[support] Help in using Location module

[daniel bareket]

Hi everyone,
Any idea about the post below?
Thanks!
Daniel

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:07 PM, daniel bareket <danielbareket at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi again,
> So-
> I've tried your suggestion, and it seems to work almost perfectly.
> The only problem now is that when I'm editing the view of the second type
> nodes, I can display the node that contains the location data, but I didn't
> find a way to make location-based manipulations. I can do them is the first
> type nodes and it  will work, but what about location-based search? I would
> like this to be available also, and right now Drupal still doesn't
> recognize the location as belong to the second type node.
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Joel Willers <joel.willers at sigler.com>wrote:
>
>> Seems like a good solution to me. You can even make a View that will show
>> in the list of potential locations only the locations that the user has
>> made (a bit advanced, but all done through the UI).
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
>> Behalf Of daniel bareket
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:55 AM
>> To: support at drupal.org
>> Subject: Re: [support] Help in using Location module
>>
>> Hi Joel,
>> First- thank you!
>>
>> So if I undestand you correctly, I have one type that contain just the
>> location and the title, and another which is my main type that contains all
>> the information needed as well as a reference to the first type.
>> But - I want every user to have its own locations list. So should I allow
>> them to make a list of nodes of first content type?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Joel Willers <joel.willers at sigler.com>
>> wrote:
>> > If I understand your problem correctly, I think I'd make two content
>> types, one with a location and a title, and the other with a Reference to
>> the first. Then you can get all the location info you want with no
>> tweaking/programming. Plus, you can manage the locations they can choose
>> easily. You could use taxonomy to sort them, if you wish, or even use
>> access controls to limit them by role.
>> >
>> > Joel
>> >
>> > From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org]
>> > On Behalf Of daniel bareket
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:15 AM
>> > To: support at drupal.org
>> > Subject: [support] Help in using Location module
>> >
>> > Hi everyone,
>> > I have a content type that should have a Location field. But, instead
>> of the user filling the location for every item, I would like him to only
>> choose a location from his own list of pre-defined locations.
>> > I've managed to create a string field that allows the user to choose
>> from his list and contains the location ID.
>> > The problem is that in this method Drupal doesn't recognize it as a
>> Location-type field, and therefore all the advanced options like displaing
>> on a map are not available.
>> >
>> > I've thought about two methods to solve it:
>> > 1. When the user create the node, he will choose from his list, but
>> Drupal will save it as it would save a node with new location.
>> > 2. The data would be saved in the same method I'm using now (string
>> field with the ID), but somehow I will tell Drupal to recognize it as a
>> location.
>> >
>> > Not really sure which one is better, and I don't know how to implement
>> either one.
>> >
>> > My Drupal version is 6.
>> >
>> > I hope it was clear enough. If not - I will try to explain again.
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > Thanks a lot,
>> > Daniel
>> >
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