Question

Been reading/searching but can’t seem to figure out how to do this without having to install a bunch of modules. I’m building a templete, and I’m trying to do the following:

region[content]
 - content-type[information-page]
  -- block[about-us]
   --- content-type[person]
   --- content-type[person]
   --- content-type[person]
   --- content-type[person]

I want to be able to generate many content-type[person] (each is an image, biography, etc) and append it to the block[about-us] that shows up only on content-type[information-page]. I’m looking for a simple solution, and don’t quite understand too much about the preprocessing methods.

• First, is my structure all wrong? :\
• Should I make a block–about-us.tpl.php? How would I render content-type[person]?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The proper way is with installing few modules: Views, CCK.

Here you have video explaining basics of views, and here about CCK.

In short you need create new content type (seems that you have already done it). With Views module you have really flexible tool for choosing information you want display in your block. So your

-- block[about-us]
--- content-type[person]
--- content-type[person]
--- content-type[person]
--- content-type[person]

will be created automaticly by Views. With this you should manage without creating template.

For changing way how you display node content(as I understand content-type[person] part) you can use node templates system. Here you have explanation how to do it.