[support] How can I duplicate fields in one content type?

[William Smith]

You could always get the best of both worlds by doing what Zohar suggests
re: making each item an individual node, but also providing a single form
interfacing for submitting a collection.  In this case, on form submission,
the individual nodes would be programatically created in the backend.  You
could even do the magic of creating the 'collection' view at this stage.  It
could either be dead-simple or prohibitively difficult to set this up,
depending on your level of familiarity with PHP and the Forms API.

William

On 9/10/07, Jean Gazis <jgazis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think that probably provides more flexibility in the long run. It's not
> an e-commerce site. I'm concerned the the client will find entering 12 items
> separately more cumbersome than just doing one form.
>
> Jean
>
> On 9/10/07, Zohar Stolar <z.stolar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it's better for you to have a content type for "wine", and then you
> > can do different things with it.
> > Think of a wine as one entity. 12 wines can be an entity if they are
> > bundled in one package, but a single wine should be on its own.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jean Gazis wrote:
> >
> > > I want to have a content type for a monthly list of about a dozen wine
> > > selections. I created the content type, and created fields for one
> > > wine, and I can add new fields or existing fields from a _different_
> > > content type, but I don't see any way to copy the first set of fields
> > > on the _same_ content type. Is there a reason for this? Do I have to
> > > have Name for wine #1, and then Name2 for wine #2 and so on?
> > >
> > > Would I be better off to have a content type for "wine" and then have
> > > a view that shows the 12 most recent?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jean Gazis
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> > >
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> > > André Gide
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> Jean Gazis
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