[support] site with no email requirement

Thu Sep 13 20:11:44 UTC 2007

thank you earnie. i am still learning but know some basics of php and
have also written one module for creating a block. i tried using form
alter and got it working with the help of a friend. however it didnt
work completely. i can make the email field disappear from the
registration form by using the unset function but when i try to submit
it, i get the error message agin that is saying that i need to enter
an email address even when there is no field. please help

nick

On 14/09/2007, support-request at drupal.org <support-request at drupal.org> wrote:
> Send support mailing list submissions to
> 	support at drupal.org
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/support
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	support-request at drupal.org
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	support-owner at drupal.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of support digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: site with no email requirement (Earnie Boyd)
>    2. Re: Best way to fix a bug? (Earnie Boyd)
>    3. Re: Flash based 'rotator' for front page? (Jody Cleveland)
>    4. Re: Flash based 'rotator' for front page? (Jody Cleveland)
>    5. Re: Flash based 'rotator' for front page? (sander-martijn)
>    6. Location Module (sander-martijn)
>    7. Re: Location Module (sander-martijn)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:58:15 -0400
> From: Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [support] site with no email requirement
> To: support at drupal.org
> Message-ID: <20070913085815.ng64il0y2aqggs0s at mail.progw.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=ISO-8859-1;	format="flowed"
>
> Quoting Nick Thomopolous <nick.thomopolous at gmail.com>:
>
> > i tried posting on the forum but nobody has replied yet. so i am
> > repeating my question here.
> >
> > how do i set up my drupal site to not require an email address? my
> > users are not very computer savvy and i don't want to have to require
> > them to have an email address. not on the registration page and not in
> > their account page either. please help.
> >
> > i tried the logintobogan module but that does not seem to have such
> > an option.
> >
>
> How PHP savvy are you?
>
> http://api.drupal.org/api/file/modules/user/user.module/5
> http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/5
> http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_alter/5
>
> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:24:36 -0400
> From: Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [support] Best way to fix a bug?
> To: support at drupal.org
> Message-ID: <20070913092436.juxvubomhu040c8s at mail.progw.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=ISO-8859-1;	format="flowed"
>
> Quoting Jim Smith <jsmith at wate.com>:
>
> > I know I was being vague. I was trying to ask the question in general
> > terms so that I would know how to handle all bugs, rather than the
> > specific one I'm dealing with now. Though I'd love to have help on the
> > specific bug I'm dealing with, I know that only a few people might have
> > knowledge about the module that has the bug. However, many people deal
> > with debugging scripts everyday, and that's why I was looking for some
> > strategies to best track down and fix bugs.
> >
>
> Well, you were too vague for me to even conclude this.  You stated that
> you were "not a coder" and coders are the ones that "track down and fix
> bugs".
>
> > But to be specific about the particular bug I'm dealing with, it's in
> > Yahoo Terms module.
> >
> > I posted a bug report on it at http://drupal.org/node/166932. As I first
> > described the problem, Yahoo Terms were being applied to other content,
> > like a forum post, though the Yahoo Terms module was not associated with
> > that content. That was fixed with the patch supplied by douggreen at
> > http://drupal.org/node/171620.
> >
>
> You used the patch; you should have provided feedback to 171620.  Doug
> Green cannot do any more than he has done until feedback is given.  If
> feedback had been given perhaps the patch could have moved forward and
> been applied.
>
> > Since then I have upgraded the site to Drupal 5.2 and all of the
> > modules. Now I'm seeing the same error on all feed nodes. The error
> > happens only when the terms are applied when the node is created. It
> > does not happen if the terms are re-applied to an existing node.
> >
>
> What were you using before 5.2?  I don't see a released module for
> yahoo_terms; there are only development snapshots.  A development
> snapshot is updated with every CVS update which may or may not work as
> expected.  Development snapshots are for coders to apply the test then
> recode cycle with.
>
> > It appears that an array is not presented where the function
> > array_merge() expects to see one in the argument.
