Is this the right way to use Section Editors?

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By vinco - March 2, 2009

I would like to use CMS for the creation of Team Rosters for an Athletic site. In total, there will be about 38 rosters that have to be made. Is creating a section header for each team the way to go? (Will this impact performance?) or is there a better way to accomplish this task?

Thank you for your help

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By ross - March 2, 2009

Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

I actually think it would be better if you actually setup one section called Team Rosters and set it up as a Multi Record section so you can post all the rosters there.

The main reason for this would be that it's much easier to manage this way and much easier to setup your viewer pages. If you had 38 different sections, you would need to setup 38 different viewers as well.

I don't really think it would be a performance hit though so if that was the only concern, you are fine :).

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By vinco - March 2, 2009

Thank you for the rapid response!

38 viewers is certainly not my choice, however, (I am sorry if this is a dumb question)....I am assuming there is no field type, "dropdown" box? By using a signle multi record section, it would be ideal if there was a dropdown box, that allowed the selection of the team without the users having to type it in over and over. If there is a way to use a dropdown, can you direct me on how to implement it or (again) is there another way?

Thanks again!

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By ross - March 2, 2009

Hi

Glad to help :).

I don't quite understand your next question though. Could we go over that in some more detail?

Thanks!

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By Dave - March 2, 2009

Hi vinco,

In the field editor dropdown fields are called "list" fields. Give those a try and let me know if you need anything else.

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