Posted by Adam S on February 22, 2010 at 10:34pm
I think it's cool that OP1.7 is using the modal frame API to create popups that a user can input node reference information into.
I wish for all the other places on the website where users can create or edit content, such as comment edit, creating a classified, creating a node user profile, and creating a blog there is a popup window with the CCK form. I'm totally baffled by right now.
Does anybody have information how this works?
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Can we use the modal frame
Can we use the modal frame API to pass information into the dynamic display block front page news rotator?
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To be honest, I am not a huge
To be honest, I am not a huge fan of Modalframe module. Mostly due to aesthetic reasons - I don't think its UI looks pleasant, but it does a good job for Node Relationship, which is a fantastic module, indeed. As far as popups go, I personally prefer Facebox.
As for using some popup technology in other places, we could but it's important to keep in mind that any javascript usage should be unobtrusive, i.e. for core concepts it's important to get the workflow right without popups and then think about making it more "inline".
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It's a huge problem for me to
It's a huge problem for me to solve the user experience and work flow or just the flow. Whether I use some sort of work flow or popups I do know one thing from my experience that if I want people to contribute to the 'conversation' I'm going to have to make it easy for them!
Have you had any experience with this?
I'm thinking about using relationships heavy in my new build but whatever happens the UX or UI needs to absolutely be intuitive.
I wish you could just tell me how to make all the user inputs super simple to use and intuitive.
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"user inputs" as in - editors
"user inputs" as in - editors or site visitors?
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I like the idea of data
I like the idea of data entered into the site using the admin theme. However, the data entered by guests or site visitors should not be in the back end. They should always be in the front of the site. However, with a modal popup they can have the data entry form that looks really cool because it's themed with the Tao theme without seeming to leave the front side of the website. I would like to have people who use the classified section be able to enter an ad which consists of title, body, location (text field), image, and two file fields using a modal popup. I looked at the example module that comes with the Modal Frame API and was figuring out how they did it. I think that making this might be my first custom module.
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I see what you are saying.
I see what you are saying. It's an interesting point. Probably worth opening a feature request in the Tao's issue queue, see what they think.
You should be able to do what you are saying (minus popups) by indicating: "use admin theme for node entry" setting in admin theme settings. However, Admin module hides that setting section altogether... (not quite sure why or if that is a good idea).
You can always change the value of the corresponding variable from the DB directly, though...
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I really like the form entry
I really like the form entry style on Tao. Have that inside a modal for the classified ad entry while the classified section is still in the back ground. I can switch the "use admin theme for node entry" setting for the Classified Ad node however in that case the form is themed with the front end theme. With the modal I get the best of both worlds. A clean tight looking form and sense of still remaining on the site in the classified ad section.
I'll put a feature request in Tao and see if anybody is interested in it.
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I want to do the same
Maybe this could be a solution http://drupal.org/project/user_modal