I am trying to build a product that shows users interactive maps and helps them navigate through a shopping mall.
For that I am thinking of building a content management system(in Flex 4) so that map creation and shops identification process can be streamlined and non-technical users can use it.
Any ideas on where to start or which APIs to use?
Regards,
Raheel Imtiaz
If it were me, I'd build a core set of 'map components' all based on (or using) degrafa classes. In fact, I just went to the site and found that someone already built a 'map builder' application here: http://www.degrafa.org/samples/rich-user-interface.html (the links for samples are under the 'sample categories' area on the right... that should get you started).
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New to Drupal; Went through some tutorials. I understand the concept of content types and blocks. I have installed the Nexus theme. The only way I know to add content is through content types and blocks.
I want to change the block layout for each page, but I am stuck here...
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You could start on https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/theming.
If you want to create different layouts on arbitrary pages of your site, using a graphical interface, you could have a look at the authoring experience demo from 8.6 to get an idea of what is possible with Drupal. But this module is not considered stable yet, it is still under development (you can check the progress at "Add a Layout Builder to core")
A popular module to work with layouts is Panelizer, but it has a learning curve. In the project page they recommend these tutorials:
Jackson River put together a tutorial explaining how to build landing pages using Panelizer.
The module was covered in Code Karate's Daily Dose of Drupal series.
OSTraining have a tutorial that also mentions creating alternative displays.
link
Drupalize.me updated their Panels series to introduce Panelizer (commercial training video)
link.
Tim Eisenhuth from PreviousNext put together an article explaining how to programmatically modify Panelizer displays link.
It seems that your are new to Drupal and are trying to build a whole website by yourself.
You can have an idea of the concepts and topics involved in creating a website with Drupal by reviwing the Acquia Certified Site Builder Exam Blueprint– D8.
I have been creating a custom web application using mainly PHP with some Javascript. I have been curious about rebuilding the site using Drupal. I have only produced a 'minimum viable product' and it is functional but not nearly as professional looking or feature rich as it needs to be with using some tailor made modules.
It may be easier just to look at my site, but I will describe it below as well. http://www.localtolocal.ca
Visuals need improving but that is another discussion all together!
I previously felt that it needs to be a custom application but since I want to incorporate things like articles, video content and forums I was thinking using Drupal may be very helpful. What I have so far is the part that I was thinking needs to be written by myself.
I have mostly seen Drupal used for sites that are blog based, content providers or eCommerce focused. My site's main focus is user-provided data. A user creates an account and will either browse and write reviews, favorite pages etc. OR post data about their business or endeavor. A small business would input their contact info, information about themselves and what they provide and that creates a page to display the information on, like this:
http://localtolocal.ca/display_page.php?page_id=23
They are also able to create custom vouchers, add photos and of course update information they have previously input. I will eventually also have paid subscriptions meaning tiered user structure.
Are there Drupal modules out there that can accomplish this? I assume it would need a considerable amount of customization.
Can Drupal be used to create something as full featured as Yelp or a high profile social media site? Asking in terms of evolutionary potential.
Would that learning curve not even be worth it compared to flushing out my custom application?
You can surely use Drupal to create a user generated content driven site as described. True, the learning curve is steep and it'll take some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it'll be worth the effort imho. With Drupal you can develop a user-testable prototype of your application within days which is a really big win.
The site doesn't seem really complex, so main challenge will be defining the personas and testing that they have the correct permissions. In general I would suggest extending the user profile so they can submit information about their business, using the flag module to favorite pages and a separate content type for reviews (which you can publish direct and moderate later or the other way around).
I'm currently working on a site which provides information about local hotels and resturents.We have decide to integrate a external system which provide rating and comments.We though Google plus local is a good one to integrate
Ex : https://plus.google.com/112054268577917984776/about?hl=en
The issue was we could not find a widget for WP which provide a UI as the above link.
Appreciate if some one could explain the better approaches to achieve this.
I think you need to check Google Plus Apis section for this as they are still limited (really dont know if any plugin available for this feature or not)
Good link to follow, I think need to create plugin for that on your own or customize somewhat similar to your requirement Places
You can also check their Business Map APIs if its fit in your requirement.
I'm trying to implement the multi language or bilingual content and i notice the follwoing:
create a content
change content language filter from user profile.
update content with the preferred language
Now, the content is bilingual or muli language this is the alfresco scenario, is there any other scenario for doing this ? is there any other way inline ? is there any other way using Alfresco API ?
Any help or guidance will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mohammed amr
API wise, it depends slightly on what you're trying to do.
One option is to define properties to be Multilingual, and then set multiple values (one value per locale). See Multilingual Document Support on the Alfresco wiki for details of the modelling and use of this.
Alternately, you can have one node per language, and link them together as translations. This is provided by the Multilingual Content Service
If you want to mark something as a translation in the UI, then in Explorer go to the document details of a node. On the right hand side, hit "Make Multilingual", and then specify the language it's in. You can then add translations of it for the additional languages you want for it.
I want to build a website to allow users exchange clothes with each other.The website will be similar to an online auction site and a book exchange. This will be a point-based exchange community. The website allows users to
1) register for a private account
2) list items based on a specific, yet simple form that they can keep track of in their account
3) Rate items that they have received based on three simple criteria
4) Admin can add/delete products and also categorise them
5) Sizes labels etc can be assigned to products
6) Other users can upload their products/categorize them assign
7) users can perform faceted search on the products and filter by size, label etc..
One main point here is that there is no payment involved. I was thinking to use virtuemart over joomla for this kinda website and needed an opinion on how tough would it be customize virtuemart/joomla to meet the requirements.
Can you please suggest some other architecture if you think that the above arechitecture is not feasible to build this sorta website? Magento is not an option.
Thanks.
Surely people need be able to exchange items? From taking a quick look at your specification, I don't think your list covers all of the required functionality.
While cash payment isn't required, it sounds like payment might be involved because your site is a 'point-based exchange community'. I think this might actually make the task of creating your site slightly more complicated because there's less chance of using pre-written modules (most e-commerce CMSs are geared towards cash payments).
I'd suggest you look at an ecommerce system called Ubercart (which is based on Drupal). This can be customised reasonably easily by writing modules which plug-in to the main CMS. There's also a very supportive developer community. To work out the feasibility of using Ubercart, I'd recommend posting your question on the Ubercart forum (www.ubercart.org).