Posted by fuzzplugjones on July 30, 2007 at 1:49pm
I'm evaluating Drupal and the Station module for an FM station I take care of. Upon installing and enabling the Station modules in Drupal, here's what I can't figure out:
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Clicking "Station" on my menu brings up a blank page. No template even.
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In Administer -> Content Management -> Station schedule, I get the blank grid. When I try to add a show, no matter what I do, I get the error "You need to specify a valid program name."
I can't find any documentation. What's going on?
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You need to create the
You need to create the Program first, in create content, then you can add it to the Schedule.
Hmm. Yeah, that works, but
Hmm. Yeah, that works, but for this station, it's going to be more trouble than its worth getting every DJ in the place to register and maintain an account... wish there was a "lite" version where the program director could maintain an online schedule regardless of people's participation in the Drupal site itself...
you could use CCK to add a
you could use CCK to add a text field to store DJ names... but you'd loose a lot of functionality down the line (playlists, etc). when you're first doing the setup is is a bit tedious to create all the accounts but i think you'll find that the flexibility of having DJs as users will come in handy in the long run.
I went in and created an
I went in and created an account for each radio host to setup the program(s) rather then have them do it.
exactly the way to do it
oh yeah, you don't let DJs create their own programs... the programming director should do that that. you can grant DJs the permission to edit their own programs so they can change the genre and body if the like. and obviously the programming director puts the programs on the schedule.
You can simply skip the DJ
You can simply skip the DJ field.
I've done that for now on my station's site, and hidden the DJ field with a node-type theme template. I've simply stated the show's presenters in the body of the program nodes.
Yes I'm aware that I can
Yes I'm aware that I can make the accounts but I guess I didn't expect it to be required. Was just looking for a simple schedule grid thing.