June 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

RE: [development] Download statistics for core
by Steven Peck 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: development-bounces(a)drupal.org > [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLewin > Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:50 AM > Second, I've made the same mistake several times across the > Drupal based > sites I manage. I've typically forgotten to modify cron-lynx.sh to > point to my site and not www.example.com, and I forget to make the > change until I notice that cron-driven content is a week or > three out of > date. I've since moved cron-lynx.sh out of the Drupal tree - > this sort > of admin warning that cron is not running would have helped me catch > what is a slightly embarrassing mistake. Hopefully it's not just me > making it. :) > > Scott Just a note. My sites can't use *nix cron. When considering automation consider that many Drupal sites do not run on *nix and some run on *nix with restrictions to the local cron.

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Re: Static caching for Drupal
by Ken Rickard 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

Arlo- >Boost is dead simple, really, just caching out everything that has a >path alias defined for it, adding some mod_rewrite magic to the >.htaccess file (where it also ensures, via the presence of a cookie, >that logged in users don't get served a cached page), and tying it all >up into a nice Ajax-based admin interface to manage the cache. Cached >pages go into a directory cache/hostname.com/... under the Drupal >installation, so the module is multi-site compatible (with certain >reservations). Interesting. We're just about to launch a very large site that uses a Generator module that I wrote that does n=much the same thing. In this case, we serve the cached page to all users and use a JavaScript dashboard to handle user customization. We flatten taxonomy pages, the front page, and generic 'site help' type content that doesn't require customization. Our system runs on Cron, but site editors can output individual pages or batches of pages on demand. One question; how do you handle pagination requests? In my case, I output each page as a .php file that includes a little check at the top. It looks for $_GET variables in the URL (typically Drupal's from=). If present, we use HTTP Header redirects to send users to the dynamic page. I'm also a little curious how you're flattening the pages. In my case, I send a Curl request to www.example.com/index.php?q=path/to/file that transforms into an fopen/fwrite at /path/to/file/index.php More details here http://ken.therickards.com/2006/06/04/tech-notes/ (item #1 under the 'new stuff' header). -- Ken Rickard agentrickard @drupal @gmail.com

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Static Caching for Drupal (was CVS account request)
by Khalid B 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

Arto, You mean Jeremy's file based caching patch? http://drupal.org/node/45414 On 6/4/06, Arto <arto.bendiken(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Currently, I'm finishing up a module that adds static page caching > capabilities for Drupal 4.7. (I've blogged about it at > http://bendiken.net/2006/05/28/static-page-caching-for-drupal.) Note > that this is unrelated to, and very different from, the on-going > optimization efforts in HEAD: my module is more of a "export whole site > into static HTML" approach, rather than a "lightweight PHP bootstrap" > optimization.

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Release critical bugs for June 04, 2006
by drupal-devel＠drupal.org 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

