funny content types

Thu, 2006-09-21 23:12 — jurjen

Just some thoughts...

Do we need personal blogs? I can see a use for Group blogs (to announce a great new release) but why would anyone want to read what Jurjen has to say outside the context of a group? I know John has one blog entry, but that might as well have been a group blog for The Hive, or..?

So far I have only used "book pages", never "pages" or "stories". I am confused what the advantages are for one or the other. Confusion is not good, so can't we just delete one or two of those nodetypes?

If we need "pages" to express "product homes", then should we not use the CCK to create a "product home" nodetype instead of just using the standard "page"?

Polls. They are entertaining but I rather have a discussion with good arguments than a simple headcount. Delete polls?

Hive group

Thu, 2006-09-21 23:40 — john

Re: funny content types

I can imagine some very good uses for all of the node types.

Blogs can be very useful, and they are a very different layout than forums. A project admin may use their blog to keep a log of directions and changes from their point of view. A project member may keep a diary of what they have been up to in the project.

A "page" can express anything. It's just a simple page, and that makes it versatile.

As far as I can tell, when you create a "book page", you are just creating a "page", but it prompts which book to put it into. Seems handy to me.

I don't know what a "story" is, but I wouldn't be inclined to remove it until I've researched it. The description seems to indicate that they are intended to be extended by other modules.

I can see "polls" being popular within projects - "Should we do a Linux port, or just stick with Win32?".

I'm all in favor of avoiding clutter, but this isn't navigational clutter that will confuse a site visitor. It is a rich set of options that registered users can play with. I'm having fun playing with the different features that Drupal offers.

Wed, 2006-09-27 21:41 — jurjen