> >
>
> Maybe Doug Green will jump at the chance to refresh the patch, maybe
> not.  Maybe someone else will.  I'm not interested at the moment
> because it isn't something I'm using or plan to use.
>
> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:03:50 -0500
> From: Jody Cleveland <cleveland at winnefox.org>
> Subject: Re: [support] Flash based 'rotator' for front page?
> To: "support at drupal.org" <support at drupal.org>
> Message-ID: <C30EAD76.72FA%cleveland at winnefox.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>
> If you could share the code, I'd greatly appreciate it. I know nothing about
> how to code for jQuery.
>
> Thank you!
>
> - jody
>
>
> On 9/10/07 7:15 PM, "Larry Garfield" <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't have the code handy, but the jQuery to cycle through the list
> items in
> > an unordered list is maybe 15 lines if you're verbose about it.  I did
> that
> > for a client recently.
> >
> > On Monday 10 September 2007, Michelle Cox wrote:
> >> This is really vague, sorry, but I know someone has done it. I remember
> >> seeing a demo of it some time ago. It might be worth a look through the
> >> modules page to see if you can find it. I know that doesn't help a lot
> >> knowing it exists but not knowing where, but at least you know it's there
> >> somewhere. :)
> >>
> >> Michelle
> >>
> >> On 9/10/2007 8:32:21 AM, Jody Cleveland (cleveland at winnefox.org) wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I have a website that has a number of items on the front page. Is there
> a
> >>> module out there, or does anyone know of a way to have a block cycle
> >>> through
> >>> items promoted to front page? I'd kind of like to do what the Steam
> does:
> >>>
> >>> http://steampowered.com/v/index.php
> >>>
> >>> Have a block where every few seconds, a new story appears. But, having
> >>> little blocks you can click on as well to move around those stories.
> >>>
> >>> - jody
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:25:02 -0500
> From: Jody Cleveland <cleveland at winnefox.org>
> Subject: Re: [support] Flash based 'rotator' for front page?
> To: "support at drupal.org" <support at drupal.org>
> Message-ID: <C30EB26E.72FF%cleveland at winnefox.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>
> I did find this site: http://www.renmenbi.com/
>
> The East Meets West box is exactly what I want. It's absolutely perfect. I
> did a search on drupal.org, and I believe they are using the ViewsCarousel
> module. But, it has absolutely no documentation, and I can't figure out how
> to get it to work.
>
> - jody
>
>
> On 9/10/07 2:33 PM, "Michelle Cox" <mcox at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > This is really vague, sorry, but I know someone has done it. I remember
> > seeing a demo of it some time ago. It might be worth a look through the
> > modules page to see if you can find it. I know that doesn't help a lot
> > knowing it exists but not knowing where, but at least you know it's there
> > somewhere. :)
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> > On 9/10/2007 8:32:21 AM, Jody Cleveland (cleveland at winnefox.org) wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have a website that has a number of items on the front page. Is there a
> >> module out there, or does anyone know of a way to have a block cycle
> >> through
> >> items promoted to front page? I'd kind of like to do what the Steam does:
> >>
> >> http://steampowered.com/v/index.php
> >>
> >> Have a block where every few seconds, a new story appears. But, having
> >> little blocks you can click on as well to move around those stories.
> >>
> >> - jody
> >>
> >> --
> >> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:16:15 -0400
> From: sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com>
> Subject: Re: [support] Flash based 'rotator' for front page?
> To: support at drupal.org
> Message-ID: <46E9543F.4080303 at sander-martijn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> The ViewsCarousel module doesn't have any releases from what I can see.
> But there's a pointer to the JCarousel plugin at
> http://drupal.org/project/jcarousel which has a bit of documentation on
> how to use it in the readme text as well as a link to get more options.
