hi. i'm not using this yet - see that it's still very much dev...but at any rate, i'm looking to use cck with date to create events in my install...i'd like to display them as a list versus in a calendar form (or both, once calendar is out with views it will be a snap)

so my question is, how hard would it be to get a table to display a list of 'content type: events' and pull one or more cck fields into columns? for example, a listing of hyperlinked titles reading (from right to left)

category of event (a term) -name of event - location - start date - end date (if applicable, or blank) [times will display in the node itself]

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pobster commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

I don't think you understand exactly why this module exists... Views is excellent and is exactly what you're looking for, it automates displaying content which is already on your site, eg. it displays lists of content types/ nodes or users and allows you to set conditions of display (like start times for events) for an example, this page is generated from views; http://www.ciclosuno.com/results using a CCK nodetype called results_page. Views is intelligent enough to show administrative links for the users who created the original nodes as well.

Tablemanager isn't for node lists, it's never existed to replicate any views functionality. Sure it can replicate it to a certain extent, it has a 'url' link entry type, but that's not necessarily to be used for items on your site, it could be for 'favourites' lists or if perhaps you're a retailer, lists of manufacturers. And there you go, that's the key word here - Tablemanager is for lists. It's for lists of things which you don't need to have nodes for, which you've no intention of having nodes for, like;

So, Views is for automation of stuff already on your site, Tablemanager is for maintaining lists or tables of 'information' you wish to have displayed on your site, hence it's not automated. Hope this clarifies.

Pobster

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zilla commented

yup - clarifies very well, and in fact may be even more useful for my site because i want to list out some stuff using the book module (clubs, groups, etc - several with links to external sites)