[development] D7 small survey: listing of node types at /node/add

Earnie Boyd earnie at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Dec 5 16:29:53 UTC 2007


Quoting "Augustin (Beginner)" <drupal.beginner at wechange.org>:

>
> Here is a simple scenario.
> We have a Problem node type and a Solution node type, in a way that
> each Solution is attached to a corresponding Problem.
> The user can create both Problems and Solutions, but the Solution are
> best created when following a link from the Problem node, so that we
> can customize the link thus:
> /node/add/solution?problem_id=123
>
> Now if the user goes to
> /node/add
> and from there to
> /node/add/solution
> there is no problem_id defined.
>
> Obviously, there are many different workarounds, e.g. by creating an
> intermediary form to select the parent node.
> But I run into this problem often and all my workarounds feel like
> hacks and I am getting tired of them.

Node Relativity can create problem/solution types where you have a node 
that you want to attach children to.  The child creation menu item is 
on the viewing page if the user has the rights to create the node type.

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