Taxonomy is so confusing.. or actually creating links is confusing
amsgwp - March 2, 2009 - 20:28
Okay, so I kinda figured out taxonomy and started making different vocabularies with terms. For example, I made a vocabulary called "Links" and then terms under links such as Parts Websites (subcategory of links).
Well this is all great, but how can I make the links have a name. Creating links to one of the documents using the links vocabulary is so ugly. Why does the create links page not let you select from documents that have already been created? I have to go and figure out what number document it is before I can link to it.
On a similar note, can I make the URLS more friendly and not have node/number? something like node/vocab/term/title?
I've looked around the modules but havent found one that does this.
pathauto
http://drupal.org/node/17345
.dan.
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I don't understand
What create links page?
It helps a great deal if you try and use terminology of give /paths/to/issue/area when are are discussing issues.
create a path alias with the path.module (part of core) automate path creation with pathauto.module (in the downloads area)
Sorry I wrote that original
Sorry I wrote that original post pretty quick and it was worded terrible.
I think I mashed together a few things that I was trying to figure out. First, pathauto is great and will fix some of my problems.
The second part about creating a links page is the following.
When adding a navigation menu item via the /admin/build/menu/list how do I figure out where the path should go? Is there a module that allows visual creation of these menu items? Something that will let me navigate different content types and select either a content type or an actual document created under a content type.
For example, I have a content type called "Technical Documents". If I want to list to all of the technical documents I have to put the path as taxonomy/term/2... this is extremely unintuitive. I have to dig around and figure out what term and number it should be to list all the items under "Technical Documents". Then if I want to link to a specific item I have to go under tech documents and find that specific article and figure out what the link name should be. Why not provide a GUI for this when building list items(navigation)?
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I work with aliases at admin/build/path and click on the edit link and alter paths. I find that if paths are set up before creating a menu item taking care to make sure paths are easy to remember (both for users and oneself) is beneficial so that after creating the path, I can visit adminsiter -> menus and ... add the path that was created.
As far as why someone hasn't created a GUI for managing paths and menu items: Drupal is a scratch your own itch type of development process. Therefore no one else has been feeling that as an itch that has produced a module to work in the way you describe.
I don't see where you build
I don't see where you build the alias..
I tried going directly to admin/build/path and it just takes me to the Site Building menu. Am I missing a module that allows alias creation?
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according to the tag on this thread you are using drupal 6.x
you also claim to be using the pathauto.module which is dependent on the path.module (part of core). I commented on these earlier in the thread.
using path.module and pathauto.module allows you to use url aliases and gives you the screens talked about.
Not sure, but maybe you are talking about ...
You may find that edit_term gives you those extra widgets - create a path alias and a menu item directly from the term-edit page. Link to the term edit page from the term-view page (they were certainly many clicks apart before)
I've just repaired the D6 version, so give edit_term DRUPAL-6--1-1 a go.
.dan.