[support] Good way to create CCK-based tabs for node view

[Andy Fowlston]

Hi all,

I'm working on an estate agent-esque website in D6. Each property page has a number of tabs (Overview, Design features, Floor plans, etc.). Most of the fields only show up under one tab, but there are some repetitions (eg. 'sale price' is shown on Pricing and Who can apply). I'm not sure how to implement the tabs, and would love to hear any feedback on the following ideas (or a better idea entirely is also good:). I'd like to end up with a solution that allows non-coders to be able to do simple field changes (eg. now this field is shown under the Design tab). I've not used the modules below, so any warnings/recommendations would also be well received :)

1. Use CCK Fieldgroup Tabs[1], add some AJAX handling, and do something nasty for the occasional field that comes under two tabs (any ideas here? All I can think of is using computed_field to create a duplicate, which is icky).

2. Use display suite[2] to create a custom build mode for each tab. This seems to be a nice way to add/remove fields from the tabs: can anyone see an issue with this? Would there be performance implications that you know of?

3. Create a simple module that just presents you with a matrix of fields and tabs, lets you select which should be shown where, and ensures it all displays ok.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

[1] http://drupal.org/project/cck_fieldgroup_tabs
[2] http://drupal.org/project/ds

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