[support] Question re using Taxonomy

[Carl Wiedemann]

Views should be able to help you with your taxonomy listing question.

Regarding your second comment, it is no secret that Drupal has a steep
learning curve. Drupal's community has historically been strongly
developer-oriented and as a result, much of the documentation caters to this
audience. By their nature, books exhibit better editorial review, structure,
and foundational concepts than many of the handbook pages which have come to
be from many authors over many years without much oversight or linearity --
such is the nature of online communities. As Drupal's audience base expands
downmarket, the shortcomings of Drupal's reach and learning curve are
apparent.

In addition to your existing books, you might also check out the Using
Drupal book, which, IMO, is one of the better books for beginners
http://www.amazon.com/Using-Drupal-Angela-Byron/dp/0596515804


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM, prothero <prothero at geol.ucsb.edu> 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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