Posted by markwk on June 4, 2011 at 6:12pm
I am creating a dictionary/vocabulary sharing site and I want to connect a Word's definitions (cck fields) to translations. I can connect it with a translation content type with a Node_reference field back to Word, but any ideas on how to connect to a specific field within a node?
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some help maybe...
Mark,
I've been trying to work out something like this for a similar site for a few months now. I don't have a solution that I am totally happy with, but I've found some solutions that I thought I'd pass along...
Specifically, there are three modules that I've worked around with that might be able to get you going in the right direction. The first is flexifield which might be a quick solution for you, but it doesn't seem to be actively being worked on.
Maybe also take a look at the field sync and node relationships modules and depending on how proficient you are in PHP, computed field might be all you need to hand code your fields from one content type to the other.
Hope that helps.
Setup a node reference CCK
Setup a node reference CCK field to connect back to Word BUT feed it its options based on a View (should be an advanced dropdown or something as to what its actually referencing). Then construct a view that has an argument of the one field, looking for all Words that have the matching cck field reference. In the output for the view make it return the cck field value.
Should be what you're looking for.
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Thanks
cheers bryanboova and btopro, those give me some good leads...