Place a RM entry in multiple RM categories

[Alpha1]

I would like to be able to place RM entries in multiple RM categories.

To clarify:
An entry needs to be in one parent category and have the related permissions. I don't think its possible to change that.
But I do think its still possible to make an entry visible in multiple categories. This is my suggestion.

 

[beerForo]

[XFA] RM Multiple Categories Resources - XF2

Jun 14, 2020

Enhance your Resource Manager with the capability to show resources in multiple categories

• XFA
• categories multiple resource
• Add-ons [2.x]

 

[smallwheels]

[XFA] RM Multiple Categories Resources - XF2

Jun 14, 2020

Enhance your Resource Manager with the capability to show resources in multiple categories

• XFA
• categories multiple resource
• Add-ons [2.x]

That's an intresting one! I did not expect that an add on could solve this easily. Basically it is a matter of the data model (1:1 vs 1:n) and therefor I would have expected to be not an easy job to change for an add on as tied deep in the foundation of RM. it would be good to know if this add on is solid work or a bit of a dirty hack. Personally, I do not have the skills to judge.

 

[smallwheels]

Isn’t that the purpose of the tag system?

This may work for you but not for many other people. Tags are hardly used (if at all) in most forums they don't solve the issue when browsing through categories in the RM an if you rely on tags only the question is: Why do we need categories at all? The answer is obvious: Tags are in theory a good idea, in practice they lack acceptance and understanding by the users, so they are in my eyes a not very helpful way to deal with the topic.

 

[XFA]

That's an intresting one! I did not expect that an add on could solve this easily. Basically it is a matter of the data model (1:1 vs 1:n) and therefor I would have expected to be not an easy job to change for an add on as tied deep in the foundation of RM. it would be good to know if this add on is solid work or a bit of a dirty hack. Personally, I do not have the skills to judge.

It's not exactly a dirty hack. User pick viewable categories in resource add/edit.
Then the add-on changes the resource retrieval queries to check for that viewable field.