[development] New content type

[Erik Stielstra]

>  But I really think some api must not be used.
You are of course free to use or not to use the API. However if you do use the API and follow the common practices in Drupal (to use entities + field API) you get all the integration that comes with it for free. If you decide to go you own route, you have to take care of all the integrations yourselves.

> I have to maintain a large site and there's severals hundred of tables but with contents no so different. So even simple pages have severals hundred of queries. My site is not so complicated. Did developers who made the site missed something ?
150 tables for a small site, 300 tables for a medium sized site is no exception. Fields will be responsible for 25 - 40% of the number of tables. But how many tables will you be able to save, and how much coding effort do you want to put into it? Working around Drupal is not easier than working with Drupal. Both have their learning curve.


Erik Stielstra



> On 5 feb. 2015, at 10:34, Nicolas <nikrou77 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> thanks for your answer. I will read that article carrefully.
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> But I should have been more precise in my question. I want to create new content in the right way (if there is at least one) in drupal 7. I think I must use entity if I understand right. But I don't want to use field api. I don't want to have as many tables as fields in my new content. I cannot understand how someone can have to that strange stuff.
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> Manage data in a database is a hard work and for sure field api is a great work but it's also a bloatware and a nightmare with a large site. I have to maintain a large site and there's severals hundred of tables but with contents no so different. So even simple pages have severals hundred of queries. My site is not so complicated. Did developers who made the site missed something ?
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> Don't misunderstand me, I like drupal. I hope drupal 8 comming soon. But I really think some api must not be used.
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> Nicolas
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> 2015-02-05 8:18 GMT+01:00 Muzaffer Tolga Ozses <tolga at ozses.net>:
> Hi Nicolas,
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> You may read the following: http://www.thecarneyeffect.co.uk/creating-custom-content-type-adding-fields-programmatically-drupal-7
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> On 5 February 2015 at 09:11, Nicolas <nikrou77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I used to make website with drupal 6 and I defined new content type using new node type. 
> I tried to do the same thing with drupal 7... But after some readings I discover it could not be the right way. 
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> Must I used entity ? I want to access my new type as it was node with ?q=node/add/my-new-type
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> I search for goods tutorials but didn't find somes.
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> Thanks in advance for any help or any advice.
> 
> Nicolas 
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