Tristan, I would recommend something else entirely. If your data is very field-oriented (not lots of plain text), create an extension with a model or set of models that more properly map to the problem, create controllers to administer them, and then create Radius tags to output their information into a page.
While I have created an extension that does something similar to TYPO3's FCE (although Radiant is not a "page builder"-style CMS like TYPO3), it's not ready for public consumption yet. The extension essentially allows you to define a 'template' for any given page and use the template to constrain both the output and the structure of the UI that is presented to the content editor. I hate to tease all of you with these vapor-ware extensions, but I promise I will release them in early January when I have a few days to clean them up. Sean Tristan Koch wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering: what is the recommended way to model structured content > in Radiant? > > Say, I want to have a list of contact items: > > ---- > Department #1 > Image of Department #1 > ---- > Name > Adress > E-Mail > Picture > ---- > Name > Adress > E-Mail > Picture > ---- > (…) > ---- > > ---- > Department #2 > Image of Department #2 > ---- > Name > Adress > E-Mail > Picture > ---- > Name > Adress > E-Mail > Picture > ---- > (…) > ---- > > I can think of two possible solutions: > > #1 a page for each box with subpages, where each subpage has tabs with > the fields (e.g. description, image). > > #2 an extension that overrides the normal body and instead displays a > form for each set, with the ability to add a new set by clicking on a + > button. In this example, there would be two pages with a specific type > (=contact). [somewhat similar to Typo3 XML based Flexible Content > Elements, aka FCE] > > Maybe I'm wrong, but to me #1 doesn't appear very user-friendly, > especially if there are many fields. > > Is there an extension that offers features similiar to #2? > > Thanks > Tristan > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
