module with multiple dates
I have been trying to shoehorn a specific form into drupal using cck and views, then date api with cck and views, and it just ain't working. :) What I am trying to do is track when issues of a magazine arrive. So I want fields for title and issue, and fields that can be filled in when the magazine arrives. I could do this with MySQL and PHP, but in this particular situation end user access would be easier if I could put it on a drupal site. Does anyone know of a module that might fill the bill?
Thanks,
Carol
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2 content types
Carol,
Why not do it with 2 content types and a node reference field...
Content type 1: Magazine
Fields: magazine name
Content type 2: Arrival
Fields: node reference to Magazine, issue number/date, date arrived
Then you can use Views to create a report on a per-magazine basis.
-mike
2 Content Types: Seconded
I'm not sure that "Arrival" is the right word, but the concept is definitely a solid way to go. I'd probably call it "Issue" or "Volume".
Nodereferences allow you to minimize the number of times you have to enter the same information. You can also create a node-arrival.tpl.php template file to theme some of the Magazine content type information into every "Arrival" node.
You can also create all manner of views based on the specific Magazine being "nodereferenced" or even on the fields attached to that Magazine.
Well that should work
I'll test it out with a few titles today.
I'm putting in Magazine titles as nodes, then have a "status" content type where I will put the issue and date received, although I'm not sure how that will work out. I want it to be easy for the end user(s). But I think with the editablefields module, it should work.
(keeping my fingers crossed)
Thanks Grayside and Mike!
@beanworks Mike had some
@beanworks Mike had some solid advice and I hope it's working for you. Another module you may consider for this type of relation building is http://drupal.org/project/popups_reference
Good advice, but...
Unfortunately, doing this in drupal fell through - not because of drupal, but because I could not get the proper local IP's to be able to authenticate users. :(
I ended up doing it locally in Access (not my favorite program to work with, but that's what I was left with).
Thanks,
Carol