Guidance on setting up database
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Last Post: January 24, 2011 (RSS)
By Joseph - January 23, 2011
i am trying to set up CMSB to work for a printing website that i am building, the site will have a list of products and each product will have different prices and sizes. So i am not sure if it is best to create Section Editors for each product and then create fields for the various prices or create Section Editors for all the variables then create a Section that pull all of the variables together. I have attached an image of what i would need the outputted content to look like.
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By Toledoh - January 23, 2011
Tim (toledoh.com.au)
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By Jason - January 24, 2011
If each product will have different sizes, and different prices per quantity, then you'd be best to separate them into different sections. This will make your system more flexible.
Here is one way you could organize it. You can have one section for a product, a section for quantities, and a section for sizes. You will then have a section you can call something like "Product Pricing". Here you create a record where you select 1 product, 1 size, and 1 quantity and then enter a price. Then when you're outputting your content, you can select all the "Product Pricing" record for a given product.
Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any questions.
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Re: [Jason] Guidance on setting up database
By Joseph - January 24, 2011
that all makes sense and it didnt take long to set up so that part is up and running.
Is it possible to use a list in the title of an article?
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By Jason - January 24, 2011
Glad to hear that is working out for you.
You could have title be a list if you like. I don't see any immediate issue with doing that. Can you give an example of how that would be helpful and I can let you know if that would be the best approach?
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By Joseph - January 24, 2011
Joseph
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By Jason - January 24, 2011
Okay, I see what you mean. In this case, since your title is just your size, you don't actually need a title field. You can just remove it.
Hope this helps.
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