>
> .s
>
> Jody Cleveland wrote:
> > I did find this site: http://www.renmenbi.com/
> >
> > The East Meets West box is exactly what I want. It's absolutely perfect. I
> > did a search on drupal.org, and I believe they are using the ViewsCarousel
> > module. But, it has absolutely no documentation, and I can't figure out
> how
> > to get it to work.
> >
> > - jody
> >
> >
> > On 9/10/07 2:33 PM, "Michelle Cox" <mcox at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> This is really vague, sorry, but I know someone has done it. I remember
> >> seeing a demo of it some time ago. It might be worth a look through the
> >> modules page to see if you can find it. I know that doesn't help a lot
> >> knowing it exists but not knowing where, but at least you know it's there
> >> somewhere. :)
> >>
> >> Michelle
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/10/2007 8:32:21 AM, Jody Cleveland (cleveland at winnefox.org) wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I have a website that has a number of items on the front page. Is there
> a
> >>> module out there, or does anyone know of a way to have a block cycle
> >>> through
> >>> items promoted to front page? I'd kind of like to do what the Steam
> does:
> >>>
> >>> http://steampowered.com/v/index.php
> >>>
> >>> Have a block where every few seconds, a new story appears. But, having
> >>> little blocks you can click on as well to move around those stories.
> >>>
> >>> - jody
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
> >>>
> >
> >
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> sander-martijn <mailto:sander at sander-martijn.com>
> interface developer | architect
> sander at sander-martijn.com <mailto:sander at sander-martijn.com>
> www.sander-martijn.com <http://www.sander-martijn.com>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL:
> http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20070913/daa52f1f/attachment-0001.htm
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:09:01 -0400
> From: sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com>
> Subject: [support] Location Module
> To: support at drupal.org
> Message-ID: <46E97CBD.6030001 at sander-martijn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Anyone have any experience with the location module, or any other custom
> search modules?  It works perfectly (well I'd like the option to limit a
> search to a specific content type so I can use it for 3 different types
> of content and have it return results only for the one i'm searching
> for).  But it doesn't come with a module like the search module so that
> I can add a search box into a region.  I know that I can't just create a
> form and drop it in a block because I need to have a form token - but
> that's about all I know.
>
> Any pointers for what I do need to do to create this block?
>
> thanks
> .sander
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:41:37 -0400
> From: sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com>
> Subject: Re: [support] Location Module
> To: support at drupal.org
> Message-ID: <46E98461.6050203 at sander-martijn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Well it seems a standard html form does work - the form token isn't
> required in this case.  I'm sure it's not the right way to do it but if
> the shoe fits...
>
> <p class="enter">Enter Your Zip Code:</p>
> <form action="/search/location"><fieldset>
> <input type="hidden" name="country" value="us"/>
> <input type="hidden" name="unit" value="mile"/>
> <input type="hidden" name="distance" value="100"/>
> <input type="text" name="postal_code" size="13"/><input type="image"
> src="<?php print base_path() . path_to_theme()
> ?>/images/search.gif"/></fieldset>
> </form>
>
>
> sander-martijn wrote:
> > Anyone have any experience with the location module, or any other custom
> > search modules?  It works perfectly (well I'd like the option to limit a
> > search to a specific content type so I can use it for 3 different types
> > of content and have it return results only for the one i'm searching
> > for).  But it doesn't come with a module like the search module so that
> > I can add a search box into a region.  I know that I can't just create a
> > form and drop it in a block because I need to have a form token - but
> > that's about all I know.
> >
> > Any pointers for what I do need to do to create this block?
> >
> > thanks
> > .sander
> >
> >
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> sander-martijn <mailto:sander at sander-martijn.com>
> interface developer | architect
> sander at sander-martijn.com <mailto:sander at sander-martijn.com>
> www.sander-martijn.com <http://www.sander-martijn.com>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL:
> http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20070913/70f13568/attachment.htm
>
> ------------------------------
>
> --
> [ Drupal support list | http://list.drupal.org/ ]
>
> End of support Digest, Vol 57, Issue 32
> ***************************************
>