November 14, 2009 - 5:00pm
Dunno, really depends on what
Dunno, really depends on what you want to do. For a church, I'd imagine you could have several types:
Sermon
Announcement
Blog
Member Profile
There's no real rule of thumb. Each type can be displayed through Views and managed through Views Bulk Operations so it's a good thing to have different types.
Oh, you might also want to use a CCK textarea instead of the "body" field since it's going away in D7. I usually avoid using the body field since I like using the same naming convention in my templates for all my fields.
November 16, 2009 - 1:11pm
Content Types
Hey Nick, I'd concur with BishopBooyah, you want as many as are needed. A dozen or more is not uncommon. I'm currently building a site for my business, a web development firm. I have three similar content types; screenshots, wireframe images, and images illustrating Drupal blocks. I could have created three different content types but because all three types were structurally similar, I created a single content type and added radio buttons to distinguish between the three. At the end of the day, you want to be able to hand your site over to a new admin, and without too much training, they should be able to run with it. Finding a balance is important. Blessings! -NP
Hi guys
Just in the early stages of creating my first drupal site for our new church building (which is also a community sports centre) and just before I went crazy with CCK I wanted to get some perspective on what was an average number of content types in your sites. Some examples may also be useful.
Thanks in advance
Nick