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I’m hoping you could offer advice to see if EE is the right tool.

The site I’m wanting to build will require several extra input fields that will appear on a blog posting.  In other words, I’d like certain members of the site to populate a product page, and upon submitting a form, all of this information would be added to a queue for an admin to edit/approve.

Liken it somewhat to creating an eBay listing.  Members need to enter things like:
ProductName, ProductPhotos, Price, Size, ShippingWeight, Description, etc.

The admin would then tag the posting appropriately and add the shopping code.

In Drupal, there’s a plugin called CCK {custom content kit} designed to easily create custom fields/database tables.  I’m hoping the same thing exists within EE.

Thanks!

EE has Custom Fields which sounds like what you are looking for.  I’d say that is the heart of EE.

stephenslater’s dead on- EE allows unlimited custom fields- and you can create different field groups for different weblogs/data containers.  You can also limit the status a member group is able to post- thus allowing for editorial approval.  (Might take a look at the Standalone entry form as well- sounds like it might be useful to what you’re doing.

If you haven’t taken advantage of one of the trial options, I’d really recommend it.  It’s the fastest way to get a feel for what EE can do- and whether it’s right for a given project.

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Thanks!