My goal
I want to build a Drupal site which relies heavy on node relationships. These relationships shall be visible at both nodes, not only at the referring node. And I want to name these relations, too. There will be several (different) relationships at the same node.

Example
Let's say I have a content type "movie" and a content type "actor".
When I create a new movie, I want to be able to refer to several actor nodes.
At the movie node, it shall list all referred actors ("has actors:") and at the actor node I want a list of all referring movies ("acts in movies:").

Will this be possible with NodeReferrer for Drupal 6?

Can I start now?
Can I start building my site now - without using NodeReferrer? And later - when NodeReferrer has a Drupal 6 release - install this module and get the referring nodes listed?

Does NodeReferrer rely at CCK's nodereference field at all? So, can I create movie nodes and use the CCK node reference field to refer to the actor nodes? Will NodeReferrer use this relations? Or does it work differently? I can't find documentation :|

Comments

nquocbao’s picture

nquocbao commented

Yes, you can.

NodeReferer does depend on NodeReference, it just pulls the information from nodereferer.

Instead of "naming" the relations, let create separate field for each relation, such as "actors","directors" .... Use the label to "name" your relation.

I hope this short reply will help you to solve big problem ;)

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no2e commented

Thanks nquocbao!

Instead of "naming" the relations, let create separate field for each relation, such as "actors","directors" .... Use the label to "name" your relation.

So one relation has two fields and two labels, correct?

If I want to build relations between movies and actors:
I create a nodereference field "Has actors" in the content type "movie" and reference several actor nodes. And when NodeReferrer for Drupal 6 is released, I create a nodereferrer field "Acts in movies:" in the content type "actor" and relate this field to the nodereference field "Has actors" of "movie" content type.

Is it possible to create mutual relations? So that it doesn't matter whether I relate the actor to a movie or a movie to the actor? (displayed all in the same fields at output). So I don't have to decide whether I always relate one content to an other content type or vice versa.

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Status: Active » Fixed

Try module, suppose it covers all your needs.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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