Posted by ockley on June 15, 2009 at 7:19pm
I'm having serious thought on moving from XOOPS to Drupal. I was looking for a specific module targeted article writing. The module should handle categories, exercise-file attachment, ability to show a video tutorial etc. How is that best done in Drupal.
Is the best way, to use a page and then categorize via Taxonomy. Can anyone with experience with that enlighten me :-)
All the best
ockley
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With Drupal, you can define
With Drupal, you can define your own content type (called "article", for example), so you don't have to use the page content type.
Yes, you can use Taxonomy to categorize content. Uploading attachments is also available with a default Drupal install.
You can use CCK to extend the functionality of your content type, such as adding embedded media.
Basically, just install Drupal and play with it. Drupal Core, CCK, Views, and their related modules will probably handle most of what you need.
Good luck, and welcome to Drupal!
-Corey
- Corey
http://www.thefreecollege.com
Thank you, Corey. I have done
Thank you, Corey.
I have done the switch. I installed Drupal 5 and moved users and forum to it (via XOOPS import). Then i upgraded to Drupal 6 and installed the following:
Now I will try to get a hold on, these modules and the inner workings of Drupal. Can anyone point me towards info on how to structere information in Drupal. My goal is to structure tutorials in several programs, divided into categories. The tutorials can be textural, video or both, and contain exercise-files. This should be followed up by a forum, where the users can ask technical questions about the programs.
The site is in danish, but i would love to have the ability to deliver a version in english - translated by me (or maybe Google).
All the best
Karsten
/ockley
www.hjaelpmignu.dk
For categories, I would
For categories, I would suggest the taxonomy module.
To tell the truth, you really just need to play around with Drupal and see what works. Obviously, the biggest problem with this is that you don't want to try something, then spend hours undoing it if it doesn't work out, right? In that case, I suggest you look into the Backup and Migrate module, which lets you create "restore points" of your database that you can quickly revert to.
Drupal is very adept in handling multilingual issues with the core locale module, and the contrib Internationalization (I18n) module helps to complete the package. Automatic translation, however, is more difficult, but may be aided by the Google Translate Links module. You'll just have to see what works best for you.
-Corey
- Corey
http://www.thefreecollege.com