[support] Reorganizing for my classes

[A-NO-NE Music]

On 09/01/03(土), at 2:03, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:

> Hello, Hiro,
>
> Some quick thoughts here (I'm currently working on a project with a
> quasi-looming deadline, so this is more concise than perhaps is needed


Hi Bill, Thank you so, so, so much for your continuous help.  I will  
try to make this quick as possible :-)

> This assumes, of course, that these students will not need to
> access/interact within the site.

At this point, I would like to try having former students posting if  
they are into helping the new students.  This might be a bad idea, but  
I think I would like to try.

> If you don't need to separate them, then I'd advise keeping one group.

I think so too.  I made one group with sections by OG taxonomy.  This  
should work for separating students group, right?  One problem is  
Registration Key.  I don't think I can assign a key per taxonomy.  I  
guess I have to create a mandatory profile field on the reg page.   
Another question is if I won't get any problem mass-emailing per  
section?  I haven't explorer notification module yet.  I just wanted  
to make sure if notification will work fine this way down the road.


> Okay -- now I think I understand this: make your existing curriculum
> into a book. Then, install the Book Manager and the Book Copy modules
> (possibly you will only need Book Copy).

Wow! Cool!  It just so mazes me people on this forum knows a lot of  
useful modules, those which are pretty difficult to find for user like  
me.  The good news is, everything is contained in books.

> However, I don't know of any way to mass-assign nodes into groups  
> (with
> the obvious exception of direct db inserts, but that path leads only  
> to
> sadness and heartache).

Ooops.  Hm.  Can it be done manually without hacking the db?  At least  
I need to separate/hide Class_1, which I already created tons of  
contents last semester, from the Class_2 group I am about to create.   
This is most scary.  What can I do to solve this issue?

> Also, at the risk of stating the obvious, set up a test site to try
> these various methods on

Yup.  I do have dev env on my MacBook Pro.  I do local dev for my  
other sites (shown in my sig), but not for this site for my classes.   
The problem is that this particular ISP won't let me upload db.  This  
is what you get when you get cheap.  Moving along OG, I got so  
confused that I was afraid it won't be possible for me to reproduce  
the local settings on my live site so I started to do it on the live  
site.  Yes, I should change my ISP.  I know :-(


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- Hiro

Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Greater Boston
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