<div dir="ltr">I like Bill's approach.<br><br>If you haven't wrapped your brain around Views arguments... here is a great page in the drupal manuel to help:<br><br><a href="http://drupal.org/node/54455">http://drupal.org/node/54455</a><br>
<br>This also serves as an example for my point about D6 -- that manual page is for D5 and Views 1. I'm not familiar with the new Views. Arguments are certainly there, and hopefully they are easier to use. The basic idea of arguments is the same. But there isn't a new drupal manual page (yet) for instructions in using arguments for Views 2.<br>
<br>good luck,<br><br>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:41 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">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><font color="#888888"><br>Shai</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Shai Gluskin <<a href="mailto:shai@content2zero.com" target="_blank">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><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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