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By ArgentOfChange on
Newbie strikes again :)
I created several custom node types by using the Add Content Type tab in Content types and proceeded to add fields using CCK.
The content types are:
- programme
- personnel
- event
- news
- blog (feed item)
These node types are detected by Views so I thought I was doing pretty well.
Now the thing is, I would like to use these custom Node types as a means to limit the display of certain blocks (also filtered by taxonomy).
Would a PHP snippet in the visibility settings be sufficient? I'm afraid that since I haven't done anything besides use the Add Content Type tab that they are just faux content types.
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Yes to "Would a PHP snippet
Yes to "Would a PHP snippet in the visibility settings be sufficient?", those are real content types.
Thanks for that! Being a
Thanks for that!
Being a designer means I always second guess myself when it comes to these things. I thought they wouldn't be real content types since I wasn't specifying any hooks and stuff!
However, my project leader thinks that it's not optimum to just rely on PHP everytime we're stuck. Is there another way, say for a non-coder type to be able to specify block visibility on certain content types, say, by taxonomy?
No, there are the settings
No, there are the settings for controlling block visibility you see and then there is PHP.
I found this module which
I found this module which might be answer to my project leader's prayers: http://drupal.org/project/block_assign