/ bug reports 4.7 Beta/ CVS Errors age: 10 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55533 / feature requests Make fully compatible with 4.7 age: 4 days 15 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/66350 / bug reports error on adding buddy age: 1 day 12 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/66996 The User Does Not Exist age: 2 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/64053 Fatal error when attempting to to add buddy age: 10 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55230 / tasks Group access file queries need updating age: 11 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/54570 / bug reports Localization problem age: 1 week 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/64847 No check for loading chatbox with other name age: 27 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/38397 / support requests Devel intercepting OG emails? age: 1 week 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/64794 / bug reports event_start not being set age: 1 week 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65609 Current day is off by one - events are fine age: 1 week 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65210 Recent changes to event_timezones.inc inclusion don't compile/interpret age: 2 weeks 8 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/64701 Next link will not show for Junes events age: 3 weeks 6 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/63454 Fatal Error After activating "Browse Scheduled Events" in modules age: 4 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/61920 Event module preventing me from uploading age: 6 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/59775 INSTALL.txt incorrect age: 6 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/59019 event calendars off by day/not respecting timezones - fix? ???? age: 9 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56189 Flexinode generates an error age: 10 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55135 Body text missing age: 11 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/54383 Calendar subscribing not working age: 11 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/54036 Problem Selecting Event by Type age: 12 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52883 Drupal Event age: 23 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41833 Event start and end times not getting saved in database age: 24 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41300 Issues with list view for events age: 25 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39943 Database error keeps popping up age: 26 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39396 Date problem on calendar, off by a day age: 26 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39193 Events module bugs adding and changeing events age: 27 weeks 1 hour url: http://drupal.org/node/39016 gmdate() warnings on windows install age: 48 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/26140 / support requests Hacking Event Code to do two things - some minor code help age: 3 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/63200 Blank Page After Submit age: 7 weeks 15 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/58918 Can't Administer Event Module age: 21 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/43509 displaying event start info in flexinode tabular view? age: 34 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/33019 Event block missing content of many fields age: 37 weeks 57 min url: http://drupal.org/node/31532 / bug reports ArrayMerge Errors with PHP5 age: 14 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/51174 / bug reports Embedded G2: blank pages with Gallery Block enabled age: 3 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/63326 url rewrite error (ERROR_STORAGE_FAILURE) age: 3 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/62512 errors on cron run and in watchdog age: 3 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/62335 Email address not updated in gallery database age: 4 weeks 15 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/62214 IE error using embed not error with none-embed... age: 4 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/62119 Gallery module render wrong size with 4.7b5 age: 12 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52706 block manage - Block specific settings can save item selected - with drupal 4.7B4 age: 13 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/51436 Gallery Module Settings Fatal Error age: 15 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/49046 Latest patch hosed my G2 integration and G2 Standalone age: 26 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39168 problem viewing newly added photos in embedded gallery. age: 27 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/38352 problem viewing newly added photos in embedded gallery. assigned: trobison age: 27 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/38351 Search results give incorrect links age: 33 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/33539 Full screen slideshow in Gallery module is not working (erroring out on the wrong URL) age: 47 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/26479 / feature requests Unable to initialize embedded Gallery age: 15 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/49417 / support requests Gallery Module stopped working age: 25 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40117 import existing gallery2 user account age: 30 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/35920 / feature requests po files and other language support age: 18 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/46313 / feature requests Goofy Forum UI age: 35 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/32294 / bug reports htmlArea/xinha firefox freezes (multiple textareas) age: 2 days 17 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/66746 Layout is quirky age: 12 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52741 view source broken in firefox 1.5 age: 18 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/46246 Toolbar won't display correct in IE 6 with Pushbutton Theme age: 38 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/30696 / support requests Problem with size of button assigned: khayman age: 5 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/60255 / bug reports Category module and image_gallery age: 1 week 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65066 Problem in Image Gallery display especially in Internet Explorer age: 14 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/50943 By CHanging the following the error changes assigned: walkah age: 24 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41353 imagemagick.inc file does not contain the function... age: 29 weeks 13 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/37372 Error when Submitting New Image Node age: 29 weeks 14 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/37366 only variables can be passed by reference on line 713 age: 30 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/36092 image.module 4.6.0 strange actions age: 34 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/33292 File copy failed: source file does not exist error after running update-image.php age: 36 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/31816 Path for image folder not inserted correctly when nodetype = image age: 39 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/30031 image module patch & image_import module age: 40 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/29377 image module fails on dual site configuration age: 46 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/26657 Cannot upload .jpgs age: 1 year 13 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/18076 / feature requests Copying original age: 30 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/36321 / support requests upload image wont' display, it show a file not found page age: 9 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56491 I need to change the style of displaying each node. Please help. age: 21 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/43017 What does update-image.php do exactly? age: 23 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/42222 images not showing2 age: 26 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/39773 Image Folder Permissions age: 32 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/34839 Image Module Permissions age: 47 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/26280 / bug reports user lookup on name only assigned: zeroj age: 9 weeks 3 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/56936 Link to mailhandler does not use l() function age: 20 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/44599 Listhandler caused error in "comment.module on line 996" ? age: 30 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/36244 Listhandler 4.6.0 fails to send emails at all age: 45 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/27095 / tasks Correct/Complete Documentation age: 32 weeks 15 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/34909 / bug reports Error on retreiving mail age: 26 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/39178 / support requests Mail