The Node Reference URL Widget module adds a new widget to the Node Reference
CCK field type. It auto-populates a node reference field with a value from the
URL, and does not allow this value to be changed once set.
Node Reference URL Widget was written by Nate Haug.
This Module Made by Robots: http://www.lullabot.com
Dependencies
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* Node Reference (part of References)
Install
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Installing the Node Reference URL Widget is simple:
1) Copy the nodereference_url folder to the sites/all/modules folder in your
installation.
2) Enable the module using Administer -> Modules (admin/modules)
3) Add or edit a Node Reference field from admin/structure/types/manage/[type]/fields.
When configuring the field, use the "Reference from URL" option.
4) Follow on-screen help text to configure your Node Reference URL Widget.
Advanced: Build your own links
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Normally you can prepopulate a Node Reference URL widget simply by creating a
link with the following structure:
As HTML:
Add a storyOr in PHP code:
Add a story
However if using multiple Node Reference fields, you can populate them by
using a query string instead of embedding the IDs directly in the URL. Assuming
you had two fields, named "field_ref_a" and "field_ref_b", the URL to
prepopulate both of them at the same time would look like this:
In HTML:
Add a storyOr in PHP code:
Add a story
Advanced: Support for non-standard URLs
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By default Node Reference URL Widget will only work with node form paths that
match the standard Drupal install: "node/add/%type", where %type is a node type
like "blog" or "story". If you want to use Node Reference URL Widget on
non-standard URLs, you may do so by informing Node Reference URL Widget of these
special paths.
To do so, add additional paths to your settings.php with the following code:
$conf['nodereference_url_paths'] = array(
'node/add/%type/%nid',
'node/%/add/%type/%nid',
);
Only two tokens are supported:
%type: The node type that will be created.
%nid: The node ID that will be referenced.
The % wildcard may be used when including other dynamic IDs.
In the above example, Node Reference URL Widget will work at either
"node/add/story/2" or "node/1/add/story/2", where "2" is the node ID being
referenced. Important to note: The first URL will be used in the links that Node
Reference URL Widget provides. If needing advanced configuration of links, look
into the Custom Links module: http://drupal.org/project/custom_links.
Support
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If you experience a problem with this module or have a problem, file a
request or issue in the Node Reference URL Widget queue at
http://drupal.org/project/issues/nodereference_url. DO NOT POST IN THE FORUMS.
Posting in the issue queues is a direct line of communication with the module
authors.