Multiple fields pointing to the one Vocabulary
Maedi - April 21, 2009 - 12:40
Hi,
I'd like to have 2 vocabulary fields on a node pointing to the one vocabulary. I have a games website (http://macintoshgarden.org) and I'd like users to be able to enter terms into a 'Developer' field and a 'Publisher' field like so:
Developer:
Maxis
Publisher:
Maxis
...But the trouble is that 2 separate terms are created in 2 separate vocabularies. I'd like these 2 terms to be associated with one term in a single vocabulary. With the Content Taxonomy module, I was trying to point 2 custom fields (Developer and Publisher) to the one vocabulary but with no luck.
What's the best way to do something like this?
Is it possible?
Is it possible?
My apologies for bumping
My apologies for bumping this.
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Create one multiselect vocabulary-- then add both "Publisher" and "Developer" on the same level as terms. Then add "Maxis" and in advanced options set the parents to both "Publisher" and "Developer". That will give you something that appears like your diagram above and the ability to select maxis at both levels.
Then, you might be able to add a content_taxonomy field twice, using the 1 vocabulary, once starting at "Publisher" and once starting at "Developer". Not sure about this part though-- you'll have to play around with it.
EDIT: i just did a quick test, it looks like you can do this with content_taxpnomy-- very slick.
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Create one multiselect
I think the only problem with this approach is that it's an admin defined procedure. Users couldn't add in the term 'Maxis' as tags and have that term automatically assigned to Publisher and Developer as parents.
It's great to know that I can do this with Content Taxonomy. Where you talking about doing what you mentioned above with CT or just ponting multiple CT fields to one Vocab?
I've been having problems, but maybe it is possible after all... when I assign 2 Content Taxonomy fields to the one Vocab, I get this error after I save:
Any ideas?
Best wishes,
Maedi
I've just started doing this
Found your post while I was looking for a way to do this. I've used the Content Taxonomy module to define Taxonomy entry fields as CCK fields. Basically, I this would require one vocabulary (what you might call "companies") that can then be applied to fields called Developer and Publisher. When configuring your Content Taxonomy fields be sure to check the box next to "Save values additionally to the core taxonomy system (into the 'term_node' table)." As long as that's done, inside the "companies" vocabulary, you'll have all of the nodes that are tagged with Maxis in either Developer or Publisher. When a game is tagged as both, it will only appear once in the list.