Hi Michelle, <br><br>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. <br>
<br>Thanks for pointing me into the right direction! <br><br>Ursula<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Michelle Ziegmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michelle@media.berkeley.edu">michelle@media.berkeley.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I think you would be better off approaching this with custom fields
rather than taxonomy terms. <br>
<br>
So you would have 1 content type for the events, with a custom field
"Date/Time" (you'll need the "date" module).<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Hope this is helpful!<br>
<br>
Michelle<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 7/19/2011 1:08 PM, Ursula Pieper wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">I want to create a content type for events (concerts).
<br>
<br>
An individual concert production can potentially take place in
different locations (Friday in San Francisco, Saturday in
Berkeley, basically same concert). <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
One way I image would be using two content types: <br>
The first for the general information for the concert, including a
term-reference that is distinct for this production. <br>
The second for the datetime - location that also includes a
term-reference for this production. <br>
The second content type would have a radio-button list for the
production. <br>
<br>
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). <br>
<br>
Is there a better - drupal - way? <br>
<br>
Grateful for any comments, tips or pointers ...<br>
<br>
Thanks, Ursula<br>
<br>
(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)<br>
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