By mohamed_e on

hi all,

thanks a lot for drupal and all your efforts! since quite some time I
play around wit drupal and use it as it comes. thanks to the easy
handling of drupal!

this was sufficient up to now. however, for a upcoming project I have
the feel that my average drupal knowledge is not sufficient and i
have also to work with the profiles the first time.

i would like to establish a database for organisations (6000+) were
they enter themselves. i guess, this can easily done with the
profiles. however, I have the feeling that it is quite limited when I
would like to use the data and make it searchable.

problems i encountered so far are...

1* how can I make the "list selection"-field open for multiple and not
single choice (without creating conflict)? therewith organisations
can chose out of a number of predefined fields in which they work.

2* how can I make a search single profile fields (that people can
chose which field to search in)? can this be done with a simple
search extension? It should also be possible then to e.g. combine
search in two fields (or more)... e.g. that you can search the aims
or activities of the organisations only.

3* and how suitable are the profile fields are in regard to use
of the entered data for other and further proposes (e.g. use the data
for a directory in book form)? what should i take care of? how
is it when i go an use the content module (to get profiles as nodes)?

i hope this is the right place to post this questions and somebody
knows how to handle those issues... thanks a lot in advance!

best regards,
mohamed

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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mohamed_e commented

hey,

i just tried the content (profiles as nodes), however, i am not very satisfied with it. so i would like to try it without as the profile.module is otherwise sufficient.

1* how can I make the "list selection"-field open for multiple and not single choice (without creating conflict)? therewith organisations can chose out of a number of predefined fields in which they work.

2* how can I make a search single profile fields (that people can chose which field to search in)? cck&content add the search automatically, but how to realize it without?

thanks a lot in advance.

mohamed.

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WorldFallz commented

For anything beyond the most basic profiles, the content_profile module is required. With it you open up all the functionality of nodes for profiles including views and cck.

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mohamed_e commented

... even when I just want to add a multiple choice field?

I had a look at the content_profile module, it just makes things so much more complicated... Further, with Views for 6.x, it is also possible to handle profile pages... so there is no need anymore to changed profiles into nodes.

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WorldFallz commented

even when I just want to add a multiple choice field?

If the fields provided with core profile are not what you want then probably yes-- unless you want to fork and maintain your own version of the module which is far more complex then using content_profile.

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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz

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mohamed_e commented

Ok, I understand. Thanks.

Further, I have to put up a Arabic and English version and I think therefore, in order to realise this, I need the content_profile too.

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mohamed_e commented

... I tried it, however, I am still not able to include e.g. multiple choice list fields.

Does anyone know a solution?

Thanks in advance.

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WorldFallz commented

what type of list do you want-- if it's just a list of text options, you select a text for the field type, 'selecct list' for the form element, and check the multivalue field and you're good to go.

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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz

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mohamed_e commented

Sorry, I can not help, but I just do not like content_profile - feel free to call me stupid.
I am happy for all suggestions and examples for other solutions.