From: Adam K. <as...@en...> - 2001-04-12 21:28:36
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> Yeah use em for reviews and anything else that stores repeating extra data. > I got it working on my site, after a little help. search slashcode.com for > 'book review' and you'll see more info on implementing it. it's useful > because it makes entering the data easier for nontechie authors, and you can > sort the database according to these new values, like all books by one > author, or album cover artists from year X or whatnot. Thanks for the tip. I tried to follow the link to the email discussion but it's broken. The slashcode-general forum site seems only to have 2001. Anyway, the instructions on the story at slashcode.com (http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/30/180203&mode=thread&threshold=) seem very geared towards books, having to make a books_storymore block, etc. Is it a generalized feature too? Does it require adding new tables to the database? Do you think it's necessary to really understand all the DBI in order to access the new tables? What I want to do -- without touching admin.pl this time -- is to add 2 new fields in the story editor, one for a picture filename and one for a caption, and have these go into an "illustration" template that will add a photo+caption to each story -- I hadn't thought of the 2nd half of what you write, ie, the site could then be a searchable photo album. Does this require another table? I see that extracolumns is an array, so that it may have a bunch of fields within it and no need for more table. OK I am stumbling about here. Adam K as...@en... |