September 2007 - support - lists.drupal.org

people and categories
by paola.dimaio＠gmail.com 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

> > 3. Re: people schema (Jean Gazis) > 4. Re: linking the categories (Cog Rusty) > 5. Re: linking the categories (Cog Rusty) Jean re people schema thanks for heads up, I ll wait for that before building extensions Dear Rusty Cog thanks for advice I ll have to sit down and study it all (takes time) Thing is, that even building custom code, needs expertise and a clear schema/data model, I need to develop that considering the constraint of drupal implementation. will take into account your great advice and will consult you furthe after I come up with something thanks PDM > > > categories = terms = tags > vocabulary is the containing entity > > > > I think this can be done by creating a hierarchy of > vocabularies/categories > > > > so what I wonder is > > can I make a category become the parent or child of another category? > > at the moment I dont see this option (I can see that I can make a term > > become the child or parent of another term, but what I need is a group > > of terms to be the parent of another group of terms) > > The way the system is designed, there is no direct way to create a > hierarchy of vocabularies. You could of course create a > "meta-vocabulary" containing your vocabularies as categories, but that > would be hardly useful. Neither tagging nor listing would be possible > without custom code. Categories are designed for tagging and listing > nodes, and categories are not nodes.. > > So, I would suggest looking for a solution which does not need a > hierarchy of vocabularies. > > > > The reason why I need this, its because the drop down menus at the > > moment are toooo long. For each term, I have say 10 child terms, which > > in turn have 10 child terms so its very difficult to select the right > > one(s) cause one gets lost before finding the right category > > Plus I cannot selectively make one term mandatory, say a parent, and > > the children optional (for those who may want to have more granular > > keywords) > > You will need to design for effective tagging and user convenience > based on the available methods. For example: > > Case 1: A very badly designed vocabulary. Allows errors and is cumbersome. > > Tags (vocabulary) > ------------------------ > Sections > -- Section 1 > -- Section 2 > Topics > -- Topic 1 > -- ... > -- Topic 1000 > > Applies to all content types. > Mandatory, mutiple select > > Case 2: A somehow better design > > Sections (vocabulary) > ----------------- > Section 1 > Section 2 > > Applies to all content types > Mandatory, single select > > Topic 1 (vocabulary) > ------------- > -- Subtopic 1 > -- .... > -- Subtopic 10 > > Applies only to content type "topic1" > Mandatory, single or multiple select > > Topic 2 (vocabulary) > ------------- > -- Subtopic 1 > -- .... > -- Subtopic 10 > > Applies only to content type "topic2" > Mandatory, single or multiple select > > Now, the user will have 2 manageable category selection lists. The > second one will be shorter and different based on the content type. > > Or else, you could create different content types for each section, so > that you can use the taxonomy_defaults module > (http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_defaults) to assign a specified > section category to each so that the user won't see a second selection > list. > > Notice that content types are not only for adding different fields. > They are also used for workflow (different publishing options and > different associated vocabularies). So, you can use that to move some > of the users' burden to yourself (having to manage 20 content types > vs. having the users manage 1000 terms in an error-prone way). > > > > So one way of doing that (perhaps) would be for each parent term have a > new > > 'category', so that each parent term can be made mandatory (hence > > creating a superstructure) and then making one or more children > > optional, and then linking a freeflowing tags to that. > > Has someone implemented a nice complex hierarchy using taxonomy module > > and has advice ? > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > -- > > Paola Di Maio > > School of IT > > www.mfu.ac.th > > ********************************************* > > -- > > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 03:03:46 +0300 > From: "Cog Rusty" <cog.rusty(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [support] linking the categories > To: support(a)drupal.org > Message-ID: > <a08ea0280709081703n78b658cme6d3a77accb56f4(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 9/9/07, Cog Rusty <cog.rusty(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/8/07, paola.dimaio(a)gmail.com <paola.dimaio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ...snip... > I should add that by using different content types, besides the > shorter selection lists, as a bonus you get neat links like > "node/add/[type]" which you can place in any "section page" or block. > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://list.drupal.org/ ] > > End of support Digest, Vol 57, Issue 12 > *************************************** > -- Paola Di Maio School of IT www.mfu.ac.th *********************************************

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Category tree at top of node
by Ivan Sergio Borgonovo 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

I remember there was a module that show the category tree just above the node title. Home >> Mammals >> Dogs >> Chiwawa I tried it, doesn't work with pgsql, fixed, submitted the patch, but still doesn't look as what I'm looking for. Well the description says: ...displaying the title and description of the current term, a "breadcrumb" trail of the current taxonomy term and any parent terms, and titles and descriptions of any sub-terms of the current term (similar in format to the listing of nodes in a term)... But I can't get it. -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it

