March 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

HTML / Plain text emails
by Neil Drumm 19 Mar '06

19 Mar '06

After the recent security announcement went out as HTML email there was a bit of chatter. Here is how to make things change: - Security announcements and Drupal newsletters are sent using the simplenews module, development will happen there. - There is a decent HTML to text converter in project module. If there is a use for it in core I'd be happy to add it, but for now I'd like to see it put in an .inc file which defines the necessary function(s) if they haven't already. Then this .inc can be thrown in any contributed module that needs it. - The mime headers part of multipart messages isn't too bad to write. The part we would stumble on is the actual HTML, but we aren't doing anything too fancy and it seems that no one had issues with the quality of the markup (disclaimer: I only skimmed the complaints). -- Neil Drumm http://delocalizedham.com/

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Contrib CVS
by Gerhard Killesreiter 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

This is just a reminder that it is usually not ok to commit to other people's modules or themes. Some people are ok with it, but most aren't. So please check with the current maintaner if you are allowed to commit directly. The only notable exception is translations and associated template files which should go into a po subdirectory. Cheers, Gerhard

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18 critical bugs left
by Dries Buytaert 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

We're down to 18 critical bugs! :) URL to bookmark: http://drupal.org/project/issues? projects=3060&versions=9902,9842,9753,9728,6487&categories=bug&prioritie s=1&states=1,8,13,14 -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Activeselect - AJAX select boxes
by Jeremy Epstein 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

The activeselect module is a new addition to Drupal contrib, that defines a new type of select form element. Each activeselect element has one or more 'targets' defined: the targets are other form elements - either regular select boxes, or other activeselect boxes. When the user selects a new option in an activeselect element, their selection is immediately sent back to the server (using AJAX), and the server sends back a list of new options with which to populate the 'target' elements. The activeselect module is here: http://drupal.org/node/49976 I am posting this message here, because I think that this kind of functionality could be of immense benefit in many of the UIs in Drupal contrib (and possibly even Drupal core). Activeselect is so far only being used by the category module (http://drupal.org/node/39683) but it has been designed with reusability in mind. It is a component that can increase the usability of complex forms, and if used properly, it can degrade gracefully. I would like to encourage all module developers to consider any user interfaces in your modules that could benefit from select boxes linked by AJAX, and to make use of the activeselect module if appropriate. How you integrate activeselect into a module is completely up to you. All it does is provide the framework and the necessary JS library: the real power of this module depends on what an activeselect callback function is programmed to do. In the case of the category module, it is quite significant. Instructions for developers have now been written, and can be found in the API.txt file included with the activeselect module. These instructions tell you everything you need to know, to start making use of activeselect elements in your module's forms. The module is still quite new, and although it has been thoroughly tested and it functions correctly (in IE and Gecko/FF - feedback on other browsers appreciated), it definitely still has some rough edges. In particular, the code could probably be a bit cleaner than it is (especially in the category module's callback implementation). Please file any and all issues through the issue tracker on drupal.org. Jeremy Epstein GreenAsh Services www.greenash.net.au

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strange, no ook_submit.
by Bèr Kessels 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi, http://drupaldocs.org/api/head/function/node_submit calls two functions: node_invoke - submit and nodeapi invoke submit. However, I canno find any reference to any use of that. Nor can I find any docs on what it should or may return. Is this an orfaned, old function? Should it be removed? Or should we document it instead? Is anyone using it at all, or am I simply missing something? Bèr -- PGP ber(a)webschuur.com http://www.webschuur.com/sites/webschuur.com/files/ber_webschuur.asc PGP berkessels(a)gmx.net http://www.webschuur.com/sites/webschuur.com/files/ber_gmx.asc Hoe het naviatie blok te verbergen: http://help.sympal.nl/hoe_het_naviatie_blok_te_verbergen

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Re: [development] Looking for a place to start (Out of Office/Nie op kantoor)
by Kobus Myburgh 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

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Looking for a place to start
by Carl Parrish 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Okay I've been over the coding Standards etc.... and Have create a few patches to some modules so now I think I can help. Is there a list of common modules that still need to be ported to 4.7? (I'm installing 4.7 from cvs right now). I'd like to get my feet wet and I figure porting a mod will teach me a lot about the framework etc...

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Important patches
by Gerhard Killesreiter 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi there! There are a number of patches which should be reviewed and tested so that they can be committed: http://drupal.org/node/14591 http://drupal.org/node/52911 http://drupal.org/node/39460 http://drupal.org/node/52369 http://drupal.org/node/53628 http://drupal.org/node/51303 http://drupal.org/node/51415 http://drupal.org/node/53177 I would like to release a release candidate some time this month. Cheers, Gerhard

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OT: E-Commerce Mailing list Announcement
by Gordon Heydon 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi, Since E-Commerce is such a big module(s) and has a lot of functionality that really needs a more fluid way of collaborating on ideas and speeding up development. I started discussing this with Dries, but because of time constraints such as Dries getting married, and taking time off to spend time with his new bride this was put into the low priority pile, and we didn't get this completed. So in an interim step, I have created an E-Commerce mailing list from my domain which will allow E-Commerce to move forward hopefully in leaps and bounds. Once Dries gets back from his well deserved break, I will take up the discussion on moving the list to drupal.org where it will gain even more benefit from being under the drupal.org umbrella. in the mean time you can go to http://lists.heydon.com.au/listinfo.cgi/ecommerce-heydon.com.au which will allow you to subscribe to this list, and we can get down the the work of getting the best possible E-Commerce out. Thanks. Gordon.

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Module Dependency checker for 4.7
by Chad Phillips -- Apartment Lines 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

yesterday i came across a way for modules to do simple dependency checking using a neat form api trick, so today i coded it up and posted here: http://drupal.org/node/54463 it's all in the notes. basically, if you have a module that is dependent on any other module, you can drop in the code on that page, set your dependenices, and be good to go. lemme know if i missed anything. i tested a fair amount today, and as far as i can tell it works perfectly. chad

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