nm I see it in ch 6 now </ryan>
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Ryan LeTulle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Ben, which Pro Drupal Edition are you referring to? > > </ryan> > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Ben DJ <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Anth, >> >> > I feel your pain here. I just went through something similar to have a >> > timesheet application up and going. One content type representing a >> > timesheet but users with different roles accessing different >> versions/parts >> > of it at different stages of a workflow. >> > >> > What I found a reasonably elegant solution and gave me a bit of re-use >> was >> > to set up different templates in the preprocess function (using template >> > suggestions) that will load the same content in a completely different >> way. >> > Using this with a multi form/step I got it all working without doing >> any >> > theme work or worrying how it looked and then added all my theme stuff >> > afterwards. >> >> That's certainly an approach I've considered -- for 'new' form content. >> >> My "hurdle", atm, is (re)using the existing forms & modules >> (user_login, search, captcha, etc -- in my case) to the greatest >> extent possible. >> >> normally, i'd talk to the module designers about extending their >> modules -- but, so far, they're basically not interested. which is >> fine. >> >> > I do totally agree that this can feel harder than just writing >> > your own stuff from scratch sometimes though. >> >> Tbh, I can get all this 'back end' controller workflow and logic, as >> well as site-wide theming, MUCH faster & easier using just about any >> PHP framework (Zend, Cake, Symphony), or even some of the newer CMS >> (apostrophe). A matter of days-to-weeks -- not this weeks to months >> business. >> >> I keep telling myself that the *eventual* payoff -- huge community and >> mgmt of the community/content -- will make itself known using Drupal. >> >> For quick up-n-running out-of-the-box stuff, Drupal really can't be >> beat. But for non-standard extension, although the inner workings are >> there, i'm finding it's not the 'friendliest' environments. Like I >> said earlier -- *maybe* a lighting bolt will hit. But, atm, I'm >> having a Margarita and re-considering the wisdom of my choice -- or >> lack thereof. >> >> Ben >> > >