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CK-ERP (Open Source ERP / CRM / MRP) v.0.24.1 released [with Drupal 5.2 connector]
by C K Wu 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hi, folks, I have posted a new release, v.0.24.1, of CK-ERP, at SourceForge.Net, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp . New features include, a connector for LegalCase and updated connectors for ClearHealth, OpenEMR and osCommerce, facilities to convert sales order to purchase order and/or material/service requisition so as to procure the required material/service after a sale is concluded, addition of a sample law office chart of accounts and a sample medical practice chart of accounts, addition of Australian GST tax rate and updating of Canadian GST tax rate, addition of narrow/wide display option for the various case handling screens, addition of customer, vendor, employee contact lists, and, addition of German translation for the Quotation module. Special thank is due to David Epperson of Dallas for permission to make use of the "Law Firm Chart of Accounts" (located at http://www/txethics.org/TCLEPCOURSE2005/omlp/sec11.1.pdf) while generating the sample law office chart of accounts. The effort by Stefan Kemper of Switzerland in producing the new German translations is also gratefully acknowledged. [Please note that the sample medical practice chart of accounts is designed for countries/regions where medical doctors are allowed to dispense prescription drugs within their medical practices. If the relevant medical practice is operating within a jurisdiction where doctors are prohibited from dispensing drugs, then it may be a prudent measure to delete all the drug sale, COGS – drugs, inventory – drugs and related accounts to avoid a presumption that in-practice drug sale had been planned.] CK-ERP is an open source accounting/MRP/ERP/CRM system that runs on top of multiple middlewares. It comprises 22 modules - Administration, i18n, Contact Management, Customer Relationship, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship, Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, MRP, Warehouse, Inventory, Service, AP, AR, PO, SO, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, HR, Staff Self Service and Payroll. It provides accounting and back office functionalities to SMEs and utilizes the underlying middleware to administer accounts/groups. Please report error and suggestion to the discussion group / mailing list, CK-ERP-en(at)googlegroups.com or CK-ERP-zh_CN(at)googlegroups.com . General history and expected development is available at the discussion group's Archive. Supported MiddleWares: LegalCase, MirrorMed, ClearHealth, OpenEMR, eGroupWare, Horde-GroupWare; Zencart, CRELoaded, osCMax, osCommerce; Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, e107, XOOPS, Xaraya; Moodle, Atutor; vTiger, XRMS; WordPress, b2evolution; TikiWiki; phpBB. Information/Demo Websites: http://ck-erp.org http://ck-erp.net http://ck-erp.com Download is available from, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp http://gforge.oss.org.cn/projects/ck-erp http://gf.cs.hit.edu.cn/projects/ck-erp http://www.cnforge.org/modules/xfmod/project/?ck-erp http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger Cheers, Wu Chiu Kay, aka CK Wu, aka CK (CK is the preferred alias) Hong Kong

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(yet another) views question
by sander-martijn 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

ok - so i'm trying to create a custom view that looks something like this CA PA NY California ----------- Los Angeles, CA name contact Info San Francisco, CA name contact info Pennsylvania ----------- Scranton, PA name contact info New York ----------- New York, NY name contact info Brooklyn, NY name contact info Albany, NY name contact info whereas the state abbreviations target to the full state name and only states with contacts appear. I also have an almost identical requirement where month/year jumps to a list of events happening in that month/year combination, so I would prefer a general solution over a module that does exactly one, the other or both. I created a content type with a state selection and a view to group them. The problems I had with this were 1. In the pull down I can have abbreviation or full name, not both (in custom cms apps i've built i used state abbreviation in the value and name in the display thereby getting both - it would be great to have this) 2. When the view groups items rather than creating a header for the grouping it puts them together but repeats it every time. 3. it's actually putting the state in twice - once above the listing and once between location and contact info Is this all stuff I can fix through theming, am I configuring it incorrectly or am I going down the wrong road entirely? this is the actual output I'm getting - no theming done yet: * AL here state: AL tgere * CO Denver, Colorado state: CO *Contact:* sander *Phone:* 917.676.0425 * NY Brooklyn, New York state: NY *Contact:* Alina *Phone:* 212.555.1212 * NY New York, NY state: NY Another NY listing

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Re: [support] node image bulk upload? - no CCK
by Michelle Cox 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Yeah, image field doesn't work the way the embed module does. It would be nice if it did. If there isn't one already, I suggest filing a feature request in the imagefield issue queue. Then it'll get looked at by the maintainer and other people using the module. If you are able to sponser the modification, there's probably someone who can make the change. Michelle On 9/10/2007 2:02:43 PM, sander-martijn (sander(a)sander-martijn.com) wrote: > I do have multiple values enabled - it is not configurable, displays one > upload field and redisplays it after uploading. > > thanks > .s > > > Shai Gluskin wrote: > > Sander, > > > > You need to enable multiple values for a CCK field. > > > > You need to go to Admin --> content types --> select "edit" for your > > content type --> Manage Fields --> then select the CCK field > you've > > created for the images --> then scroll to the bottom of the page and > > select the box that says "multiple". > > > > At that point things vary depending on the cck module for that field. > > I'm > using the embed media module and for the embeded Flickr pic field > > when I select the "multiple" box I the "create flikr pic" upload form > > now shows 5 boxes for entering URLs of Flikr pics. I > don't see a > > setting where I can change how many of those boxes appear on the form. > > My memory is that for other CCK fields there is a configurable > > selection I make where I choose how many iterations of the multiple > > value field you want to show on the form. > > > > I know it was the goal in Drupal 6 to

