What you're talking about here is 100% theming. A module won't help you change this. Basically, you have to customize the theme of that node type by using a custom node.tpl.php (either by using contemplate module or doing it in a node-custom.tpl.php)

You can learn about this in a few places:

• Previous G&G talking about contemplate
• Drupal 6 Theme Guide
• Drupal 5 Theme Guide

Hope that helps! (sounds like a good topic to cover on the Mustardseed Video Podcast next week...)

-Rob Feature
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.mustardseedmedia.com

I found another group of postings on this website that helped and I got it to show what I wanted, but I really don't understand what I did but it works. Here is my follow up question(s):
1) I am trying to have a page to display the audio sermons. What is the best way to make this happen? Right now I made a view for the page with a filter for audio nodes and it works but I know if I post any audio it is going to put in there also. What is the correct way to do this?

2) Right now we have a missionary team working in New Orleans and I want to create one blog for the team where all the members can post. How can I do this?

Let's take a look at these one at a time.

1) The way you built your audio page is a good one. I've done it that way before. Using views to create a list of most recent audio. Does it have the information you are looking for? There are different ways to theme this output so the information you have can be viewed in different ways. Anytime you add new audio that fits the criteria of the filter it will be added to the view.

2) An easy way to make a group blog is to create a node type for your blog (e.g. Blog Post) then create a view that displays only that type of node (a filter). Then, everyone you give access to create that type of node can post to that blog. Does that make sense?

Matt Farina
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.innovatingtomorrow.net
www.mattfarina.com

I have the mission blog created and it seems like it is going to work great. What is the best way for them to add pictures to their posting? Is there a way to adjust the size of the picture in terms of it's output in the post and if they click on it it will make it bigger?

Theming seems to be over my head because I don't know php. Maybe I should look it up and try to learn some. This is my idea for the audio view: title of sermon, bible reference (hyperlinked so you could click it to view verses), date, and audio player with download file and comments. I have everything but the bible reference. I assume I would make a field for it and add the field but I am lost on making hyperlinks in drupal.

Thanks for you patience and willingness to help.

You could use taxonomy and create a new category maybe called Sermons. Then in Views create a view based off of that.

For your missionary team to post I would think just giving them the proper permissions to post should work.

Here is what I did. I created a content type called mission blog and then when to views and created the view filtering for mission blog content. Then I created a role of missionary and set the access the same as authenticated user with the exception of being able to create/edit mission blog content.
I am thinking of going to taxonomy and create a category mission blog and then add new orleans to that category so in the future I could just add different mission field locations. I still need some guidance on the best way for them to put pictures in their postings.

I always try to organize my information logically. Think of types of content and applying taxonomies to that content type differently.

On you ministry blog you might want to setup 2 types of taxonomies. One for location (like New Orleans) and another for categories on the blog posts.

Matt Farina
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.innovatingtomorrow.net
www.mattfarina.com

What version of drupal are you using to build this site (5 or 6)? That will make a difference when it comes to the solution on the bigger image from a link on an image question.

There are a number of ways to make bible refs hyperlinks. One way is to add something like https://www.innovatingtomorrow.net/2008/06/16/bibl... to your theme. Another is to use a module like Scripture Filter.

There are a few ways to tackle this. Having a CCK textfield with the bible reference and a javascript that converts it for you might be the easiest method.

Matt Farina
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.innovatingtomorrow.net
www.mattfarina.com

So I created a location taxonomy and added New Orleans as a term and then I can create other locations as needed in the future. What would I do with the categories taxonomy?

Any thoughts on the best way for them to insert picture(s)? Here is my concern. They take pictures with their camera and they add the pics and they are huge (size and dimensionally). Any way to control this?

Most blogs have categories to organize content. They are usually a handful of different things you will have on your blog.

As for pictures there are several different things you can do. Again, some of this will depend on the version of drupal you are developing in.

Check out flickr. With flickr you can upload images and even do some minor editing. Then, it provides you a link and image tag for each image. You can insert this into your blog and your done. It does automatic resizing and the link sends people back to a place where they can see the different sizes.

The asset module can do this but it only works for drupal 5 right now. Combine this module with imagecache and you have controlled sizes, etc.

These are 2 of the simplest options I can think of right now. There are others.

Matt Farina
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.innovatingtomorrow.net
www.mattfarina.com