Looking for ideas how to do this in Drupal...
Please see this page:
http://www.tg3electronics.com/support/reps.php
I want to re-create this in Drupal but I am at a loss as to how. Currently each of our sales reps are stored in a database table. Each territory may have several reps. Using a dropdown menu you select the territory and the proper reps are displayed along with a map image (static file, not an interactive map). Drop-down currently uses javascript to refresh the page.
I want to have a drop-down menu (or some other dynamic control) to select the territory and then display the appropriate reps, as well as an image specific to that location. I was thinking about creating pages for each rep and then using Taxonomy to tag them with the proper location. Then using Views create one page view with a Taxonomy filter for the tags and expose the controls.
Anyone have any other (or better) ideas? I have a feeling I am doing this the hard way and missing a cool module that is out there.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Your strategy is sound. This
Your strategy is sound. This would be the most flexible and most "Drupalish" way to achieve your problem.
Even if there was a quick and dirty module out there to speed up development, I doubt it would be as customizable as using Views/Taxonomy.
That's how I'd do it
That is precisely the way I'd go. There is a module called "Quickmenu" that can create a jumpmenu from a pre-existing Menu.