Body not downloaded age: 21 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/43374 / bug reports Update: beta5 and possible problem with php 4 age: 13 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52004 Patch for member.module to bring it up to 4.7 age: 17 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/47829 foreach() assigned: neablo age: 22 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/42350 / feature requests Enable nodewords for node type? age: 16 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/48869 Robots META tag per Node/Taxonomy assigned: Robrecht Jacques age: 18 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/46603 description assigned: Robrecht Jacques age: 38 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/30561 / bug reports nodes are being created with no body age: 25 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40373 missing promote column assigned: Bèr Kessels age: 27 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/38836 Naming issues with files and DB tables age: 32 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/34298 RSS "no element found at line 1" age: 48 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/26185 Outdated help texts age: 1 year 43 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/9692 Import doesn't like XML/RSS feeds with no Title element age: 2 years 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/8128 / tasks move XML-parser into an inclde file. age: 49 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/25439 / bug reports notify.inc sends out notifications for PHP code age: 2 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/64106 Notify not playing well with Organic Groups age: 24 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40967 / bug reports Login as an alias gets cached age: 36 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/31699 / bug reports Malformed PDFs age: 22 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/42312 Drupal 4.7 age: 23 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41887 support dynamic content? age: 28 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/38181 please explain html2fpdf age: 28 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/37748 Management of french charaters age: 29 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/36605 / feature requests Internationalization support for PDF assigned: TheLibrarian age: 2 years 9 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/6795 / support requests Problem with PDFView age: 19 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/45092 / bug reports User page shows "p" instead of private message links age: 3 days 14 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/66583 Replying to a message from a person who doesn't accept private messages leads to blank screen age: 9 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56136 Error when the recipient is set to not accept PMs age: 15 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/49442 privatemsg module: - database error - incompatibility with relationship module age: 16 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/48866 anonymous users can create folders and view all anonymous sent-mail age: 24 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41361 error when trying to send private message age: 25 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/40626 privatemsg not working with current head age: 37 weeks 21 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/31469 Reminder email links don't work age: 49 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/25677 / feature requests Simplified Chinese translations age: 28 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/37505 / bug reports Tagging of Sub-projects. age: 1 week 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65110 Project tarballs not updating. age: 4 weeks 8 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/62244 attachements missing after pressing preview age: 6 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/59039 upper right search form on issue pages is broken age: 8 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/57023 Can't attach patch to initial issue post age: 9 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55984 drupal.org tarballs out of date age: 12 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52560 Problems with project_projects_select_options() - taxonomy hierarchies age: 13 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/52262 SQL errors on issues and my projects pages age: 23 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/42160 Issues from multiple projects listed on a single issue's page age: 27 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/38704 Get disconnected from server on attempting to add an issue age: 30 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/36124 issue query table: can't select all projects assigned: dww age: 34 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/33262 Projects not listed and page not complete age: 1 year 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/23956 / feature requests Need Documentation age: 25 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40392 Search by Version age: 28 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/38122 Allow subscription to individual project issues age: 32 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/34496 / support requests Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference age: 11 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/53984 Add the project release manually without the scan feature age: 32 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/34500 / bug reports PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: form_textarea() in [drupal root]\modules\recipe\recipe.module on age: 1 week 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/65168 Node not added after filling in ad recipe template age: 6 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/59548 Error with URL to recipe age: 39 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/29885 / tasks recipe module not security checked age: 11 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/54431 / bug reports Cron job creates SQL error age: 5 days 6 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/66202 / support requests Need help with Sched and Agregator age: 7 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/58540 / bug reports Porting to Drupal 4.7 age: 10 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/55034 / bug reports Error when searching an existing user.... age: 18 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/46288 / bug reports Taxonomy DHTML's cache ignores user privileges age: 2 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/64532 IE hangs on loading js or when clicking before before page finishes loading age: 10 weeks 13 min url: http://drupal.org/node/55924 taxonomy_dhtml breaks security? age: 22 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/42531 Does not work correctly in Internet Explorer age: 34 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/33354 Blocks switch and reset when vocabs are modified age: 1 year 3 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/22631 javascrip downloads square.gif for every category age: 1 year 15 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/17366 / feature requests A unique page for each category group? age: 32 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/34610 / bug reports Taxonomy links only work for the first line of links assigned: PierreFWalter age: 14 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/51149 / support requests Taxonomy has dissapeared age: 34 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/33061 / bug reports 4.7: admin/trackback/approval --> apache segfault age: 2 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/63715 beta4 form_select() Error age: 17 weeks 11 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/47946 Sends trackbacks for unpublished nodes assigned: ankur age: 1 year 18 weeks url: http://drupal.org/node/16239 / tasks approval queue error in beta 4 age: 19 weeks 3 days url: http://drupal.org/node/45429 / bug reports Sometimes when I open the drupal site in My Local machine I am getting the error. age: 12 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/52652 Event start/end date section should *not* show first on Submit event page age: 23 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/41869 meet age: 24 weeks 4 days url: http://drupal.org/node/40996 / feature requests A better Drupal.org Index (homepage) interface/layout mockup age: 18 weeks 6 days url: http://drupal.org/node/45967 A small but effective improvement to Improvement of admin/user accessability suggestion age: 33 weeks 1 day url: http://drupal.org/node/34073 / support requests block module / side-content module age: 3 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/62506 Acess denied to login Newly installed and upgraded site that I need up and running A.S.A.P assigned: Johnny age: 28 weeks 14 hours url: http://drupal.org/node/38227 / bug reports Logging out error age: 9 weeks 2 days url: http://drupal.org/node/56663 / bug reports the wiki module can't work with HTML age: 17 weeks 5 days url: http://drupal.org/node/47124

