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** [http://drupal.org/project/cck Content Construction Kit] - for creating a new "Silent Auction Item" content type with some additional fields like "donated by" and "estimated value."
 
** [http://drupal.org/project/cck Content Construction Kit] - for creating a new "Silent Auction Item" content type with some additional fields like "donated by" and "estimated value."
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** [http://drupal.org/project/views Views] - used to create an "auction items" page and a "recent bids" page and block.
 
** [http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides String Overrides] - for changing the name of the comment-related string to make them bidding-related strings (i.e. "Add a comment" becomes "Place a bid").
 
** [http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides String Overrides] - for changing the name of the comment-related string to make them bidding-related strings (i.e. "Add a comment" becomes "Place a bid").
 
* Optional, only if you want to include images with items:
 
* Optional, only if you want to include images with items:

Revision as of 11:21, 27 May 2009

Introduction

The Prince Street Home and School Association runs an annual spring fund-raising event that includes a silent auction. Local businesses are canvassed to donate items, and on the night of the fund-raiser the items are displayed and each item has a bidding sheet where bidders can write their name, phone number, and a higher bid than the one above. At the end of the night the highest bidder wins the item.

Going Online

For the 2009 event we decided to open up online bidding for the items. We set a "we need to have information about everything we have donated" date of two weeks before the event and then used the open-source Drupal content management system to run the online bidding. What follows is a do-it-yourself guide for others that might want to do the same.

Requirements

To run the silent auction we used Drupal 6, so the instructions that follow assume you're doing the same. In addition to the basic Drupal installation, you'll also need the following modules:

  • Required:
    • Content Construction Kit - for creating a new "Silent Auction Item" content type with some additional fields like "donated by" and "estimated value."
    • Views - used to create an "auction items" page and a "recent bids" page and block.
    • String Overrides - for changing the name of the comment-related string to make them bidding-related strings (i.e. "Add a comment" becomes "Place a bid").
  • Optional, only if you want to include images with items: