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PS: All the pages in the Site Building guide under the Events
section at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://drupal.org/node/206763">http://drupal.org/node/206763</a> refer to Drupal 6. I am
LOST.<br>
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<div>Hi all --<br>
<br>
I have moderate exposure to Drupal 5 and 6, and am building a
Drupal 7 <br>
site as a volunteer for a summer-long art project for kids. I
could <br>
probably learn the info I need by spending hours reading the
docs and <br>
playing in my sandbox installation, but the site needs to be
up now, at <br>
least with bare minimum features, and my time is very limited.
So I'm <br>
hoping for some suggestions to help me get this accomplished
ASAP (and I <br>
*promise* to read the docs over the next few weeks!)<br>
<br>
I have a Main Menu item called Events.<br>
<br>
I have created a content type called Events.<br>
<br>
Each Events type node will need a start date, end date,
description, and <br>
if possible option to include an image.<br>
<br>
When a site visitor clicks on Events all the Events type nodes
should be <br>
displayed in Start Date order, sort of like blog posts added
to a blog site.<br>
<br>
HOW DO I DO THIS? The problems I've run into so far are ...<br>
<br>
1. When I made the Events main menu link, since I have no clue
what path <br>
to give it, for now I just used node/add. What node should it
be? There <br>
is no one Events "page", it will just be a list of events.<br>
<br>
2. I don't see any Date field types in manage fields for the
Event <br>
content type. How do I add date fields?<br>
<br>
3. How and where do I specify that any node of the Events
content type <br>
will appear when a visitor clicks the Events link? I thought
of using <br>
Views (which would handle the sorting too) but I see that
Views is still <br>
in Beta for D7 and I cannot afford to mess around with heavily
buggy <br>
modules. Any opinions on the status of Views?<br>
<br>
4. Should I be using Taxonomy instead of or in addition to
Content Type <br>
to define which posts should appear under the Events link?<br>
<br>
<br>
I would think that the question "how do I list all content of
a <br>
particular type under my menu link" is a FAQ but I can't find
a simple <br>
page that explains it. Any pointers would be so appreciated!!<br>
<br>
kazar<br>
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