Re: Request for feedback, date-based navigation

I'm not in need of such a block. But if I were implementing this, I 
would not use taxonomy_dhtml since it might be difficult to maintain 
sync between the node dates and the terms.

M.G. Noriega wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> how would you like this?
> ....................................
> 
> A dhtml nav block that creates an expandable hierarchy of nodes, based
> on creation date
> 
> Most common look for the block would be
> 
> 
> Date Block
> -----------
> 2003
>    January 
>    February
> 
> 
> Eventually, it could even set to satisfy the most neurotic users, via an
> interface
> 
> a) User sets $granularity = 'day' 
> 
> 
> Date Block
> -----------
> 2003  
>    January
>        14
> 
> b) User sets $granularity = 'minute'
> 
> Date Block
> -----------
> 2003  
>    January
>        14
>          13 hours
>             25 minutes 
>  
> 
>      
> Implementation could go two different ways
> 
> - If the module is enabled, every time a node is created its creation
> dated is evaluated and ad hoc vocabularies or terms are created if don't
> exist already. Then the node is automagically tagged with the
> corresponding terms.
> 
> Advantages: The taxonomy_dhtml module would take care of the navigation
> block natively
> 
> 
> - If the module is enabled, the nav block is created evaluating the
> existing nodes' dates. 
> 
> Advantages: No need to re-tag the modules with terms that are already
> implicit in the creation date field.
> 
> .......................
> 
> 
> Any feedback greatly appreciated :)
> 
> 
> 

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