[development] Node referencing

[Adrian Rossouw]

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On 19 Nov 2005, at 3:01 PM, Moshe Weitzman wrote:

>  > As others have mentioned, there are many modules out there that  
> manage
>> node-to-node relationships.  One thing that was a problem the last  
>> time I looked was how to go about restricting access to node/add/ 
>> [type that requires parent]/[nid of parent] without other things  
>> breaking.  Previous discussions led me to override the menu  
>> settings to disallow access to this path, but since the menu  
>> system does not prioritize it's entries, you may find that your  
>> modification of the menu permissions doesn't always work.  The  
>> result is that the node/add page shows links to add content that  
>> is not allowed to exist without a parent. The Node Relativity  
>> module (http://drupal.org/node/17004) essentially does what you're  
>> looking for, but hasn't been updated in a while.  It is big and  
>> needs some refactoring and is probably a heavier solution than  
>> you're looking for, though.
>
> what about simply removing the node/add page using menus module?  
> that page is often worthless anyway (as is the whole navigation  
> block IMO).

For the new version of oasismag I am dropping the use of the  
nagivation block.

1) i am moving the admin menu to it's own block, enabled only for  
admins.
2) i am putting site wide links (journals, poetry, forum and about)  
into the primary links (underneath the header). [ anything that is  
shared space ]
3) I am putting personal links (my account, my journal, my inbox (n)  
etc.) into the secondary links, which are placed to the top right of  
the header. [ anything that is personal space ]
4) I am moving all the 'actions' into a flat menu at the top right  
block. (new journal entry, new forum post, new private message etc.)  
[ anything that results in an object being created ]

I like this because everything has it's place, and it keeps each of  
the menu's to the bare minimum. Since we have tabs now, i see no  
reason for deeply nested
configurations anymore.

I also want to make all the things you can do and see , visible most  
of the time, without having to click down into trees.


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Adrian Rossouw
Drupal developer and Bryght Guy
http://drupal.org | http://bryght.com


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