[support] Contact Form

Chris McCreery chris.mccreery at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 15:38:38 UTC 2007


Thanks bill what I'm trying to do is build a small time tracking site. So
users enter in their hours and then I want to build a view(report) that
totals the time for each taxonomy item. So would that work for the views to
use that module?

On 9/17/07, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, Chris,
>
> I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "sums up other fields" but you
> might want to look at the computed field module -- if you want to bring
> a few fields together into one field, you can write a snippet that will
> grab these values into the computed field.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> Chris McCreery wrote:
> > Nevermind figured it out, problem in my database and it's collation
> > needed to change it to utf8_general_ci. All set now.
> >
> > On another note you wouldn't know how to create a field that sums up
> > other fields?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > On 9/17/07, *Bill Fitzgerald* <bill at funnymonkey.com
> > <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello, Chris,
> >
> >     I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for
> >     changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know
> of
> >     another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes
> without
> >     writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Bill
> >
> >     Chris McCreery wrote:
> >     > Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type
> of
> >     > thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to
> >     do it?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     >
> >     > On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill at funnymonkey.com
> >     <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>
> >     > <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>>>
> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your
> >     >     modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to
> >     keep your
> >     >     changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade
> >     (as your old
> >     >     codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).
> >     >
> >     >     Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit
> >     strings to
> >     >     change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good
> >     >     documentation
> >     >     on this.
> >     >
> >     >     Cheers,
> >     >
> >     >     Bill
> >     >
> >     >     Chris McCreery wrote:
> >     >     > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Thanks
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>
> >     >     <mailto: chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>>
> >     >     > <mailto: chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>
> >     >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I
> >     needed. On the
> >     >     >     actual form the header above the available categories
> >     is the
> >     >     title
> >     >     >     "Category" and I need to change that to something
> >     else. Do you
> >     >     >     know where I would find that?
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Thanks
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal at oadaeh.net
> >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>
> >     >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>>
> >     >     >     <mailto: drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>
> >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >         On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris
> >     McCreery wrote:
> >     >     >         > Hi just wondering where I would rename the
> Category
> >     >     title to
> >     >     >         something
> >     >     >         > different.
> >     >     >         >
> >     >     >         > Thanks
> >     >     >
> >     >     >         Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >>
> >     edit (to the
> >     >     >         right of the
> >     >     >         category you want to change)
> >     >     >
> >     >     >         admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id>
> >     >     >
> >     >     >         --
> >     >     >         Jason Flatt
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> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     --
> >     >     >     Chris McCreery
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > --
> >     >     > Chris McCreery
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     Bill Fitzgerald
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> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > --
> >     > Chris McCreery
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Bill Fitzgerald
> >     http://www.funnymonkey.com
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> >
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> > Chris McCreery
>
>
> --
> Bill Fitzgerald
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> Tools for Teachers
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Chris McCreery
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