[support] Some advice needed on setting up a new site

[Marc Morris]

Thanks Chris - what do you mean by "faceted search"?

Marc



On 15 Dec 2008, at 18:34, Christopher M. Jones wrote:

> Off the cuff, I'd say create a cck type with the fields you need.  
> If you
> can get your data into a csv then you can use node import to bring it
> into your drupal db. Use views to generate your searches. I'm also a
> huge fan of faceted search for stuff like this.
>
> Marc Morris wrote:
>>
>> I've just been asked to build a site which will list just over 5,000
>> movies. I currently have all the info in a Filemaker database.
>>
>> What I'm trying to work out is how best to go about getting the data
>> into Drupal.
>>
>> Should I have each title as a node, or is there a much better way to
>> achieve this?
>>
>> Basically each movie will have the following info:
>>
>> Title
>> Director
>> Country
>> Year
>> Genre
>> Cast
>> Synopsis
>> Duration
>> Awards
>>
>> some may in the future include a movie poster image or selected pix
>> from the film itself.
>>
>> etc..
>>
>> Each title will be linked to from a drop-down navigation menu which
>> will offer results displayed by GENRE or STUDIO etc. Clicking on a
>> director's or actor's name will bring a a list of search results too.
>>
>> At this stage most of the titles can be displayed purely in a list
>> format, although I should allow for the option of a full page view
>> per title for the future.
>>
>> I'm hoping someone out there could offer a little advice about the
>> best way to set the site up.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marc
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Marc Morris
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