Luke,

There is no reason not to use Views. Views does what you want incredibly easily and is precisely why many people come to Drupal. One thing really flexible and easy in Views2 is that you define what the download link actually looks like really easily. It can be the name of the file, yes, but it can also be the title of the node, or you can concatenate <title> by <author> kind of thing. Really powerful and flexible.

As for your taxonomy thing. Yes, set it up as taxonomy and when building the view create an "exposed filter" using the taxonomy for that.

Shai

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Luke drupal@lists.tacticus.com wrote:

Hello

I need to know the best way or ways to achieve something like this. I know that the answer is probably views, but (1) I don't know how to use them yet; and (2) if there is a module I haven't found yet, I'd rather use that.

I want users to select from a list of categories (taxonomy, I would imagine), and for each category receive a list resembling the below. Essentially, I am trying to create a library of title, author, short description, and direct links to the file or files which are related to that description. I figure that each item will have to be its own node, with one or more file attachments, but that is not at all a requirement, so if there is another way, I'm open.

The First Test | Bob Jones

This is a detailed record of the first set of tests which Bob performed, and also incorporates some biographical information on the test subjects.

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Any advice?

Thanks

Luke

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