yea i figured I would be making my own modules, I think my mental roadblock seems to be where to store the artist infomation and how to call it in the module.
On Mar 23, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Chris TheEnd <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I have an interesting problem. >> >> I have a websites I develop on for a record label. So there are many >> Band/Artist pages on the sites. I have run into a problem where i need to >> have lots of modules for each page and it is getting really annoying. >> publishing 20 of the same modules, with just a different section selected. >> >> Basically each Band page, has a widget for twitter, and content items by >> section, photos with a keyword etc. I am looking into a way where i could >> just have a few values passed by the template, where 1 module would pick up >> that one value for instance if i had a twitter user name passed to a module >> on load dynamically. it is a lot of repeating and everytime i do this i >> know i have a bad design. >> >> Can anyone offer some advice, or point me in the right direction for this >> type of problem? > > Here's what I would do. I'd create a new twitter module and publish it > for ALL band pages. The twitter module would look up the twitter > account for the band it was displaying (this would need to be cached > of course). Then rinse and repeat process for all the other modules > that would be displaying for each band. > > In the end it will provide the most flexibility and be easiest to > manage, even if it means you will have higher development costs up > front. > > If I wasn't busy with my real job I'd offer to code for MP3s. Right on! > > * spacemonkey stomps around office to Goes Cube, coworkers flee in horror > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
