Should I use PODS…?

  • Resolved tonaua

    (@tonaua)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    I am running a website for a sports club. We have everything in separate WordPress database tables like: members(administration), teams(1600), competitions (4 every year), leagues. There a matches every day. All matches are displayed on the front. All played matches get points and they are entered in the backend (admin). It displays the standings automatically form the points table etc. We did all in PHP a couple of years ago.
    It is time to rebuild the website and I am evaluating what is the best technology to use. Every time I search the web I come to the PODS plugin.

    My question is if I use should PODS for building this system or is this to complicated en too specific to use content types?

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/

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  • Plugin Author Scott Kingsley Clark

    (@sc0ttkclark)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    I think Pods would be a GREAT plugin for your use, based on what you currently have.

    I bet you could get it functioning in Pods probably within a few minutes to an hour, using your current tables.

    Here’s the process:

    1. Go to Pods Admin > Components > Activate ‘Advanced Content Types’
    2. Go through each of your custom tables, create a new ‘Advanced Content Type’ at Pods Admin > Add New
    3. Add the fields for each custom table, you should be able to replicate the settings in most cases, per field
    4. Go to your WP DB and find the wp_pods_{your_pod_name} table, delete it, and copy your old table and name it the new wp_pods_{your_pod_name}
    5. Go through your custom PHP code and rename all uses of your old table names to the new wp_pods_{your_pod_name}
    6. Done! Your tables and PHP application are now running from WordPress and Pods 🙂
    Thread Starter tonaua

    (@tonaua)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for you reply. I will give it a try. How about all the relations between the tables?

    Plugin Author Scott Kingsley Clark

    (@sc0ttkclark)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Relations between tables is something you could potentially add through a relationship field in Pods, which stores it’s related items inside of wp_podsrel

    Turn On Social

    (@turn-on-social)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, you should, Pods is an incredibly powerful tool!

    Thread Starter tonaua

    (@tonaua)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks Scott. It works great!! Count me in as a new fan.

    boblebad

    (@boblebad)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    @scott

    This looks like a great plugin 🙂 i’m just trying to find out how to use it, and use it on a database with data.

    I have a database with a magazine, i register articles, authors, category and a few other things. I have a table for the authors, one for the category/article type, one to collect it all, but i think i need one for the title, but not sure, be course there more articles with the same title.

    I have relations to authors and category, and a third one i don’t know if i need, but maby i’ll need a new one.

    I if understand it right, i need to use post type for my pods ?

    I then just create pods for each table ?

    I’m not sure about the deleting of wp_pods and renaming the old table ?

    All the best
    Carsten

    Plugin Author Scott Kingsley Clark

    (@sc0ttkclark)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    @boblebad You should post a new topic for your questions, this one was old and unrelated.

    I’ll reply to the new one once you’ve created it.

    Plugin Author Scott Kingsley Clark

    (@sc0ttkclark)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    mods, please close this topic, thanks!

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