[support] Page with events at different locations

[Ursula Pieper]

Hi Michelle,

Thanks a lot! Node reference was so not on my radar, since I am using Drupal
7 (node reference is not included in the core Fields module, and I didn't
even think of searching for something like this). I am now exploring the
"References" and the "Relation" modules. And yes, the geolocation/etc
options are planned for each location.

Thanks for pointing me into the right direction!

Ursula

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Michelle Ziegmann <
michelle at media.berkeley.edu> wrote:

>  I think you would be better off approaching this with custom fields rather
> than taxonomy terms.
>
> So you would have 1 content type for the events, with a custom field
> "Date/Time" (you'll need the "date" module).
> You would have a second field on that content type for the "Location". This
> could either be a text field with a select list, or a Node Reference type of
> field to another content type "Location". Either way will work, but if you
> want to include additional information about each location option, the Node
> Reference is a better option. This way, for each location you can include a
> description, directions, or even a geolocation or map field.
>
> This is the most flexible because then you can easily display your events
> by date, such as on a calendar (get the "calendar" module). You could also
> show events by Location. All of these display are created in Views. If you
> use the Node Reference option and are using Drupal 6, there's a nifty module
> "Node Relationships" that can easily set up a displayed list of Events that
> have been associated with a particular Location.
>
> I'm not sure I understand why you need a unique term reference issue - but
> going the route above, you definitely don't need a unique term for each
> event.
>
> Hope this is helpful!
>
> Michelle
>
>
>
> On 7/19/2011 1:08 PM, Ursula Pieper wrote:
>
> I want to create a content type for events (concerts).
>
> An individual concert production can potentially take place in different
> locations (Friday in San Francisco, Saturday in Berkeley, basically same
> concert).
>
> Is it possible to associate in some way a date with a term reference (which
> would be the location)? I envision an unlimited datetime entry that
> associate with the location. I have problems wrapping my head around how to
> achieve this, or how to solve the issue differently, but still
> user-friendly.
>
> One way I image would be using two content types:
> The first for the general information for the concert, including a
> term-reference that is distinct for this production.
> The second for the datetime - location that also includes a term-reference
> for this production.
> The second content type would have a radio-button list for the production.
>
> For the first one, I'd somehow need to make sure, that the term-reference
> is not yet in use, and how would I do that (I am thinking in a database way
> - first content type has a unique key, that corresponds to the second
> content type's foreign key).
>
> Is there a better - drupal - way?
>
> Grateful for any comments, tips or pointers ...
>
> Thanks, Ursula
>
> (actually, just writing this made the task clearer for me, that's called
> confessional debugging, I am still interested to hear whether I am missing
> something, and how to ensure the unique term reference)
>
>
>
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> University of California Berkeley
> Educational Technology Services
>
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