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RE: [development] Download statistics for core
by Kobus Myburgh 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

> This is a GREAT idea. It's worth noting that most other CMS systems, > including WordPress, do this in their administration sections. The only > trick, I think, is Aggregator.module's dependence on cron. Until a user > configures that bit of the system, they won't get any security > announcements. Two words: Poormanscron + Core. :-) I have been using poormanscron for ages now. It is stable, no required configuration, nothing of that sorts - just enable it and voila! Make everything as simple as it can be and not any simpler. Someone once said that :-) K.

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RFC: proposal for project releases
by Derek Wright 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

many of us have been wishing there was a better way for project maintainers to identify and distribute releases of their contributions on drupal.org. the current system of nightly tarballs generated automatically, with everything being called simply "<project_name>-4.7.0" (and relying on a date to have any idea what "version" it is) leaves a lot to be desired... instead of just complaining about it, killes, nedjo, merlinofchaos, and myself have been figuring out how it should really work. in particular, merlin and i had a good debate on IRC today (which some other folks added to), and we're converging on a design we think handles all the concerns, and yet would be relatively easy to achieve. it's getting to the point that we just need the proverbial +1 from some key folks (namely killes and/or dries) so we don't start writing code for something that won't be put into action. request for comments (RFC): http://drupal.org/node/58066 if you ever wanted to see this stuff get better, now's your chance to share your ideas/concerns. please just post into that issue, no need for a big thread on this mailing list. thanks! -derek (dww)

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Forms API and #required file fields
by Barry Jaspan 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

The Forms API does not currently support file fields with #required => TRUE (and is documented as such in the Forms API Reference). I suggest that with a little effort it can and that to make the API more consistent and useful it should. I discovered this limitation because 4.7 flexinode allows file, image, and perhaps other file-based fields to be specified as required and attempts to impose the required-ness by setting #required => TRUE in the form element. The result is a flexinode type that cannot be created or edited because all #required file fields are always reported as not filled in, even if they are. Clearly, this is a bug in flexinode, not in the Forms API which is just behaving as specified. However, the fact that flexinode tried to work this way argues that the Forms API SHOULD support it, because it is a logical and consistent way to interpret Forms API semantics. The reason it doesn't work is that form_builder() in form.inc only looks in $_POST for values to store in $form['#value']. Since file upload data is in $_FILES, $form['#value'] is never set for file fields. When it is #required, _form_validate() reports an error. form_builder() already has a switch based on $form['#type']. We could add something like: case 'file': $form['#value'] = $_FILES['edit']['name'][$form['#key']]; break; The new $form['#value'] would then have a filename if one were uploaded or nothing if one were not. This would be sufficient to support the #required field. Since currently $form['#value'] never contains anything for file fields, storing a filename there can't hurt anybody. This requires that $form['#key'] be set so a form element knows its own name in the $_POST and $_FILES arrays. But that is easy enough to do during the recursion in form_builder(): // Recurse through all child elements. $count = 0; foreach (element_children($form) as $key) { // tell each element its own key name $form[$key]['#key'] = $key; .... } Comments? I'll implement this if the change will be accepted. Barry

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Student developer looking for some drupal mentoring
by Trevor Mckeown 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Is there a developer's IRC channel I could ask a few questions on? I have started work on two module of my own, and i need a little guidance on how to start a project on the drupal site and some help answering a few miscellaneous questions. I am a student, who managed to get an internship developing drupal modules for the summer. I've talked it over with my boss and we are going to contribute all the work I do back to the community. I was going to apply for google SOC, but I knew I would have my hands full with this internship. Never the less, I could still use some guidiance from a sessioned php/drupal developer. Here is the website I am currently working on. http://www.openmfg.org. Most notably I managed to do a little black magic and achieve partial integration with mantis bug tacking system. I have also made a few modifations to the listserve module to work with postgreSQL. I managed to set up another example of ezmlm, qmail, mailhandler, listhandler forum to listserve set up. I read someone where that there was a desire for a howto to be written on this. It that still the case? Please take a look around and if anyone is willing to act as a mentor or wants to lend a hand you can contact me off list. Thanks Trevor Mckeown

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developing book review -- two blocks or two modules?
by Srimal Jayawardena 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

hi im working on a book review module to allow multiple reviews (the existing one only supports a single review per module) I plan to so there will be two objects - a book - and a review Is it better to have both as two blocks in the same module ? or have two separate modules? Any good places to check on this ? tnx in advance. srimal.

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Trackback
by John Handelaar 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Just a quick ping to the list to find out if someone's maintaining trackback.module -- ------------------------------------------- John Handelaar E john(a)handelaar.org T +353 21 427 9033 M +353 85 748 3790 http://handelaar.org ------------------------------------------- Work in progress: http://dev.vocalvoter.com -------------------------------------------

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