Posted by copy on October 5, 2008 at 4:54pm
Hello all,
I am asking a question that has been asked hundred times. I know.
But,
I am a newbie and have some experience using drupal. Like adding and enabling modules etc..
Here is the question
I want to host a community newspaper site using drupal. I have downloaded "must HAVEs" listed in this page
http://groups.drupal.org/node/5281?
I know this is a pain,
but can anybody tell me how to ....
Comments
I know this is a pain, but
What exactly is it you want to know how to?
Brian Vuyk
Web Design and Development
Long Sault, ON
http://www.brianvuyk.com | brian@brianvuyk.com
(613)534-2916
Brian Vuyk
Senior Developer, PINGV Creative
bv@pingv.com | (315) 849-9733 | Skype: brianvuyk
THANK YOU!!!! You seen the
THANK YOU!!!!
You seen the observer? http://www.observer.com/
I'm amazed with the stuff you can do with drupal.
I want to have something more or less like that. Not exactly.
Want to have sections. like, Volunteer work, sports, cultural events, news, etc...
Sections diveded like those of the observer
I do not know how to layout this way of thing...
I do not know what to use
TIA
Hi caffe. The Observer
Hi caffe.
The Observer website is very well done. However, it's also one of the more complex Drupal websites out there. I don't even think it is possible at this point to break down a site like that into a development recipe easily understandable by a new user.
However, eventually, you can build yourself up to the point where you could have a website like the Observer. It will take a lot of time and effort though.
Start by reading the documentation that accompanies the modules that you've downloaded. Pay special attention to Views, CCK, and Panels as they will be some of the most important modules that you will deal with.
Once you have that figured out, move onto Taxonomy, and whatever specialized modules you think you will need.
Don't hesitate to ask questions in the forums and in the IRC chats (#drupal-support on irc.freenode.net).
Good Luck!
Brian Vuyk
Web Design and Development
Long Sault, ON
http://www.brianvuyk.com | brian@brianvuyk.com
(613)534-2916
Brian Vuyk
Senior Developer, PINGV Creative
bv@pingv.com | (315) 849-9733 | Skype: brianvuyk
I agree, Observer is very
I agree, Observer is very advanced and complicated
Look at this and tell me where to start
http://www.elespectador.com/
I think the observer case
I think the observer case study is great, it gives you a lot of insites! The taxonomy module is cool too. Post for more specific requirements and I can help too!
Netlink Technologies Ltd
http://shyamala-drupal.blogspot.com/
Shyamala
Unimity Solutions
Namaste
Thank you.
First of all,
I want to know how to devide in to sections. Like , a sports section and its editor and so on.
and a main page where selected and recently published posts will be displayed.
TIA
No one???
No one???
Hello Caffe: Sounds like you
Hello Caffe: Sounds like you think that people are ignoring you. Part of the problem is probably that your questions are so broad that it is difficult for people to know how to help. The other may be that you seem to be at the very beginner stage, or at least that your questions don't indicate clearly what you do know so anyone helping you would know where to begin.
I suggest you look at the learning resources page: http://groups.drupal.org/node/5674? That includes information and/or links for lots of great resources, both online and offline. If you want to try making a basic Drupal news site, you might take a look at this piece, linked on the learning resources page: http://drupal.org/node/197899 . I think it will answer the questions about sections you posted in your latest reply. Also, get familiar with drupal.org, including forums, documentation, downloads, and so on.
If once you look over some of that material you have a specific newspaper related question, you might get a good answer here. I find this group is good for asking conceptual (but still specific) "how would you use drupal to fit this newspaper need..." sorts of questions. For more technical explanations, I generally find it is better to look to drupal.org, lullabot, or any a number of other drupal support sites. (Most of those sites I found through drupal.org, which is almost always the best place to begin.)
Hope this helps somewhat. Good luck!
Observer's case study
caffe wrote:
>You seen the observer? http://www.observer.com/
>I'm amazed with the stuff you can do with drupal.
And I'm amazed at what Mozart created with a quill pen. Yes, Drupal is an excellent tool; just that.
If you are really interested, they give some hints at the Observer's case study. For instance, they use CCK a lot.
However, you know, it's advisable to study as much information, tutorials, etc., as you can on Drupal, css design, etc., starting small, making a myriad of experiments with a test site, and so on.
What I am trying to accomplish ...
What I am trying to accomplish is
A Navigation menu containing sections. Sports, Politics, Culture etc...
For ex. A sports section with its own editor. a politics section with its own editor. like that
I have created a taxonomy vocab for the terms.
