Hi - I hope I can explain this properly... I am trying to figure out which of various Dolphin 7.02 functionalities to use to accomplish something a bit different.
Im hoping that the core dating functionality can be adapted to this...
I thought maybe some of the experienced people here might be able to point me in the best direction...
The mission: Connect members who have skills and resources to share with those who need those skills and resources.
No payment will be involved.
Members should be able to list in separate fields -
1) projects that they want help with
2) what resources they need
3) what people and skills they need
4) what skills they already have that they can share
5) what resources they have to share
6) what location they are in
Members should be able to search for keywords in all the above - especially relevant is to be able to search by location as well as other keywords.
In other words a member should be able to search for 'city,programmer,flash,' or 'country,accomodation,organic food' and find others who have listed these things.
I could do with some tips on how to use Categories and Predefined Fields.
Is it possible to create sub-categories that can be selected within each category?
I understand the basic listing of Feilds as Value/LKey but how do you use LKey2/ LKey3/ Extra etc?
I presume D7 can match people up based on location and matching 'looking for' with appropriate fields.
Can it then automatically contact those members with a possible match message?
Im considering using the Ads module functionality to list skills and resources members want to share.
I figure that Ads already has sub-categories that could be used - and also can keep an inventory.
There would be no payment involved but a member could 'purchase' another members skills as a way of contacting them.
Im considering using the Groups module so that a particular project could be posted as a Group and have its own forum and interested members.
So my question generally is... has anyone got experience in adapting Dolphins dating functionality and modules to this sort of purpose?
Does anyone have valuable tips as to which functionality is best used for this sort of thing?
Thanks in advance ~
D.V.
