That was my initial thought, as this would be the way that I would do it if building a bespoke database and CMS for a site. The issue with this approach is that there doesn't seem to be a central way of modifying these values (eg. to allow the user to 'move up' and 'move down' items). If the user needed to move an item within the list, they would need to edit each content item in turn and manually update this value to maintain the consistency of the values. If there were only four or five content items, this could work with a little training, but if there were a larger number of items it would quickly become unmanageable.
It seems like a choice between the lesser of two evils - either manage the ordering of items on the front-end using rules and potentially need to maintain multiple lists, or manage it on the back-end using a 'display order' property and force the user to edit all items affected by a move. I'm sure someone with more knowledge than me could edit the webtop admin listing for the content type and add the functionality I need, but I'm still taking baby steps! -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry
