A little niche on the net
Dumonty’s Niche

Internet Endeavors

Using Drupal

Drupal install for eniche.net going oh! so Slow!

  1. Working with TinyMCE
    1. Create a test install
    2. The challenge is to have (by adding) two profiles for TinyMCE.  One profile allows for all input formats.  This profile is for content creation only.
    3. The other profile is for comments.  The WYSIWYG isn’t needed for this profile.  Only a few (limited) HTML formats should be allowed.  Smileys might be nice however.
    4. An aside: I wonder if smileys would be a way for Susan to grade her papers!  Or at least offer feedback using a five smiley score card of some sort.
    5. I have found where you cand the TinyMCE settings.  All and all, it is one slick program.
    6. Reminder to self:  Be sure to document any changes to the base install fo TinyMCE.
Image Issues
I need to play around with Coppermine and / or Gallery2 bridges.  Actually, the image gallery module for Drupal works quite nicely.  I am really not sure if there are advantages to using Coppermine or Gallery2.
 
I need a way for users to select their images while in WYSIWYG.  I am not sure what approach is the best.  At the very least, I should give Susan something for now and re-visit and address this issue at a later date.
 
Node creation using CCK or using the “handmade” method?  Is one ssuperior to the other?
  1. One thing that CCK allows you to make quite quickly are nodes containing more than 2 fields.  You can have more than just a title box and a content box.  This can be a good thing!  This will not only answer my needs quickly, but maybe I can use it in conjuction with another module I was reading about–the one that allows you to make charts with your data.  I need to revisit that module.  Also, can CCK work with the Category module?  If so, then that will be some slick package.

Another question I have has to do with site structure and navigation.  The book module allows the user to browse one book at a time using a book block.  Can I acheive the same thing with the blocks using either Category or Taxonomy?