Sorry my first post to the forum is a "begging" post, but I'm lost...
I'm wondering if anyone has any module suggestions that might suit the following needs (or any other suggestions)
What I need to do:
- Build a contributor list -- "contributors" will NOT be Drupal users
- For each "contributor" I need to be able to classify them (i.e. one contributor might be a "band", another might be an "author" etc.), add some text ( let's call it a biography ), a picture, and collect all Drupal nodes that are connected to a "contributor" ( maybe explained a little better in the next point )
- Then, in Content Types I need to add a field for "New Content" that will allow me to choose one (preferably: one or more) contributor(s) (preferable through a search function, since the list will likely be long -- but a drop down might be okay too.)
- Preferably, building of the "contributor" list should be controllable by fine-grain access so that I can restrict the ability to add new entries to specific Drupal users (assume this will be pretty-much a given, but might as well mention it)
Data Use:
If I get the system in place, I think I'll be fine with making use of the data in themes (which, compare to user and data structures, I've found quite straight-forward), but this might clarify what I'm trying to do (on the user / view side as opposed to "edit"):