[Solar-talk] Solar_Model_Areas, Solar_Model_Nodes and Solar_Model_Tags

[Paul M Jones]

Hi,

On Nov 3, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Matt M. wrote:

> OK, I want to know more about these classes, but can't find much on  
> how they work. Can someone explain the idea behind these classes  
> and how they work together?
>
> I'm building a very simple e-commerce package right now. Can these  
> classes help me? :)
>

Probably not specifically to e-commerce.  The areas/nodes/tags are  
designed for general-purpose user-provided content: blog entries,  
forum postings, wiki pages, user comments, etc.  The "model" classes  
correspond to the TableModule pattern.

You can use the tables individually if you like, but they work best  
when you coordinate them.  The Solar_Content_* classes coordinate  
activity between the tables, and as such adhere more to the  
DomainModel pattern.

"Nodes" are individual pieces of content: a single blog entry, one  
comment, a top-level forum posting, a wiki page, etc.

"Tags" are tags (think "del.icio.us") on the pieces of content.

"Areas" are logical groups of nodes; think "multiple sites" that all  
use the same table so they can reference each other's content.

Does that begin to help at all?


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