Hi
I'm new to Silverstripe (though not to other CMS flavors) so if someone could take pity on me that would be great! (Edit, I have been reading over the docs and I am still not making the connection).
I'm trying to build a directory of categories/businesses in Silverstripe which seems to be pretty straightforward using DataObject, however, things are getting tricky because I don't have a set number of categories so I'm trying to use ModelAdmin to manage them both.
My thinking so far has been to create two DataObjects (category & business) and then to relate them to each other:
class Category extends DataObject {
static $db = array(
'Name' => 'Varchar(128)'
);
static $belongs_many_many = array(
'Businesses' => 'RecycleDirectory'
);
}
class RecycleDirectory extends DataObject {
static $db = array(
'Name' => 'Varchar(255)',
'Address' => 'Varchar(255)'
);
static $many_many = array(
'Categories' => 'Category'
);
Using ModelAdmin to manage the values:
class DirectoryAdmin extends ModelAdmin {
public static $managed_models = array(
'RecycleDirectory',
'Category'
);
static $url_segment = 'DirectoryAdmin';
static $menu_title = 'Recycling Directory';
}The two issues I'm having are:
1. In ModelAdmin I'm seeing a tab labeled categories (hurray) but I'm not seeing existing categories show up as already selected. Further, I can only add a category (which gives me a form to create a new one) and visa versa when I look at a category I see a "businesses" tab, but when I add to it I get a form to create a new entry instead of select from existing. (See attached)
2. This one is really bothering me: with the Category being a DataObject, I can't figure out how I would then show each Category on the frontend and populate each one with their associated business entries. I would expect to need to set up some sort of association between the Page->DataObject (or to create the page in the CMS and associate businesses to it)
Can anyone shed some light on this?
Thank you in advance!
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