<div dir="ltr">Steve, one more thing...<br><br>To be clear, the blogger module doesn't replace the blog module, it provides some extra functionality for it.<br><br>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Shai Gluskin <<a href="mailto:shai@content2zero.com">shai@content2zero.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Hi Steve,<br><br>Looks like this module does what you want:<br><br><a href="http://drupal.org/project/blogger" target="_blank">http://drupal.org/project/blogger</a><br>
<br>However, it is for D5. Check the issue queue and see what the time line for D6 is.<br>
<br>There might be a solution using views. You shouldn't need profile module at all for this, if I understand your needs. A custom snippet might do the trick if the blogger module isn't going to be ready soon for D6. In general, I think your approach you are taking is more complicated than it needs to be.<br>
<br>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.<br>
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<br>Shai</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Steve Hays <<a href="mailto:hays@ohio.edu" target="_blank">hays@ohio.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Shai,<br>
<br>
Many thanks both for your help and your kindness.<br>
<br>
Since you urge me not to knock my head against the wall too long,<br>
here's a problem I have probably spent 10 hours on and not produced a<br>
reasonable solution to--just a hacked work-around.<br>
<br>
I want my students to be able to develop individual blogs. I have<br>
developed (via Views in Drupal 6.3) a page that lists all Member<br>
Blogs. I have added a blog_name field to the Profiles page, and<br>
obviously I would like that name to be linked to the individual blog.<br>
The blog's default url is (of course) blogs/$uid. I have constructed<br>
a blog_url field in Profile so I can pull it along with the blog_name<br>
in Views.<br>
<br>
But that makes for an ugly page display: My_Blog http:// etc.<br>
<br>
What I would like, of course is to use the $account_blog_url variable<br>
in an a href statement so the url address is invisible to the user,<br>
but I don't know how to get Views or Profiles to produce such a link.<br>
<br>
Any ideas?<br>
<br>
Thanks again,<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
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On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Shai Gluskin wrote:<br>
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> Steve,<br>
><br>
> Do NOT feel stupid. We've all been there and continue to be there in<br>
> many ways.<br>
><br>
> It's way more efficient in use of the world's resources (which<br>
> includes your brain power) for you to ask and get quick help -- it<br>
> took me three minutes to write that email, than for you to bang your<br>
> head, potentially for hours. People have helped me so many times and<br>
> I'm sure you will help others -- or already have. No knowledge in<br>
> Drupal is "comprehensive" -- you don't have to be a "ninja" or<br>
> anything special to answer a question that you know the answer to.<br>
><br>
> Regarding your situation. Congratulations on figuring it out.<br>
><br>
> Indeed, no need to use the Drupal l() function.<br>
><br>
> Regarding the href-- there are different opinions on this, and<br>
> sometimes it depends on whether you have a multi-site or not. But my<br>
> strong preference for any single installation site is for all href's<br>
> to pages inside the site to be "root relative." All references<br>
> should start with a forward slash after the first quotes. In this<br>
> case I would no need to provide any specific page path since it is<br>
> the default home page. Here is how I would do the href:<br>
><br>
> <a href="/"><br>
><br>
> best,<br>
><br>
> Shai<br>
><br>
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