Trying to figure out a way to associate one type of content with another
Heres the situation:
I have two types of content that users can create: Goal and blog. In the goal content type, users can describe some type of goal they want to accomplish and then use the blog content type to write about the journey to accomplishing that goal. So basically when a user creates a blog entry, they need to specify what goal they are writing about.
I started to solve this problem but have reached a dead end. In the blog content type, I set up a 'node reference' field. Basically it creates a drop down list that the user can select from. The items in the drop down list are grabbed from a views block I created that displays only that users goals. So far so good -- each blog entry is related to a previously created goal.
But now I need to create a page that displays the goal and any entries about that goal. This is where I am running into trouble. I am trying to create a views block that displays the blog entrys for the current goal that is being displayed on the page. I'm guessing I need to pass arguments. IDK though, seems like I've started off on the wrong foot using the 'node reference' field. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Dave
You might be able to do this
You might be able to do this by creating the appropriate view then using the viewfield module to place that view right on your goal content type. Another option might be the http://drupal.org/project/nodereferrer module, though there is no documentation and I haven't used it (but it appears to be created exactly for your problem). Also maybe take a look at http://drupal.org/node/161867 -- seems to be doing the same thing also.
EDIT: very wierd-- the link as written is correct, but the href was somehow incorrect. It's weird because I didn't create the href, it's done automatically for web addresses. putting a space at the end seems to fix it though-- try again. Its a link about creating reverse node references.
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Thanks
Thanks for the response. Ill check out the viewfield module but it seems like that will do the same thing as node reference field. I guess my problem is that I need a way to have the blog entry reference a previously created goal and that the reference provides some way for me to filter out every blog entry not related to the goal or pass an argument that selects each blog entry that is related.
The last link you gave is giving a "page not found" error.