[support] how to add links as content types or nodes?

[cl at isbd.net]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 10:55:28AM -0800, will hall wrote:
> Laura Scott wrote:
> > In Drupal 5, you can do this with CCK modules and views. Create a  
> > content type, add a URL field (which I believe is a supplementary  
> > module for CCK, downloaded separately), and then create a view to  
> > display. It may be more gears and levers than you were hoping for,  
> > but it does allow for a lot of granular control.
> > 
> > Laura
> > 
> > On Jan 28, 2007, at 10:14 AM, will hall wrote:
> > 
> >> is there anyway for users to add links as a small node, like you do in
> >> delicious, so that links become content and can be displayed on a
> >> 'weblinks' page, tagged, etc.
> >>
> >> using page nodes is unwieldy. hand coding the html is what we are  
> >> doing
> >> now on a 'weblinks' page but this is impossible for users to  
> >> contribute
> >> to. ideally we'd like to be able to search links, have a teaser for  
> >> the
> >> links, etc.
> >>
> >> i think plone has a links-as-content feature.
> >>
> >> thanks for help!
> >> - will
> >> -- 
> >> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
> > 
> thanks, i am going to try the links_weblink.module before diving in to cck.
> 
> are there any examples of sites that use the links_weblink.module
> 

This thread shows me what I find difficult/wrong about Drupal (and
most other CMS systems)!  Just to make it possible to put links into
content one has to jump through all these hoops?!?!

Someone has lost the plot somewhere (maybe me).  :-)

-- 
Chris Green (chris at halon.org.uk)