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mohammed@atexplorer.com 10/24/2006 1:34:12 AM >>> hi.

what is the best way to create a frequently asked questions section in drupal? what module does this best in your opinions? this module has to be compatiple with the i18 module.

"Kobus Myburgh" wrote:

Depending on what the format of your FAQs look like, there may be different ones for this purpose.

Ideally, a FAQ question in my definition thereof would consist of:

1. Question
2. Brief Answer
3. Further reading material, such as a link to a full page with info about the

question

It may be needed to write a new (simple) module to handle this, and then assign a term e.g. FAQ to it, and then use a menu item (or primary or secondary link) to point to all posts with that taxonomy term (category).

Other possible choices/combos:

Book module -- Organize FAQ sections, printable as PDF, export/import as XML

Forum module -- Nice organization system, Forums and Topics for organizing (by taxonomy, too)

Case module -- Each 'project' is a FAQ topical area, each 'case' is an actual Question/Answer

Can-Not-Remember-Name module -- There is a module where users can post a question, mark it 'open' for some time, and solicit/compile answers to the question. This might make a good User-supplied communal FAQ builder.

CCK + Views -- Build your own FAQ node, use Taxonomy terms to organize the sections/questions and view it in a number of ways.

There are, as usual, many possible combinations which might work generically (without writing a new module.) Otherwise, some simple hacks to an existing module (like just changing hard-coded strings, like from 'Case' and 'Project' to 'Question' and 'Topic', for example, and then editing table names for your purposes) could make a plug-and-play clone from an existing module.

(Sometimes, for me, only the "language" (of the metaphor) of the module needs to change but the basic functionality is right on. (I mean, a "case" might not need to be called a "case", but the premise of the module is the same. In this case, I simply Clone and Clean to make a "new" module with no code changes.)