Organic Groups - Select Audience by Group Type
Submitted by Jeff Beeman on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 02:25
Last week I posted up a new Drupal module that attempts to improve the usability of the Organic Groups module when it's used with multiple group types and large numbers of groups. The module modifies the node edit form's audience selector, provided by the Organic Groups module, such that the groups are selectable by content type. This is useful on sites with a very large number of groups and many different group types. For example, a site like the one this was written for, with Districts, Schools and Interest Groups (all of which are content types defined as organic groups) will have have a node edit form with an individual selector for each group type.
Check it out, if you're an Organic Groups user, and let me know what you think.
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Hey Jeff,
Your module looks like just what I need.
I've installed it on a site with a long list of groups but I don't understand how your module groups the audience checkboxes (which is probably why it isn't doing anything spectacular on my site.
Do you have to group the groups somehow in advance?
Please advise.
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
The module breaks apart the audience selector by content type. So, if you only have one group type, you will still only see one selector list. An example of a way to set this up would be the setup described on the module page, where you have Districts, Schools and Interest Groups, all of which are defined as Organic Groups in your site admin area.
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