or search criteria should be done via a drop down list or more than one , so the search / selection process is almost automated... An example : One would like to find book reviews for programming books , about PHP and published in 2008 ..., etc. This is a glimpse of what I hope to achieve. I went through all the Drupal modules and none seem to give me what I am looking for .
Any help is greatly appreciated.
nadimo.

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vsr commented

First thing you need to do is get to know Taxonomy. After you have made a nice tree structure, people can pick it when they submit. Next you will probably want to know CCK to make a special node type for reviews. You might want to learn 5 Stars so people can give it a rating as well as a review. You might want to learn Views to make lists of the highest rated books and latest additions.

Just a few thoughts.

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nadimo commented

Thanks for fast reply.

I will go over your recommendations. One thing though , what tools do you need to make the drop down list for book categories and genre selection ?. I mean is it possible to allow people to choose books from a drop down list ?
Does it require PHP programming ? or a Drupal module is available for this purpose ?

Thanks in advance.
nadimo.

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vsr commented

If you use taxonomy, people will select from a drop down lost the category to assign the review to. As for end users, they will drill down like in a directory to see links to reviews and teasers of the review.

You can make more than one vocabulary. One for books on tape, another for large format books, another for regular books.

You might be interested in these modules:

http://drupal.org/project/directory
http://drupal.org/project/hierarchical_select

You can finda lot here:
http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/71