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node image bulk upload?
by sander-martijn 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Ist there a way to allow for bulk upload of images attached to nodes? One option that would work would be to display multiple file browsers on the node's edit page instead of one at a time. Another would be to ftp the images to the server and then somehow attach them. Or perhaps there's already a module for it? thanks .s

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imagefield problems
by sander-martijn 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Since I completely mistook my last email both subject and details i'll write it again and see if i can get the answer when i provide the (hopefully) correct info. I have a custom content type with an imagefield custom field on it. This custom field allows for multiple values. I can therefore upload multiple images into this content type. However I have to do it one image at a time which is cumbersome. Can I modify something (settings, the module, cck etc) to display multiple upload fields at a time? I have tried adding another custom image field and naming it the same thing - it allows me to do that but appends an _0 to the name and treats the uploaded files as separate fields. I took a look at the module code but it doesn't look like it would be possible without really messing things up. Any ideas? .sander

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unsubscribe
by Carl E. Moebis 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

----- Original Message ----- From: support-request(a)drupal.org To: support(a)drupal.org Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:00:28 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: support Digest, Vol 57, Issue 17 Send support mailing list submissions to support(a)drupal.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/support or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to support-request(a)drupal.org You can reach the person managing the list at support-owner(a)drupal.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of support digest..." Today's Topics: 1. how to link "today" in event module? (Fabio Mora) 2. Re: How can I duplicate fields in one content type? (Jean Gazis) 3. Re: node image bulk upload? (Jean Gazis) 4. Re: How can I duplicate fields in one content type? (William Smith) 5. Re: node image bulk upload? (Shai Gluskin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:15:05 +0200 From: Fabio Mora <fabio.mora(a)fastwebnet.it> Subject: [support] how to link "today" in event module? To: support(a)drupal.org Message-ID: <46E56D89.9020608(a)fastwebnet.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi all. drupal 5.2, "event" module installed. there are two school in my website and then two calendars. no problems yet (we have two categories) :O) ok, now, http://www.mywebsite.com/event links to a page in month view of my calendar, but there are events of the both two schools. is there a way to create a url that leads to "today" (month view), displaying only events in one calendar? any ideas? tia (sorry for my english) :o) fab' ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:36:05 -0400 From: "Jean Gazis" <jgazis(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [support] How can I duplicate fields in one content type? To: support(a)drupal.org, z.stolar(a)gmail.com Message-ID: <90f7ebd10709100936t6a126b39k7b51911f6c52b68d(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I think that probably provides more flexibility in the long run. It's not an e-commerce site. I'm concerned the the client will find entering 12 items separately more cumbersome than just doing one form. Jean On 9/10/07, Zohar Stolar <z.stolar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, it's better for you to have a content type for "wine", and then you > can do different things with it. > Think of a wine as one entity. 12 wines can be an entity if they are > bundled in one package, but a single wine should be on its own. > > > > Jean Gazis wrote: > > > I want to have a content type for a monthly list of about a dozen wine > > selections. I created the content type, and created fields for one > > wine, and I can add new fields or existing fields from a _different_ > > content type, but I don't see any way to copy the first set of fields > > on the _same_ content type. Is there a reason for this? Do I have to > > have Name for wine #1, and then Name2 for wine #2 and so on? > > > > Would I be better off to have a content type for "wine" and then have > > a view that shows the 12 most recent? > > > > -- > > Jean Gazis > > www.jeangazis.com <http://www.jeangazis.com> > > www.boxofrain.us <http://www.boxofrain.us> > > > > "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - > > Andr? Gide > > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > -- Jean Gazis www.jeangazis.com www.boxofrain.us "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - Andr? Gide

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how to link "today" in event module?
by Fabio Mora 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

hi all. drupal 5.2, "event" module installed. there are two school in my website and then two calendars. no problems yet (we have two categories) :O) ok, now, http://www.mywebsite.com/event links to a page in month view of my calendar, but there are events of the both two schools. is there a way to create a url that leads to "today" (month view), displaying only events in one calendar? any ideas? tia (sorry for my english) :o) fab'

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intranet/extranet combo - good idea?
by Morten Holmstrup 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi, I'll be developing both an intranet and an extranet for a client (a church). Now, I'm thinking of doing this with subdomains and a common codebase, like: www.churchname.com intranet.churchpage.com This would enable single logins for the staff, but I'm curious if this the way to go as I haven't really found a lot of info about these kinds of setups on drupal.org. is this a good way to do it, or do you think I will run into too many problems regarding security and other stuff? Is it better to separate the intra- and extranets? thanks! Morten

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