Can Drupal features be used to create Dictionary?
nesta - October 10, 2006 - 07:55
Hi,
I want to create a Dictionary with following features.
1) Users can create terms and descriptions (can probably use drupal categories feature)
2) Tag clouds (can use drupal tagadelic)
3) Users can rate the words like www.urbandictionary.com
Is drupal suitable for huge database dictionary or should I look for a dictionary script instead?
Thanks. :)
Yes, It is suitable.
Yes, It is suitable.
can you build it? yes you can.
Hey Nesta,
You can indeed accomplish this with drupal categories, tagadelic and the votes module. Also, you can create an alphabetical listing using the nodelist module. This will create something like this:
http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/partners
If you go drupal 5 you could
If you go drupal 5 you could also consider the new fivestar module for doing the ratings. http://drupal.org/project/fivestar
Tagadelic is a pretty expensive module in terms of render time and db access. If you plan to use it for a tag block you might also want to consider block cache module http://drupal.org/project/blockcache or write a custom tag cloud that is really tailored for your needs.
dLd