Re: [support] Help Pages with block showing a select set of nodes in order - support

23 Mar 2010


      Hi Tina,
Have you looked at the RelatedContent module (
http://drupal.org/project/relatedcontent)? With this you can manage the
ordered list of content related to each node on a node-by-node basis. Then
it's just a matter of exposing the block in your node pages - a single block
to manage.
I'd also suggest taking a look at the Book module for linking your help
pages together - providing linked pages, navigation and tables of content.
-- 
Nyk Cowham
Ashlin Interactive Strategy
http://ashlinstrategy.com


> I'm helping to architect a site that has over 800+ help pages.  These
> pages are mostly HowTo pages and some have a series of other pages that
> are directly related.  Any one of these pages could be part of a
> "process"  (such as downloading, installing, and configuring a mail
> client).  When a user visits a node that fits into a "process", we want
> to list the related pages in a menu or block where the links are
> *always* in a set order.
>
> I'm not sure technically how to achieve such a task.  I had thought
> about using some combination of RelatedContent, NodeQueue, or even some
> of the other modules that build hierarchical menus.  However, with the
> number of pages that we have, I am concerned with using modules that
> pre-create blocks.  It seems like a maintenance nightmare to have to
> manage these blocks, not to mention it seems like a lot of overhead.
>
> I've not really come across examples of sites that employ this type of
> structure.  Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, or examples that might
> help out?