Hello Drupal Forum gurus,
I am totally new to Drupal (as of this morning) and need to know a few answers to what are probably very obvious threads that I've just missed. There are some things that I want my site to do that modules for J1.5 handle pretty well so I am looking to see what the correlations are in Drupal... please note that I am not a developer but am able to conceptualize and hack together some tools now and again though it takes me forever.
Scenario 1: I have an extensive glossary built (over 3000 entries) and want an ajax-like operation throughout the site so that whenever any user mouses over a term, the glossary entry (text, graphics and audio pronunciations) pops up on screen via an ajax pop-up window. It is crucial that no one be able to access the entire glossary (representing over 3 years worth of work) or be able to grab text and other data that is associated with that entry.
Question: Is there a module for Drupal that can handle this? In J1.5 there is a module called Definitions that does this. I hope there is something like it for Drupal.
Sceario 2: One of the blocks on the site will need to call out to a mySQL database system, housing a user interface search and response tool suite. This is a very complex database (my partners are the developers of this proprietary system) but with a simple interface for users. I know that in Joomla I can use a wrapper to go ahead and bring in this application. I saw in the overviews something that speaks to this but was unclear if it is the same thing.
I apologize in advance for what are probably basic questions that have been answered here before... just feeling a little overwhelmed with the new focus on seeing if I can switch to Drupal - it looks promising so far.
Thank you in advance,
Larry
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#1) see the http://drupal.org/project/glossary module. You may also want to check out the http://drupal.org/project/g2 as well, but its still being developed for d6. There's a comparison of the two at http://drupal.org/node/266511. I'm not sure how you would go about preventing access to text though-- unless you images instead of actual text. The glossary module works with the taxonomy_image module so that is possible.
#2) You can add any php and mysql you like to drupal pages and blocks. There's even a handy api for manipulating non-drupal dbs.
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Thanks so much!
Hey Joann,
Thanks so much for the response. I think a better option for what I want to do is the glossify and hovertip dual module approach. And the link to the handy api is much appreciated...
I'll try and be more proactive and less needy as I become more familiar with D...
Ceers,
Larry
Cheers,
LD, WBTS
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You're welcome ;-)
And glossify does look good. I hadn't seen that one before.
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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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Don't be a Help Vampire - read and abide the forum guidelines.
If you find my assistance useful, please pay it forward to your fellow drupalers.
Ok - so I'm an idiot....
After a little more research I found a cool solution to my glossary issue: by combining glossify and hovertip, I should be able to accomplish my aims on this issue....
Sorry for putting this out there before I spent enough time poking about...
Ceers,
Larry
Cheers,
LD, WBTS