First, let me say I think the Station module set is fantastic! I'm working on two sizable projects, with others on the way it appears, that make considerable use of Station - thank you! I'm a member of the Radio group, and I've poked around a bit there and here, albeit not comprehensively on this question. However, I didn't find anything suiting, so I'll ask; what are the chances of loosely coupling the Station elements for full CCK & Views integration (I just winced)?
I know it's a fairly tall order (okay, huge) but as the recent proliferation of citizen journalism and grass roots activism increasingly combines with formidable tools like ProsePoint, PressFlow, OpenPublish, the AEF newspaper set, etc, to produce (Drupal) sites akin to NowPublic, Vocalo, icitizenforum, FreeTalkLive, radio.indymedia, France24, RFI, etc, I think this question becomes the next logical step. For instance, combining OpenPublish 2.0 with Station, it would be nice to separate the dj field and substitute something like the OP Author field instead, and perhaps rename it 'Host'. The OP Article node is a robust compendium of content. To clone it and call it a 'Broadcast' would allow talk radio to take full advantage of the combined power of the OP installation profile, and the Station module.
I'm sure this is a duplicate post. And although I (obviously) didn't find its counterpart, I'll apologize in advance. And yes, I'd be willing to pitch in too. :)
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Comment #1
pribeh commentedBump. Starting on a project of similar scope it seems: a community radio station that wants a community blogging/news presence. However, that said, I haven't even tested station yet and am simply researching it. Is it not possible to use custom fields or alter existing fields?
Comment #2
tim.plunkett#497924: Add more fields to playlist entry and #491824: Migrate catalog data into CCK fields are related to this.
The main holdup, AFAIK, from full integration is station_schedule. I know of no way to recreate the schedule in views...
I have a couple theories, I'll revisit this issue soon.
Comment #3
tim.plunkettComment #4
paskainos commented@tim.plunkett: here's a stab we took - http://erntownhall.com/test/ . It's not live yet, but the general idea's there, including schedule in views.
Comment #5
frederickjh@tim.plunkett, I am wondering if what is needed to display the schedule in views is a new views display type. I see and use a number of drupal modules that create new views display types in views. Just and idea.