Custom data fields and views?
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I come from a Drupal background, and one of the things I loved about Drupal was that you could basically easily build your own custom database.
It was done by blocks called CCK (content construction kit) and Views (for displaying that content).
Is there something similar in Concrete5?
For example, say I wanted to build a "movie database" that had fields of "title, year, actors, genre, etc", with the fields being smart, like you had to enter a number in the year field.
Then I want to display that data, manipulate it, etc.
It was done by blocks called CCK (content construction kit) and Views (for displaying that content).
Is there something similar in Concrete5?
For example, say I wanted to build a "movie database" that had fields of "title, year, actors, genre, etc", with the fields being smart, like you had to enter a number in the year field.
Then I want to display that data, manipulate it, etc.
Sorry, one more way to see things is using page types with custom fields. That's what I did inhttp://www.thekingdomoftonga.com... for all the operators and hotels.
The advantage is that pages show up automatically in the sitemap, page lists, autonav, etc, whereas any custom data will need it's own set of custom blocks for displaying it.
The advantage is that pages show up automatically in the sitemap, page lists, autonav, etc, whereas any custom data will need it's own set of custom blocks for displaying it.
This is a great site Mato!
I've to go to Tonga ^^
Yeah data dipsplay is very flexible, just try it out!
I've to go to Tonga ^^
Yeah data dipsplay is very flexible, just try it out!
yeah, using pages and page attributes would be a really quick way to implement something like your "movie database" example. It would have the added benefits of making a unique page for each movie, and searching for them would work straight away (you can choose which page attributes are made searchable).
I'm planning to write one from scratch one of these days...