[support] New title: Upgrading CCK and Views, Was: Re: OT -- was: Re: Well

[Victor Kane]

I'm gonna be checking that out then over the next few days, if anyone else
has info, will be interesting...

Victor

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com>
wrote:

> Hello, Victor,
>
> I have not tested the upgrade path, in large part because for our use
> cases upgrading from D5 to D6 will involve upgrading cck node types, and
> fields -- and the actual views are predicated on those fields -- so
> without the fields upgrading cleanly, the views upgrade is a less
> pressing concern.
>
> I suspect that when we start upgrading from D5 to D6, we'll use
> update.php for CCK, but not for views, as I'd rather rebuild the views
> cleanly in D6. Will it take longer? Maybe, but it'll also run more
> smoothly, and we'll have the peace of mind of knowing that the views are
> clean.
>
> I'd love to hear from anyone who has embarked on the scripted upgrade
> from D5 to D6.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> Victor Kane wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > That sure sounds like good news! I am sort of embarked in the same
> thing...
> >
> > Did you test upgrading Views 1 views to Views 2?
> >
> > Victor
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Shai Gluskin wrote:
> >>
> >>> <snip good stuff>
> >>> As an aside... Drupal 6 is really awesome... but it's having a long
> ramp
> >>>
> >> up
> >>
> >>> time for many good reasons. In general, for someone seeking support,
> ease
> >>>
> >> of
> >>
> >>> use and is a "beginner" - I recommend D5 at this moment in time. Sounds
> >>>
> >> like
> >>
> >>> you may be pretty far in and it isn't worth starting over.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Three or four weeks ago I would have agreed with this. However, having
> >> spent some quality time recently with Views2, CCK, Date, Calendar, and
> >> OG, I'd say that the time of D6 has arrived. These modules have been
> >> working incredibly well in the testing we have been doing.
> >>
> >> Views2 is phenomenal -- it was pretty amazing in the D5 version, but the
> >> D6 version is an amazing leap forward -- and, IMO, easier for a newcomer
> >> to use, especially with the Advanced Help module installed.
> >>
> >> My .02
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>> Shai
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Steve Hays <hays at ohio.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Shai,
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks both for your help and your kindness.
> >>>>
> >>>> Since you urge me not to knock my head against the wall too long,
> >>>> here's a problem I have probably spent 10 hours on and not produced a
> >>>> reasonable solution to--just a hacked work-around.
> >>>>
> >>>> I want my students to be able to develop individual blogs.  I have
> >>>> developed (via Views in Drupal 6.3) a page that lists all Member
> >>>> Blogs.  I have added a blog_name field to the Profiles page, and
> >>>> obviously I would like that name to be linked to the individual blog.
> >>>> The blog's default url is (of course) blogs/$uid.  I have constructed
> >>>> a blog_url field in Profile so I can pull it along with the blog_name
> >>>> in Views.
> >>>>
> >>>> But that makes for an ugly page display:  My_Blog  http:// etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> What I would like, of course is to use the $account_blog_url variable
> >>>> in an a href statement so the url address is invisible to the user,
> >>>> but I don't know how to get Views or Profiles to produce such a link.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again,
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Shai Gluskin wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Steve,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Do NOT feel stupid. We've all been there and continue to be there in
> >>>>> many ways.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It's way more efficient in use of the world's resources (which
> >>>>> includes your brain power) for you to ask and get quick help -- it
> >>>>> took me three minutes to write that email, than for you to bang your
> >>>>> head, potentially for hours. People have helped me so many times and
> >>>>> I'm sure you will help others -- or already have. No knowledge in
> >>>>> Drupal is "comprehensive" -- you don't have to be a "ninja" or
> >>>>> anything special to answer a question that you know the answer to.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regarding your situation. Congratulations on figuring it out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Indeed, no need to use the Drupal l() function.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regarding the href-- there are different opinions on this, and
> >>>>> sometimes it depends on whether you have a multi-site or not. But my
> >>>>> strong preference for any single installation site is for all href's
> >>>>> to pages inside the site to be "root relative." All references
> >>>>> should start with a forward slash after the first quotes. In this
> >>>>> case I would no need to provide any specific page path since it is
> >>>>> the default home page. Here is how I would do the href:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <a href="/">
> >>>>>
> >>>>> best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Shai
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >> Bill Fitzgerald
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> >>
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> >
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