Multiple Categories
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:10 pm
Hi all,
I am new to CMSMS after trying Mambo/PHPWS and a few others - boy, is this a breath of fresh air - it's great.
I am using version 0.12.2.
I am building a site where I need articles in categories but where each article can be in more than one category (including child categories) for example:
An article about Watercolour Landscapes would be in the 'Watercolour' category and the 'Landscapes' category
or an article about Characterisation in Horror Fiction would be in the Characterisation category as well as the Genre:Horror category.
I have deduced that I probably need to use the news module as my article repository as such but I am stuck on the multiple categories part - I have carried out some research searching through the forums over the past couple of days and have discovered the ContentAlias module - does this work with news? will it meet my needs for multiple categories? Am I on the right track? I don't expect it done for me but any help, pointers or guidance on the direction for me to investigate further would be appreciated muchly. Meanwhile I'll keep digging at it.
I also will need to be able to search within specific categories at some point but understand that work is underway on an improved search - so I am looking forward to that emerging.
Once again thanks to the devs for CMSMS - I can only see me using it more & more in the future.
Many thanks
Shaun
I am new to CMSMS after trying Mambo/PHPWS and a few others - boy, is this a breath of fresh air - it's great.
I am using version 0.12.2.
I am building a site where I need articles in categories but where each article can be in more than one category (including child categories) for example:
An article about Watercolour Landscapes would be in the 'Watercolour' category and the 'Landscapes' category
or an article about Characterisation in Horror Fiction would be in the Characterisation category as well as the Genre:Horror category.
I have deduced that I probably need to use the news module as my article repository as such but I am stuck on the multiple categories part - I have carried out some research searching through the forums over the past couple of days and have discovered the ContentAlias module - does this work with news? will it meet my needs for multiple categories? Am I on the right track? I don't expect it done for me but any help, pointers or guidance on the direction for me to investigate further would be appreciated muchly. Meanwhile I'll keep digging at it.
I also will need to be able to search within specific categories at some point but understand that work is underway on an improved search - so I am looking forward to that emerging.
Once again thanks to the devs for CMSMS - I can only see me using it more & more in the future.
Many thanks
Shaun