Drupal Node Types and their URL Paths

Note: This page is not quite complete and still being worked on.

Legend:

/path ['Text that appears by default at the top of that page']

Drupal Core

User Contributed Content Items

Note: In general, all content items are created as "nodes". See also DrupalConcepts

Generic / Basic Content

• page
• story

Note: There is no real difference between 'page' and 'story' except for their name! It is handy to have both though, in case you want to assign different permissions to each for different user roles. (e.g. anonymous vs. authenticated users).

"Front Page News" Feature

/node [(no text)]

--> listing of all content items created so far (whether it's a page, story, book page, forum topic, blog entry, ...), sorted by date in reverse order, that have been set to "promoted" ("...to the front page"). The number of posts displayed under /node can be configured under admin/node/configure. If there are more posts, Drupal batches the pages, and displays links to navigate the batches: "1 2 ... next page last page"

/node/1

= node 1 only, with all its comments displaying (if any have been made)

/node/1/3

= node 1 only, with comment no. 3 displayed only (if that comment exists)

Comments

Note: comments are referenced as anchors on a page (node). Also see /node/1/3 above.

/comment

--> /node/#comment ???

Observation: The path /comment isn't really useful, since you get redirected to /node/#comment which displays the same as /node?!

Books

Note: Individual book pages are created as nodes (under the hood). Given the permission 'maintain books', users can create 'top-level' book pages, which creates a new individual book.

/book ['Books']

--> listing of all books, in order of their assigned "weight"

/book/print [(no text)]

= "Print-friendly" version of the listing of all books

/book/print/123 [(no text)]

= "Print-friendly" version of book page with the node no. 123

Forums

/forum

• (optional:) container
  • forum
    • forum topic
      • replies (aka comments)

Note: In forums, we distinguish 'containers', 'forums', 'forum topics' and 'replies'. Containers and forums are used for structuring only and can't be commented.

1. containers: title, description, list of 'forums' (no. topics, no. posts, last post)
2. forums: title, list of 'forum topics' (no. replies, created, last reply)
3. forum topics: = regular 'node' item, plus extra navigation:
   • forum category
   • 'next forum topic'
4. replies: regular 'comment' item

Note: The Forums pages display by default some additional text and links at the top of the page.

A. For anonmyous users:

(breadcrumb path) ('Container name' or current 'Forum name')

• Active forum discussions. --> Link to /tracker

• Login to post a new forum topic. --> Link to user/login

B. For authenticated users:

(breadcrumb path) ('Container name' or current 'Forum name')

• My forum discussions. --> Link to /tracker/(the user's Id)

• Active forum discussions. --> Link to /tracker

• Post new forum topic. --> Link to add a new forum topic to the particular forum

Blogs

Note: Individual blog entries are created as nodes (under the hood). Comments are referenced as anchors on a page.

/blog ['blogs']

• blog entry [breadcrumb path]

  • comments []

/blog/456 ['(username)'s blog']

--> blog of user with uid 456, listing of all entries, sorted by date in reverse order, xml feed link

Polls

/aggregator []

--> listing of all feed items, sorted by date in reverse order

/aggregator/sources/ ['sources']

--> listing of all feed sources, plus, per source: latest n items, 'more' link

/aggregator/sources/23 ['(Feed Title)']

--> feed source no. 23, last update (h,min), all feed items (sorted by date in reverse order)

Recent Posts

/tracker ['recent posts > all recent posts']

-->

/tracker/2 ['recent posts > my recent posts']

-->

Categories (Labeled Content)

/taxononmy/term

-->

Member's Pages

/user

-->

Site Administration Nodes

Content Publishing Queue

/queue

= listing of all pending submissions

Drupal Contributed Modules

Image Module

/image ['Home > image galleries']

/gallery

Glossary Module

/glossary [Home > Glossary: "(Vocabulary Name)"]

= listing of all glossaries, sorted alphabetically

Note: Individual terms are referenced as anchors on a glossary page.