Creating event lists using nodequeue, static pages and dynamic dates I'm new to Drupal, with some familiarity in other CMSes. I'm currently attempting to create a series of event lists, and have met up with a few issues. The number of modules available for the system are confusing my Googling, as terminology isn't uniform across the web and I'm picking up information for everything but what I want. From reading in StackOverflow, I gather it's a common problem with Drupal. I'm looking for recommended resources or perhaps more direct help - advice on whether to learn the system fully despite this being such a simple/small job would be useful as well.

In summary:

Need an online system to create itineraries, lists of events containing location information and dates that are specific to unique clients/users. Employees access the backend, assemble an itinerary and provide a link to customers with an appropriately formatted, final page/document. Drupal is a CMS that is potentially going to be used for a future website, and "location information" would be a duplication of web content - this system would make for a neat way of populating the website with content whilst the main frontend is being developed.

What I need


locations are created as static nodes (pages)
access the backend with an interface that allows for the selection of these location nodes and compiles them into an ordered list
each node, despite being static, is associated with a date field (start and end) specific to each ordered list
lists are unique and independent, using the same static content to fill description fields but able to be linked with specific date information


Where I'm currently at


locations are created as static nodes (pages)
the itinerary is a nodequeue, where an employee creates a new one, adds location nodes and can control the order without technical know-how
display using Views, using unique URL per list
trying to find a way to relate the unique nodequeue with a pair of dates for each location
been playing around with custom content types/custom fields, but don't know how to define the relationship between the static/dynamic content
using Date API for javascript calendar pop-up in these custom fields


Any help would be much appreciated! I've tried to word the concept clearly here, and am  looking for a friendly pointer in the right direction. Even so much as the appropriate keywords so I can find tutorials would help - been a few long hours of head scratching.

Thanks in advance for any help!
Yup, adding my solution for the collective knowledge!


Created each location as an individual page (appropriately classified by taxonomy/etc. for site navigation)
Assigned the desired custom fields, most ended being display hidden
Created new content type, "itinerary-location-reference", using module "Reference" (for D7)
Within this content type, assigned custom fields for dates/visitor name/etc.
One of the custom fields needs to be a node reference
Referenced the location


This creates two nodes that are linked...one is the static location content, the other a node containing date/personal information. I then added this overall reference node to my nodequeues. Done.

I can see a few issues down the road regarding number of entries into the database, but apparently Drupal's good for a few million, so fingers crossed!