Collections etc [#265295]

I like what you have done here - a lot of good work! I have some suggestions for further development.

I note that the schema includes "collections" but that there is no interface to this. (You also mention this in a thread on cover images.) I think this is what I need. I am trying to replace a static, hand coded site. You can see the current version at http://www.clinicalneurophysiology.org.uk/resources/standards.html

Firstly I should like to have several pages with different collections, not just /biblio. (In this case standards, but there are also /ebm.html etc pages)

Secondly I should like a subcollection on the page, when listing in short form, with each subcollection displayed below a title. You can see the sections "EEG" and "EMG and motor control" etc on the current page.

Thirdly I need to put some explanatory text in, at page level. As far as I can see your module only prints pure lists. I don't know whether you would have a field at the collection level that would contain this, or whether a normal page node could insert one of your lists within it. Drupal in general seems to lack this sort of linking.

Lastly I should like some icons for various status symbols. In the current version you can see I have a field for "Peer review", which has text symbols for Y/N/?. In the new version I should like other data here too, such as free access.

My coding skills aren't up to helping with a module this large, but I should be happy to help with testing etc if possible.

Comments

Comment #1

rjerome CreditAttribution: rjerome commented 2 June 2008 at 00:40

Hi Adrian,

You are correct the "collection" feature isn't implemented yet but my plan is to have something working for the release (non-beta) version and this would get you part way to what you want.

In terms of the page layout, I hesitate to say this since it means more work for me but probably you could achieve what you want using the views module. Using views, you can create complex layouts which pull information from various sources and aggregates it into a single page. It will take a little work to get your head around how views works but it's quite powerful. The 6.x version of views isn't quite finished yet, and thus my module doesn't provide support for it yet either, but it will come since there is a lot of demand.

I realize none of these answers meet your immediate needs, but probably over the next month or two things will fall into place.

Cheers,

Ron.

Comment #2

AFowle

he/him

CreditAttribution: AFowle commented 2 June 2008 at 18:30

Ron

"Next month or two" would be brilliant.

I have used the views module, but I found more sub-modules, following your link, than I was previously aware of. Something like "insert views" is probably what I need. (Not yet in D6). As you say, I shall need to get my head around it.

Regards

Adrian