Hello,
i have a little question: can the router make editable nodes from taxonomie terms?
so far i have no idea how the router works and what is possible, but i could imagine that the router could use a content type and write views to it together with the views field and then leave the content type editable...

but i have no idea if it woulf be much work or if it is possible...

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rcrowther’s picture

I wonder, do you mean you would like to add more information to taxonomy branches (vocabularies/terms)? At the moment, you get a title and a description. You would like to add more because ... you're thinking of an information tree, or something? But the aim of the taxonomy is to join nodes together to make such a tree, not to deliver the information.

If you wanted to do such a thing, you would really need a new module - though this module could use the results.

Or have I got this wrong?

R

Andreas84’s picture

The aim is to have a menu that build automatical from tags, but is usable as a normal main menu like you would build it yourself with nodes. ( i tryed already to build such a node strucktur, but then i heard from the automatic menus an it would be much less work for me to generate it automatical.)

The problem with the menu now is it shows only the taxonomie informations and at this moment there is now way to change how the site is displayed and also with views are some things not possible.

The good thing with nodes is that the are editable and customizable.

The thaugt i have is something like a writer for nodes that is customizable.
you have a cck self created contend and write with this content nodes from tags in a spezial way.

this spezial way could look like:

nodename: Name of the term
nodetext: "This is the Content of the term" Name of the term.
cckfield views: a customized view with the parameters of this view (this would be the view integration)
second cckfield views: a other customized view with the parameters of this term, but maybe with other filters and arrangements.
maybe an other automatic createt cck field with parameters from the term

rcrowther’s picture

I ...think... I'm ...maybe... understanding you.

You've seen taxonomy treemenu, and you've seen the first step of what you are after, an menu that automatically reacts to the underlying taxonomy structure.

But you wish you could display information from the nodes each link refers to? Something more than just a link title? And Views doesn't quite work, because it can not tap into the underlying structure? Not like Taxonomy Treemenu can?

If that's the idea, its very interesting. Like what another piece of (Windows) software I know (Inspiration) calls a 'mindmap'.

The deep structure of Taxonomy Treemenu can do this. However, if I understand your idea correctly, we would have to build a new module on top, which follows the links (or the underlying Taxonomy returns), then extracts information from them, rather than displaying them.

Then, since Taxonomy Treemenu levers Drupal's menu system to make it's displays, we'd have to re-route rendering to an entirely new kind of display (View, as in Model, View, Controller). At the most basic level, this would be a blend of menu and node HTML. At its best, it would be a piece of Javascripting madness.

Not a priority for me, I'm afraid, but if anyone wants to have a go, you get my help.

R

Andreas84’s picture

oh hmm im not sure if we think on the same, my english is not the best and its complex to describe what i mean...

Well the links refer to single nodes. Like this at the moment so far i have seen:

nodename
teser

you mean we could change it to this:
nodename,
teaser,
additional informations.

did i got you right?
hmm so far i know can views display this additional informations so its implemantian can do this already.

i more think on this:

you now have a page listing nodes static like this:
nodename
teser

So now the complicated;
i would like to change the listing itsself (the kind you list the items, not the things that are listed):
instead of listing the nodename and the teaser, or later list with a view i would like to have an content type that contain the listing.

I imagine this new createt content type by this: it has the features of a artikel using the viewsfield
http://drupal.org/project/viewfield (bye now its only in development status i know :( )

The Viewfield containing a autogeneratet view (the viewfield just has to be initialised with taxonomie/term/x and the term is also the menu entry) showing that what is now showen with the nodename and the teaser but defined with view and changeable.

Alternative there could also be an autogeneratet php code calling a view but i like the field more (i tested it...)

in this way the user could always change the content of this menu point just like an artikel. So far clear?

okay next.
how the new artikels are generated could be changed so you could make instead of 1 viewfield 2 and showing 2 different views and initialise this views automatically with the treemenu.
Also you could make other fields with other parameters. i thing it would be not too hard to add multiple fields to the content.

okay next.
it must be not automatical the content type artikel that is used the user could change it to anything of content type, if he want he can allow comments or not as example.

Okay so far, what you said is automatical a part of my idea because you get all informations you want with views and views would be automatical integratet with the idea.

Now you display the terms yourself, with my idea this would fall away and would be replaced by writing automatical an little artikel that display the terms together with views.

Andreas84’s picture

no answer?

rcrowther’s picture

Think you understand me - I've not used Views so need to think this over.
Sorry, have a lot to do. Rev 2 of Taxonomy Treemenu coming soon.

Will answer you when have time to give proper answer

R