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By ken.wakefield on
Ok, I am again finding implementing real life concepts difficult in this product.
Here's what I want to do. I have a site, with only the two default roles, and generally only want authencated users to be able to view the content.
However, I'd like to have an area where they can add their own pages all streamed together like the front page to which can you publish multiple pages to.
So, I thought the Book concept?? Create a book, and let authencated users add pages (not book pages or new books) to the book I create with the original Book Page. I called this book page The Sale Yard, created a menu item to it, installed the module Books and Content_Access, and proceeded to no avail.
First, in I set the outline to the book to default to Page.
Then I set permissions to Can add book content, can edit / delete own page
Then I applied same permissions to the book itself under Access Control,
But I am either going about achieving this design requiremet all wrong, OR just cannot get the pieces together, but it all seems just soooo hard to get here.
Ok, with Ordinary pages, I can grant the ability to create pages, but I don't want them all publishedto the FP, I want them automatically put in the Sale Yard area, and not have to have additional menus or other navigation setup by the logged in user. This is why I thought the book concept sounded right?
Where am I going wrong in implementing this scenario, authencated users create own page content, automatically linked into existing area of the site. How should I be trying to achieve this please?
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You can use views with an
You can use views with an argument of User: uid to make a page that lists content created by a given user (ie like the default front page, but for a given user)
You can use views .......
Thankyou for this, I'll remember about views, but at teh moment I am still looking at this from the role perspective, want a certain role to have access to something like a book, and be able to add more content to the book, but only see all other content.
The problems I'm having are in using the book, and limiting authenticated users to the Add New page on a book, and not being able to create pages not part of the book.
The Book module is not meant
The Book module is not meant to be used that way. Your efforts are much better spent working with the right modules for the task.
The requirements you describe can easily be achieved using Views and CCK. Most real life scenarios fit right into Views and CCK, which are the cornerstone of all serious content management in Drupal.
In general terms:
Use CCK to create a new content type for this display.
Then, you’d want to create a Views Page Display to list the CCK nodes filtered by your requirement (in this case the user.) Put that page in the menu, and when visitors click on the link they’ll be shown their nodes.
I would also recommend that you post any further questions in the Post Installation area of the forum, in order to get the most appropriate answers.
Regards,
Jose Onate
The Book module is not meant
Thankyou very much for that insight - saves alot of mis-spent energy knowing where to spend it.
Very much thanks Jose
Ken Wakefield