Hello Friends,
I am trying to make a website for an education group running various institutes. Actually i am intrested to make a database of around 50-100 educational institutions according to various categories (like preschools, primary schools, various courses etc.) such that after searching based on the some criterion i get a list of educational institutes, each institute in the list will be a hyper link to a page which has various details about that institute. I would like to have the capability to enter the details about an institute through a generic form. How can i achieve this and from where i should start. I know that i should start from cck and views. But i still want to know-
1.Should i start from creating a custom content type for institutes, where i create various fields related to my requirements for institute's details. Once this content type is complete, i (or the institute) would be able to enter the details about any institute (or about their own institute).
2.Now i would like the search page where one can search an institute from the database base on some criterion. What would i need to do for that??
3.Now i want one more feature that i (or the institute) would be able to enter some latest news about some institute from the database. Now this time i need a form where the 'name of the institute' and 'other details regarding THAT institute' be auto filled (or ajaxified load) from the stored database. How can this be implemented?
Thanks for any guidance!!
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Use organic groups
Hi,
Here are few of my thoughts on your questions.
create a new content type and add the required cck fields to it. The default and existing content types can be used later as your application expands.
You can use the existing Drupal inbuilt search feature.
Use organic groups where each institute can be a group. This helps you to later create pages about the institute, write blogs on institute, create discussions about the institute, etc.
Regards,
Asif
Thanks for your response. I
Thanks for your response. I will look into OG for further details.
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aac
Thanks for your response. I
Thanks for your response. I will look into OG for further details.
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aac