[development] How to add menu entry for certain node type?

[Zhang Xiao]

btw, I think I should use hook_link() for this case.

But I am curious if menu system can do that?

On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Zhang Xiao wrote:

> hmm... thanks for the replies.
> but i think you did not get my idea...
>
> As in default theme Garland, if you go to a node page as an admin,  
> you can see the tabs:
> view: node/123/view
> edit: node/123/edit
>
> so what i want is also a tab here:
> employees: node/123/employees (when and only when node 123 is a  
> company node)
>
> let's say node/456 is not a company node, then there is no tab  
> called "employees" in node 456's page.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> Sorry for my bad English expression ;P
>
> On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Greg Knaddison wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Zhang Xiao <xellzhang at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> For example I have 2 node types:
>>> 1. company
>>> 2. employee
>>>
>>> I hope for company node I have a path like "node/123/employees"  
>>> which goes
>>> to the page display an employee list of this company.
>>>
>>> But i do not hope nodes in other types have this path, how to do  
>>> that?
>>
>> I don't think Pathauto or it's inner workings are the solution here.
>> I think the solution is cck nodereference + views and a validator on
>> the nid argument for "node type" is "company".
>>
>> Regards,
>> Greg (i.e. maintainer of Pathauto).
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Greg Knaddison | 303-800-5623 | http://growingventuresolutions.com
>> Mastering Drupal - http://www.masteringdrupal.com
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