I've never made it to any of the events so far, so unfortunately you don't know me : /
I could really use a little (30 minute) consulting session on how to structure some site functionality. Basically I have item A with (4) entries (let's say it's for stuffed animals - bear, dog, cat and frog), and each item has 6-8 associated itemB's (some of which are common terms between them - i.e. there are brown dogs, brown cats and brown bears, only frogs are green, only cats are orange, etc). The combination of which lead to "suggestions" to display.
I'm OK with the presentation of the data using blocks ... but what I'm having trouble with is data/taxonomy organization such that I can make appropriate views that work and flow together. I've been thinking about this for a few days and I really think I've hit a wall.
I'm thinking of three blocks. First block displays animal type, when clicked on, it displays another block with color, then when the color is clicked a view is built with those suggestions and loaded into the same page.
I'm also in Tampa and willing to take someone to lunch who thinks they may be able to help :) Phone calls are good, IRC is good, instant messaging is good ... whatever you prefer. Any/all help would be greatly appreciated.