On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Arzie Hardin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Though I am not as familiar with the plumbing details, I have to say I am a > bit torn over K2 and most all of the other new "CCK" (content creation kit) > solutions, as well as some of the old directory solutions now "re-branded" > as CCK. > > The biggest missed opportunity to me with with having the ability to create > new content types is the seemingly obvious capability to also define new > organizational models, specifically multi-categorization which all of the > new solutions miss. Both, having more than two levels (e.g. section and > category in joomla core) for each content type, as well as the ability to > have one piece of content appear in more than a single category. This is > already possible with the major directory extentions (Sobi2, Moset tree) for > listings, but it is dead on arrival in all of the CCK solutions except for > one, > My perspective is completely different. I think that this solution already exists for almost all of them, including regular old Joomla content. A complex many to many categorization system is best done via tags. You can setup a tag system where only you get to create the tags, and only your authors can pick them. You can do multi-levle cagtegorization by borrowing a simple trick off of venerable old Lotus Notes and name your tags <category><seperator><sub-category> For example: Apparel\Shirts\Fancy Appare\Shirts\muscle Then it's just a matter of a few modules and display layouts to explode the tags. For my own personal use, I tend towards the following section/category structure: Ideas\Site Ideas\Articles Ideas\Blog Ideas\Pages then Draft\Site Draft\Articels Draft\Blog Draft\Pages to Ready\Site Ready\Articles Ready\Blog Ready\Pages and then someday Archived\Site Archived\Articles Archived\Blog Archived\Pages Where Site is for articles about the company or site. Articles is for general informational stuff Blogs is for "blog" style articles And Pages is for static pages The benefit of this system is that you can setup your search plugins so they only index ready and archive items. While you can still "publish" ideas and drafts and send direct links to others to solict feedback without having to give them an account on your site. -- ---- Hudson Valley Sudbury School What GPL is for application users Our school is for students Help your children grow, change, and learn Let your child direct, control, amend Check out http://www.sudburyschool.org
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