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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Have you looked at the Pathauto module? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(<a
href="http://drupal.org/project/pathauto">http://drupal.org/project/pathauto</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'> support-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Mohammed@atexplorer.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 22 June 2009 14:30<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] force users
to enter path alias</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>hello William and Fred,<br>
<br>
thank you very much for the explanation! if only I can write code I will use
this power of drupal extensively. any more hints or a skeleton module that I
can try? unfortunately I won't be able to write this on my own, even though the
code is only few lines long.<br>
<br>
thank you both very much, and I am sorry for the miss understanding.<br>
<br>
Mohammed.<br>
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On 6/22/2009 4:19 PM, William Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Hi Mohammed -<br>
<br>
I think you misunderstand the hook system. It is designed so that you
*don't* have to hack core files. You would implement this in your site's
custom module space (if you don't have one, you can create one easily).
You would then implement the hook as <i><span style='font-style:italic'>your_module_name_</span></i>form_alter(&$form,
$form_state, $form_id)<br>
<br>
This is the way that Drupal is designed to be extended and is not at all a
hack. You can read more here: <a
href="http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/6" moz-do-not-send=true>http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/6</a><br>
<br>
Best,<br>
William<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM, <a
href="mailto:Mohammed@atexplorer.com" moz-do-not-send=true>Mohammed@atexplorer.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:mohammed@atexplorer.com" moz-do-not-send=true>mohammed@atexplorer.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>hello William,<br>
<br>
thanks for the answer. I don't prefer to use this method as I need to hack core
files. any other thoughts?<br>
<br>
thank you.<br>
Mohammed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 6/22/2009 3:09 PM, William Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I don't recall if there
is a direct way (ie. config option) to make the path alias textfield mandatory,
but if nothing else you could use hook_form_alter (<a
href="http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_alter/6"
moz-do-not-send=true>http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_alter/6</a>)
to make the field required.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:13 AM, <a
href="mailto:Mohammed@atexplorer.com" moz-do-not-send=true>Mohammed@atexplorer.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:mohammed@atexplorer.com" moz-do-not-send=true>mohammed@atexplorer.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>hello.<br>
<br>
is this at all possible? I want users to fill in the path alias field and make
it obligatory. it sounds simple, but searching <a href="http://drupal.org"
moz-do-not-send=true>drupal.org</a> didn't yield anything relevant.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
All The Best,<br>
Mohammed Al-shar'<br>
<br>
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moz-do-not-send=true>http://lists.drupal.org/</a> ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All The Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mohammed Al-shar'<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All The Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mohammed Al-shar'<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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