[support] Drupal 7/Zen Theme Question

[Hakan]

Nancy, how do you generate that alpha descriptor? By updating the
database from a numeric to a database descriptor or some other way?

On Tue, 1 May 2012 14:40:25 -0700 (PDT), Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:

>Each module may define its own IDs. Many people don't realize that the ID is actually a text field in the database, so they just use a numeric counter, as the Block module does. For the Block module, that's probably the best alternative to avoid duplication. In my modules, I prefer an alpha descriptor (or "delta") as that gives me a reminder of what the block is supposed to do. So, for an example, the Weblinks module could have "block-weblinks-random".
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>Nancy 
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>> From: Hakan
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>Thank you Michael, that was helpful. In other words, the block ID is
>>generated programmatically by the block module? It would seem to me
>>that the footer message would use a more "recognizable" id than
>>"block-block-1" - as in my case - being IDed as the first block
>>entered/saved...
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