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Thank you for your help David

Its wonderful to be back inside the plugin thanks to your prompt response ??

YES ! Problem resolved !

Very best wishes

Ric

Thank you Jim

Yes you are right. I contacted you too early in the process!
I have made progress with preparatory work – custom taxonomies – and have moved on to working out how to relate two existing post types.
Perhaps I can contact you again if I hit a brick wall.

Very best wishes

Ric

Hi one and all

It’s a week since I originally posted a question and I have been hard at work since then trying to properly tie down what I am trying to do in relation to the PODs documentation.

I wonder if anyone has time to check through the following two outlines. Each one goes through what is already in place on the site and what I hope to achieve using PODS. Am I getting there ?? All advice will be very much appreciated!!

OUTLINE ONE

PRODUCT/RESOURCE is an existing post type on lightcolourvision.org

PRODUCT/RESOURCE
Each Product/resource page has a title such as:
? Facts about sunlight
? Features of electromagnetic waves
Each Product/resource has user-defined Product tags eg.
? Light source
? Rainbow
? Prism

PODS
Create a relationship between the PRODUCT/RESOURCE taxonomy Product tags and the GLOSSARY/REFERENCE taxonomy Unique tag (as per next column)

AIM: INPUT/EDITING
When editing a Product/resource page and selecting a Product tag, The Glossary/reference page with the matching Unique tag (and Title) is marked with that association.

EXAMPLES
A new Product/resource page called Facts about sunlight is tagged with an existing Product tag, Energy creating an association with the Glossary/reference page titled/Unique tagged Energy

An existing Product/resource page called Facts about sunlight has three Product tags:
? Energy
? Electromagnetic radiation
? Wavelength
The three Product tags on this page are associated with three separate Glossary/reference pages with matching Unique tags and Titles.

QUESTION
What happens when a Product/resource page called Facts about sunlight is tagged with a brand new tag, Amplitude?

AIM: MANAGEMENT

Create a PODS Template and WP Page to check that the associated Glossary/reference fields and content can be targeted and populated on Product/resource pages.

AIM: OUTPUT

When a visitor views a Product/resource page called Facts about sunlight, a section on that page titled SOME KEY TERMS is populated with the title and content of all Glossary/reference pages with Unique tags matching the Product tags on this page.

HOW? INPUT EDITING

Use PODS to extend the Product/resource page post type.

The existing taxonomy Product tags should be set as a relationship field that targets the Product/resource taxonomy Unique tag.

The Product tag dialogue box already displays on all Edit Product/resource page posts.

TASK AHEAD

Extends my post type PRODUCT/RESOURCE so that the Product tag taxonomy can be targeted and related to GLOSSARY/REFERENCE taxonomy described below

OUTLINE TWO

GLOSSARY/REFERENCE is an existing post type on lightcolourvision.org

GLOSSARY/REFERENCE
Each Glossary/reference post type page has a title such as:
? Absorption
? Wave diagram
Each Glossary/reference post type page has user-defined Reference tags for searching and ordering pages eg.
? A-B-C-D-E
? A
Each Glossary/reference post type page also has user-defined Category:
? Summary
? Definition
? Quote
? Article
For this exercise, each Glossary/reference page in the Summary category will need an additional Unique tag in a separate taxonomy that matches its title:
? A reference page called Light source needs a Unique tag <Light source>.
? A reference called Rainbow needs a Unique tag <Rainbow>
No Unique tag will be added to pages in the Definition, Quote, Article categories because these are not to be targeted in this exercise.

PODS
Create a relationship between the GLOSSARY/REFERENCE taxonomy Unique tag and the PRODUCT/RESOURCE taxonomy Product tags (as per the previous column)

AIM: INPUT/EDITING
When editing Glossary/reference pages and adding Unique tags, all the Product/resource pages with a matching Product tag are updated with that association.

EXAMPLE
A new Glossary/reference page is created with a title and matching Unique tag Frequency. Any Product/resource page which already has a Frequency Product tag will now be associated with this page.

AIM: MANAGEMENT

Create a PODS Template and WP Page to check that the associated Product/resource fields and content can be targeted and populated on Glossary/reference pages.

AIM: OUTPUT

When a visitor views a Glossary/reference page titled and Unique tagged Energy, a section on that page titled RELATED RESOURCES is populated with the title, thumbnail and short description of a random selection of five associated Product/resource pages.

HOW? INPUT EDITING

Use PODS to extend the Glossary/reference post type with a custom taxonomy called Unique tag and add a tag to each post matching its title.

The new taxonomy Unique tag should be a relationship field that targets the Product/resource taxonomy Product tag described in the previous column.

Options need to be selected to display the Unique tag dialogue box on all Edit Glossary/reference post page.

TASK AHEAD

Create a new content type in the form of a Custom taxonomy for my GLOSSARY/REFERENCE:
Name: References: Unique Tags
Field: References Custom Taxonomy

Very best wishes Ric ??

Hi Judah

I find myself to be in exactly the same position that you are including your specific sense of regret!

Have you made any progress with finding a wiki plugins that allow registered site users to edit specific articles?

Very best wishes

Dear Dennis

Thank you very much for your response.

For your information I am using Woothemes Canvas and now understand that I need to resolve the display issues there.

The parts of my original questions that I still can not resolve however are:

1. Is it possible to search lexicon entries by selecting multiple tags to narrow down the selection? The desired outcome is to alter the list of lexicon entries that are displayed as tags are selected and deselected by the user.

2. Is it possible to select tags prior to a user making their own selections? The desired outcome is that some lexicon entries are displayed prior to the users own selection. For example a page concerned with PARTICLES lists all entries tagged <particles> by defualt but requires the user to then select the <nano> tag to narrow the displayed entries further.

I have now downloaded the plugin but can not see how this functionality is supported.

I do appreciate the input you have already made but hope you can help me clarify these issues a little more.

Thank you and very best wishes

Ric Mann

Thank you very much Jamel for your reply.
I am very happy to hear that KTTG supports Projects.
Sign me up !!

Best wishes

Ric