May 2005 - Development - lists.drupal.org

[drupal-devel] [feature] Ajax HTTPPost javascript function
by Thox 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/23746 Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: base system Category: feature requests Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: Thox Updated by: Thox Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/drupal.js.patch (1.25 KB) I needed to make HTTP posts of some information for an Ajax chat module I'm testing, so I've added an HTTPPost() function to drupal.js. It submits information like an HTML form would (using x-www-form-urlencoded). I'm not sure if assuming all HTTPosts will be encoded in this way is the best approach. I've never used any other encoding, but that's just me. Thox

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[drupal-devel] [bug] PROFILE_HIDDEN updates
by pyromanfo 20 Jun '05

20 Jun '05

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/21219 Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: profile.module Category: bug reports Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: pyromanfo Updated by: pyromanfo Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/profile_hidden_update.patch (3.28 KB) Here are some updates to the PROFILE_HIDDEN functionality. Basically now if you have 'administer users' access, you can edit these fields and they show up for you in the user's profile when editing. If you don't then they don't show up for editing at all. They still should show up when simply viewing though. pyromanfo

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[drupal-devel] [feature] Form groups should be collapsible
by tangent 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Project: Drupal Version: 4.5.2 Component: base system Category: feature requests Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: tangent Updated by: tangent Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/collapsible_formgroups.patch (2.8 KB) With all the talk of form reorganization and with the latest attempts at coding a solution, I thought I'd step up and contribute my solution. It is a quick development that I just threw together and it will probably need to be expanded to support more options, but it works and it has zero impact on existing code other than a small change to form_groups(). I've added an optional boolean parameter called "collapsed" so that modules can specify if the group should be initially collapsed or not. Known issues: 1. Styling the collapsed forms to look the same or even just good in every browser may prove troublesome. It looks fine in Mozilla/Firefox but the legend jumps around a bit in IE. I'm not terribly concerned about that at the moment though. 2. Required fields are not handled so a collapsed fieldset *could* contain a required field. This will need to be dealt with before this is a real solution, in my opinion. The difficulty lies in the fact that required fields are not labeled (in the markup) as such, other than by adding an extran span. Maybe we should think about adding a "required" attribute to required fields. I'm attaching the patch (against HEAD) now and will attach the javascript file shortly as well as a test page so you can see the functionality. As an aside, I'm setting this issue to patch status since that seems to be the process used around here. However, I think that generally an issue should ONLY be set to patch status if the attached file is worthy of being commited. Please correct me if I have misunderstood. tangent -- View: http://drupal.org/node/16204 Edit: http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/16204

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[drupal-devel] Can't edit my slash theme project page
by Fredrik Jonsson 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

I noticed some days ago that I can't edit my slash theme project page anymore. <http://drupal.org/project/slash> It's still listed under "my projekts" together with my adminblock module projekt page that I can edit. User frjo <http://drupal.org/user/5546>. Fredrik -- Web site: <http://xdeb.org/wiki/Fredrik>

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[drupal-devel] Admin theme?
by Dries Buytaert 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

http://www.nascencetech.com/newvillageboy/2005/05/28/the-mumbo-jumbo- of-blogging/ "I’m using Drupal for a couple of community sites I run and it’s not really by choice. It is by far the most feature-laden OpenSource content management engine there is. It’s also a BITCH to use and customize. A couple of really weird user interface issues bug me to hell too. What in the name of HADES made them decide that a theme just had to affect the editing interface too? You got any idea how fuckin’ troublesome it is to create a CSS file for all the editing widgets and forms that nobody except me sees? I’m still stuck using the downloaded themes for all my Drupal sites ‘cos I simply can’t be bothered with creating a whole new theme for it." -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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[drupal-devel] [bug] PHPtemplate to core: update database.*
by Bèr Kessels 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/22319 Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: theme system Category: bug reports Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: Bèr Kessels Updated by: Bèr Kessels Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/phptemplate_default_engine.patch (2.86 KB) This is a patch for the database templates; I do not have a pgsql server, so I did not test that part, but AFAIKS its exactly the same. Bèr Kessels

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[drupal-devel] Drupal 4.7 Roadmap
by Peter Apockotos 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Is there a roadmap for 4.7?

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[drupal-devel] [bug] replace binary strings in node.module with hex encodings
by danielc 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/24025 Project: Drupal Version: 4.6.0 Component: base system Category: bug reports Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: danielc Updated by: danielc Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/node.module.nobinary.diff (864 bytes) drupal/modules/node.module contains three binary strings. The use of binary strings causes problems in text editors incapable of handling such strings. For example, I have modified this file for internal use, but when I save the file, the binary strings get converted to question marks. While someone could argue that I should get a better text editor, this issue exists for many users, not just me. Better yet, the solution is simple... PHP allows representing binary characters via hex encoding. That's what this patch does. Thanks. danielc

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[drupal-devel] TCPHP goes for Drupal
by Chris Johnson 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Last Saturday, May 21, Allie Micka[0] and I gave a presentation to the Twin Cities PHP users group (TCPHP [1]) about Drupal. We had about 20 people attend. There is now a dramatic increase in the interest in using Drupal, and we have a number of professionals recommending and implementing sites using Drupal. One consultant has a client that is going to implement 100 web sites using Drupal. These PHP developers and consultants who are new to Drupal are coming up with some concerns and questions that seem worth giving some visibility to among the Drupal developers -- you all. I've attempted to summarize some of those concerns below. 1. Memory usage. Drupal quickly exceeds the default 8MB memory limit for PHP when a few modules are installed. This is a problem with several solutions, and some work is already done. [2] 2. Clearing out settings and other data from modules that were once enabled and installed, but are no longer in use. Many of us know how to use SQL to directly manipulate the table data to fix this, but it might be nice to have this in the admin code. [3] 3. Improved support for load-balanced server farms and other large site load distribution technologies. There is already a patch to support replicated databases. [4][5] 4. Advocacy: As we were generating our slides and talks, we found existing information somewhat disparate. It would be great to have a forum or taxonomy where anybody could post existing presentations, training information and other "unofficial" advocacy resources. [0] http://www.tcphp.org/user/3 [1] TCPHP: http://www.tcphp.org/ [2] Memory usage thread: http://tinyurl.com/9yt89 [3] Clearing module settings: http://tinyurl.com/9rpyq [4] Drupal server farm: http://tinyurl.com/89nxg [5] Replication support: http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/crackerjm/ replication/ -- Chris Johnson

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[drupal-devel] Informal CivicSpace Meetup in Boston
by Chris Messina 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

All, I'll be traveling to NH and Boston from June 10 - 16 and thought that I might stage a small CivicSpace/Drupal community meetup. Since it would only be me representing CivicSpace, I imagine that it would be smaller than the recent NY CivicSpace meetup. Still, I'm hoping that folks like Morbus Iff, Moshe Weitzman, the Downhill Battle guys, Seth Cohn, Erik Hopp and others from the area might be able to attend (Aaron? Adam? Care to truck down from NY?). I'm looking into a couple options for space -- the Berkmann Center at Harvard is looking possible as well as another space being arranged by Rich Cowan. If anyone else has any ideas, please share! I'd also like to know if anyone has any specific topics they'd like to address or work on while I'm around. I figure more than anything my visit and staging of the meetup can serve as a catalyst for bringing some CS/Drupal folks together. Thus I'm pretty open to using our time for whatever folks want to focus on. Chris

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