April 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

problem with per theme block config
by Alaa Abd El Fattah 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hi, so I finally discovered that on 4.7 blocks config will be different per theme. it seems the idea is that since we can't guarantee which regions will be provided by which theme we can have a global block config. trying to provide flexibility is fine by me but most websites will still limit themselves to one or two sidebars and this new feature makes life very difficult. first of all I can't imagine explaining to users why they have to repeat block config everytime they change a theme. with blogs and forums and other such websites people might change themes alot, but it's even worse if changing the theme is a rare thing since they're bound to forget that there are extra steps involved. even worse sometimes one has to try different themes to see how the block configuration affects them, for instance some themes barf on large tables (like the event calender) in the sidebars. now instead of just flipping themes, I have an longish extra step per theme. (does this also include rewriting visibility rules?). I usually develop a website on some stock theme and then work with a designer to come with a design, we might have different versions of the design for the client to choose from, I usually allow the designer to access my development server and change the theme, not I have to either explain to the designer all about blocks or be present whenever she changes themes. also I'm building a small blogging server based on drupal, users are not allowed to change block config at all but they are allowed to change themes. I prepare a drupal install with a specific arrangement of blocks all using a stock theme, then I make a copy of the database whenever we create a new blog, now if the blogger changes themes the block config is lost and all the stuff I enabled to make the bloggers life easier are lost. so the point I'm trying to make is in order to offer a more flexible way of themeing we broke usability for the most common uses. is it too late to fix this? can't we have a way to set global blocks config which makes some assumptions about regions? cheers, Alaa -- Alaa: Husband of the Grand Waragi Master http://www.manalaa.net

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Subscriptions for PSQL
by Dan Ziemecki 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

I recently upgraded the module, install, and SQL scripts for the Subscriptions module to be compatible with psql. Unfortunately, I can't test to see if it actually works. If any of you out there on psql have the time and inclination, I'd appreciate if someone could give it a run and let me know if they find any issues. http://drupal.org/project/subscriptions Thanks, -- Dan Ziemecki

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Drupal 4.7.0 RC2 available
by Steven Wittens 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

The second release candidate of Drupal 4.7 is now available. 55 more issues have been fixed since RC1. No known critical issues remain, so unless new major problems arise, this will be the last release candidate before Drupal 4.7.0 final. Please test this latest release, so that 4.7.0 will be a trouble-free ride for everyone. If you maintain a contributed module or theme, now is definitely the time to ensure your contribution works with Drupal 4.7. The Module Upgrading Guide and Theme Upgrading Guide contain a list of all required changes. Make sure there are no last-minute changes that you missed. Drupal 4.7 RC2 can be downloaded at http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-4.7.0-rc2.tar.gz. More info at: http://drupal.org/drupal-4.7.0-rc2 Steven Wittens

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No moderation for 4.7
by Khalid B 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

I just found out that there is no 4.7 moderation solution at present. As some may recall, the queue module was taken out 10 months ago from core and moved to contrib. It has not been updated since and is not FormAPI compatible. The same is true for nmoderation, which is 4.6 only at present. Anyone has something in the works on the above two, or has something else planned?

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subscriptions
by VJ Rao 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Hi, Im using subscriptions module for 4.6 How do I make 'auto subscribe' feature default? I couldnt find a way through settings. If I have to do this in code, which table/column stores this information? Thanks, V

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API docs
by Nicola Sanino 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

hallo, I didn't find any detailed doc about drupal ecommerce api. Can you post a link where to find some detailed documentation about shipping API? Thanks Nicola

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Second release candidate
by Gerhard Killesreiter 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

Hi there! I've wanted to roll a second RC today, but I think I need to postpone that because there are still pendign critical bugs: http://drupal.org/project/issues?projects=3060&versions=10273,10238,10195,9… Please sepend some time in the patch queue and help cleaning it up. Cheers, Gerhard

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takeover variables from session to 3rd party scripts
by Stefan Pampel 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

i want to integrate a php script via module and want to take over some variables from module function foo_settings() into the other script. Some hints how to take over the settings? Tried some $_SESSION['foo_var'] stuff but dont work. echo session_id(); gives the same session_id thx Stefan Pampel

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New Free Software Conservancy
by Khalid B 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

Hello All Anyone seen this? This is another umbrella group for free software projects that Drupal can consider using instead of having its own non-profit organization. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060403/sfm105.html http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ (The other is SPI, Software in the Public Interest).

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Unique block titles why?
by Nic Ivy 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

Why must the titles of blocks be unique? I frequently need empty titles for several blocks, and to accomplish this I usually remove the unique index from the block table. I have noticed no problems during the years I have done this. Things are different in 4.7--the validation is done in block.module instead of the database index. But the effect is the same. Block descriptions must be unique. Why? Nic

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