[support] Question re using Taxonomy

[Christopher M. Jones]

Taxonomy: views is your friend. Create exposed filters on taxonomy 
terms, etc. You need to learn views before you can be really effective 
in Drupal.

General comments: we hear you. Drupal always has been more dev oriented, 
both in its implementations and in its documentation. Sometimes the only 
documentation for a module is the comments in the code-- which the 
module dev really does expect you to read. Anyway, we're working on it. 
Keep asking questions. It's one of the ways we have to bridge this gap 
for you.

On 11/24/2010 01:47 PM, prothero wrote:
> Sorry for the multiple questions. As a newbie, I'm trying to get
> perspective on how to approach several goals.
>
> I want to set up my content so I can select from different categories,
> that I set up in the taxonomy. BTW, I love that feature. I'd like to get
> a short list (like the blogs listing) of all sites that fit a particular
> keyword, and have a way of clicking to read the entire story, blog, or
> page. I haven't experimented with Views yet, but wonder if that module
> can give me what I want.
>
> *Comment re Drupal and my Newbie experience*: I've found that overview
> material is very hard to get for Drupal. I've got Drupal for Dummies and
> Pro Drupal Development. They are very good on what they cover. On the
> Drupal and RocketTheme sites, I find that there is very sketchy "how to"
> tutorials, with stuff missing that you have to find in the FAQ. Then,
> there are the very detailed developer oriented explanations. The
> intermediate level docs, that may say something like: "What this module
> does is..... take images from xyz folder, puts them into xxxx, and this
> process is controlled in .... css or php file." That way somebody who
> knows a bit of code and css can more easily get into the system. I've
> wasted literally weeks fiddling with every module and it is frustrating.
>
> Thanks for you help,
> Bill
>
> William A. Prothero
>
> http://earthednet.org/
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