I am not sure if I should try doing this in D6 or D7, but thinking that this might be interesting to try both ways.
I want to create a customized proposal system for an Industrial Construction Project. Naturally, we don't want competitors to see what we are doing, but we are also looking for a way to setup formal proposals in a template solution.
We begin with a template, probably a template of a book.
In each book section the author can attach references to other nodes.
The finished Book would be en entire node that we could invite Prospects to see.
Just an outline:
Section Intro, would include an NDA that the client would have to agree with. Just not to show it to competitors.
section one would be a proposal outline with details
Section Two would include all details to qualify to compete on the project.
Section Three would include Nodes of past projects that we have done
I would also want the project to have limited access to just prospects, and probably time limited as well. So we can send an invitation to a prospect to view the project, but no one else except for internal people can view it. Then use time or limit viewing by IP address or something like that.
My thoughts on doing this would include:
- A Single domain, and assign Books to users. But need to get the right Modules for this.
- OG - and make each group a separate Project proposal.
The specific modules I would be looking for include:
1... a MODULE that could make a BOOK a template. So when creating a new Proposal... we could select from a list of templates to start. The pages would have specific CCK types in each section.
2... A module that limits Access to an ENTIRE BOOK by USER ACCOUNT.
3... A Module that allows use to select pre-written text, to pre-populate a CCK page in the BOOK.
4... a way to track who, what, When and where a book was viewed. Perhaps make that a tab that a certain user group could view.
5... A module that will allow other nodes to be attached by reference to a page in a book. I was thinking of using a views attach solution here, but interested in other solutions as well.
could someone make a list of modules that I should look at.
thanks