Also consider http://drupal.org/project/feeds
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Joel Willers <[email protected]>wrote: > Also, for future reference, a question like this is best for the Support > list, not the Development list. Development is more for the Development OF > Drupal, like for Core or Contrib modules, if I understand correctly. Also, > I'm still in Drupal 6, so I'm not sure if Node Import is available in D7 > yet. > > Good Luck! > > Joel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Willers > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [development] Newbie Drupal 7 - Creating Attendence by > useraccess > > Upload a spreadsheet - I assume you mean csv/tsv file. Node Import module > is what I like to use. There are many options for how to get the > information into the site, though. You could have a Meeting content type, > and then have Date and Attendance for fields in them, or have User > References so that the users can see what meetings they attended. > > Display = Views. Views is your best method, in my opinion, to query a > database and display the results. In this case you can use an argument that > defaults to Current User, and then use that to display the Meeting content > type. This would be a View of type Node. Filter - Node:Type = Meeting, > Fields - Meeting name (and whatever else). > > Hopefully this will get you off to a good start. > > Joel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Iain Wiseman > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 3:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [development] Newbie Drupal 7 - Creating Attendence by user access > > Hi, > > I have list of people who attended meetings who have a drupal account. > > I wish to > - Upload a speadsheet with the attendence > - Display to the users which have an account which meetings they attended > - These events are not in drupal calendar > > I have reasonable knowledge of php/html and databases but no knowledge > of drupal. > > Where do I start? (Please be gentle) > > Thanks, > Iain >