Thanks
My comment above connects
My comment above connects you with the resources that tell you exactly how to do this. See especially How to set up a student newspaper site with drupal, linked in that comment.
Essentially all the category
Essentially all the category pages are aggregators of content. You can use the views that get generated through taxonomy to display the same.
If you notice by default with every content the associated taxonomy also gets displayed. Clicking on that taxonomy takes you to that particular taxonomy's aggregation page. The URL must be something like http://example.com/taxonomy/term/7. Refer:
http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/taxonomy
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-osource11/
You can use path alias to change these URLs to more meaningful ones.
Alternately create Panels for each of the aggregator pages and you can decide what to display in those Panels.
Create different menu items under the Primary menu that link to these pages.
Remember to print $primary_links in you drupal theme.
Netlink Technologies Ltd
http://shyamala-drupal.blogspot.com/
Shyamala
Unimity Solutions
Acquia Drupal
If you haven't considered it yet, I definately recommend Acquia Drupal. It's a kind of Drupal+, meaning that you get the standard Drupal (6) plus the most often used modules and some other useful tools. If you register at Acquia this year you also get the community subscription for free - meaning update notifications, documentation, uptime monitoring, etc.
When building your site I would as a general advice suggest to start with information architecture and end with theming and appearence. Start by looking at what functions you would like that are not included in a standard blog - that will give you a picture of what extras you'll have to install. Then go for the navigation and presentation, and finally the "skin".
Best of luck!
//Johan Falk, Sweden
The appearance or the
The appearance or the theming is yet to think.
I am still struggling to get that menu.
People here just say This and that without indicating what to or how to.
Realy sad situation.
A brief guide
I guess you have already skimmed through the previous questions and guides in the forum, but I still want to direct you to a short guide I wrote a while ago: How to build a simple multi-contributor news site. Every major step in creating the website is included, but I have not gone into all the details on how to install Drupal, install and activate modules or where site configurations are changed. (These are usually explained elsewhere, and including all the details would have made the guide too long.)
If you have problems following the guide, please write follow-up questions and I (or someone else) will do our best to answer.
When learning Drupal I've found it very rewarding to (1) try out and play around with a lot of diferent stuff, and (2) look at screencasts. Here's a page with a nice collection of screencasts you might be interested in.
Again - best of luck.
//Johan Falk, Sweden
edit: I forgot to mention that I've learned a lot through the forums here at groups.drupal.org. Maybe it was too obvious. :-)
Menu
caffe wrote:
>I am still struggling to get that menu.
I think you mean primary links to your category terms.
Not the primary links
Or I am confused or people here enjoy advicing others even if its not related with the case.
Primary links indeed
There are other possible solutions for your question, however primary links are usually for the main sections or pages of a site. You might see the link on editing primary links that I provided, and also Shyamala's specific explanation, Femrich's link on a school newspaper, and others on this thread.
Primary links have different looks with different themes, such as tabs at the top (like drupal.org), etc. See for instance the Zen Classic theme. You can use Firebug on Firefox to inspect css source.
All this on primary links is just with Drupal core. Other possibilities are different modules that you might use, like Views, Quick Tabs, Nice Menus, Sections, etc.
As said, in order to advance it is important to follow these steps:
Just my opinion, of course.
This is what I am trying to
This is what I am trying to accomplish
The menu I mentioned is not the menu that leads you to a page(node).
Think of the the sites frontpage. There are stories, ok? But, If I want to catogorize the stories, in to, sports, politcs etc. and display those catogories as a menu, a top navigation bar... So, if one wants to go to the sports section he just click the tab and ...
and the possibility to promote selected stories of each section to the front page.
Having a front page that mirrors important stories for each section.
Clear enough????
Thats all .....
Terms menu
For sections, among other solutions, we have for example the category terms. They have URLs that can be included in primary links and other places. See the reply by Shyamala: "Essentially all the category pages are aggregators of content...", etc.
Hi caffe I'm new to drupal
Hi caffe
I'm new to drupal myself, but I've found the links people have given you above are very useful in working out things like the menus.
If I understand right, one way of doing what you're looking for is:
With this method, you have to add each taxonomy term into your menu manually. If you want your menu updated dynamically each time you create a new taxonomy term, you could look at modules like taxonomy context or taxonomy menu.
For selecting recent articles from each section for your front page, you could use views.
Hope this helps.
Thank you! This realy
Thank you!
This realy helps.
Thanks
Thank you freatida
Thank you freatida once again.
and thanks for all who contributed.