<div dir="ltr">I'm gonna be checking that out then over the next few days, if anyone else has info, will be interesting...<br><br>Victor<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <<a href="mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com">bill@funnymonkey.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;">Hello, Victor,<br>
<br>
I have not tested the upgrade path, in large part because for our use<br>
cases upgrading from D5 to D6 will involve upgrading cck node types, and<br>
fields -- and the actual views are predicated on those fields -- so<br>
without the fields upgrading cleanly, the views upgrade is a less<br>
pressing concern.<br>
<br>
I suspect that when we start upgrading from D5 to D6, we'll use<br>
update.php for CCK, but not for views, as I'd rather rebuild the views<br>
cleanly in D6. Will it take longer? Maybe, but it'll also run more<br>
smoothly, and we'll have the peace of mind of knowing that the views are<br>
clean.<br>
<br>
I'd love to hear from anyone who has embarked on the scripted upgrade<br>
from D5 to D6.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
Victor Kane wrote:<br>
> Hi Bill,<br>
><br>
> That sure sounds like good news! I am sort of embarked in the same thing...<br>
><br>
> Did you test upgrading Views 1 views to Views 2?<br>
><br>
> Victor<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <<a href="mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com">bill@funnymonkey.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
>> Shai Gluskin wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> <snip good stuff><br>
>>> As an aside... Drupal 6 is really awesome... but it's having a long ramp<br>
>>><br>
>> up<br>
>><br>
>>> time for many good reasons. In general, for someone seeking support, ease<br>
>>><br>
>> of<br>
>><br>
>>> use and is a "beginner" - I recommend D5 at this moment in time. Sounds<br>
>>><br>
>> like<br>
>><br>
>>> you may be pretty far in and it isn't worth starting over.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>> Three or four weeks ago I would have agreed with this. However, having<br>
>> spent some quality time recently with Views2, CCK, Date, Calendar, and<br>
>> OG, I'd say that the time of D6 has arrived. These modules have been<br>
>> working incredibly well in the testing we have been doing.<br>
>><br>
>> Views2 is phenomenal -- it was pretty amazing in the D5 version, but the<br>
>> D6 version is an amazing leap forward -- and, IMO, easier for a newcomer<br>
>> to use, especially with the Advanced Help module installed.<br>
>><br>
>> My .02<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> Bill<br>
>><br>
>>> Shai<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Steve Hays <<a href="mailto:hays@ohio.edu">hays@ohio.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> 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>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Shai Gluskin wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> 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>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
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>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
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>><br>
>> Bill Fitzgerald<br>
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