I am building a new Drupal 6 site that will have several custom content nodes, and I would like my UI to use several tag-cloud-like widgets, but instead of tags I would be populating the clouds with the Title field of nodes that are pointed to by several node reference fields.
BACKGROUND:
For example (and this is not the app but it makes it easier to describe), let's say I am building a Drupal site for a car dealership who sells many brands, including Ford, Toyota, and Kia.
- My "main" custom content node is BRAND (e.g., Ford, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, etc)
- Each BRAND would be associated with several MODEL custom content nodes (e.g., Toyota Camry, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Prius, etc.),
- Each MODEL would also be associated with one or more aftermarket ACCESSORY items (e.g., rooftop container, boat trailer, jet ski trailer, etc.),
- Each MODEL would also be associated with one or more LIFESTYLES tags (e.g. CITY DRIVING, RURAL DRIVING, SAFETY, SOCCER MOM, etc.)
Thus, so far I have 3 'custom content nodes' (BRAND, MODEL, and ACCESSORY), and one 'tag' (LIFESTYLE)
HOW TO CREATE MY USER INTERFACE:
I would like my UI to be comprised of 4 'tag clouds' (BRAND, MODEL, ACCESSORY, and LIFESTYLE) but only the last one is an actual tag (the first three being node reference pointers).