September 2006 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Update 4.7 to 5.0 question
by AjK 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi all, http://drupal.org/node/64279#node-type-settings >From the manual, given when ('node_type_form' == $form_id) : Question, what's the difference between this $node_type = $form['old_type']['#value']; and this $node_type = $form['identity']['type']['#default_value'] The former is what the upgrade guide says to do, the latter "looks" how it really ought to be done and both appear to work (imho there's something just not quite right about a variable called "old_type") regards, --AjK

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Module upgrades: status
by Dries Buytaert 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hello world, it is almost two weeks since we froze Drupal 5.0.0 so I figured I'd give a quick status update. So far, only 17 modules have .info files: audio autologout contact_list countdowntimer decisions devel ecommerce google_analytics image nodewords s5 scheduler simpletest systeminfo taxonomy_access views xbview We'll want to increase that number so people can test the first beta of Drupal 5.0.0 when it hits the streets. I think we should aim to release a first beta directly after DrupalCon (or maybe even at DrupalCon). I'm thinking we're almost ready to commit the new core theme so let's get that in before we roll the first beta. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Changes to capitalization
by Rob Barreca 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

With all the huge improvements going on in HEAD right now, I'd like to bring up a really trivial one, but it's something that has always bugged me. Maybe I'm anal, but I think all the page/callback/block titles should convert from all lowercase to a capital first letter of the phrase and the rest lowercase. We are being strict about sentences (messages) starting with a capital letter and ending with a period. I mean something like this breadcrumb example: Home » Administer » Settings » Content types <http://local.bigideas.com/?q=admin/settings> instead of Home » administer » settings » content types It really starts to get inconsistent when looking a forums which should use a capital forum name. Thoughts? -- Rob Roy Barreca Founder and COO Electronic Insight Corporation http://www.electronicinsight.com rob(a)electronicinsight.com

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Suggestion for people releasing new modules and themes into CVS
by Syscrusher 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Good morning, all! I have a small and simple suggestion for people releasing a new module or theme for Drupal: When you do your initial commit into CVS, be a bit more verbose in the CVS commit log comments. These get reproduced onto the CVS notification list. It would be handy for the rest of us to know what spiffy new module or theme you've released, rather than just its name. For instance, if you release "foo" module, instead of: Added "foo" module to CVS HEAD which just states the obvious, how about: Added "foo", a new module that allows a Drupal site to automatically accept new tweedle glomping requests via XML-RPC from sites like www.example.com that support the "FooBar" document standard. "foo" is feature-complete but still needs some cosmetic cleanup. I know we can all go out and look at the module listing pages on drupal.org, but if you make that first CVS commit more of an announcement, you might generate interest in your new module from other contributors who don't always have the time to go read the module page every time a new module is contributed. :-) There may also be developers of related modules who'd like to combine efforts with you. Alternatively, a note posted to the Development list would be fine, too. The main point is to remember that the module or theme name may not provide much info on what it does, especially for those who aren't familiar with whatever previous work inspired the name. (E.g., if you don't know what Deli.cio.us does, you might think a module by that name is for recipes or restaurant listings, etc.) Thanks for considering this suggestion. Scott -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syscrusher (Scott Courtney) Drupal page: http://drupal.org/user/9184 syscrusher at 4th dot com Home page: http://4th.com/

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New clearing technique in 5.0
by Adam Cooper 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

I've just come across this article on stuffandnonsense.co.uk: http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/clearing_floats_without_structur… It goes into great detail about how the technique used on positioniseverything.net to clear floats will *not* work on IE7. The horrifying thing is, that this is the exact technique that was implemented in this issue: http://drupal.org/node/78656 Because Drupal 5.0 will be the first release to see the wide scale adoption of IE7 this issue will ideally need to be resolved. Thanks Adam

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Re: [development] Module upgrades: status
by Michelle Cox 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

I've got a list of contrib module statuses here: http://drupal.org/node/82257 Unfortunately for one reason after another I haven't been able to do my promised clean up. I've got it started in notepad and just need more than 2 mins at the computer at a time to get it finished up. Hopefully today. *Fingers crossed* :) Michelle On 9/14/2006 3:07:33 AM, Dries Buytaert (dries.buytaert(a)gmail.com) wrote: > Hello world, > > it is almost two weeks since we froze Drupal 5.0.0 so I figured > I'd > give a quick status update. > > So far, only 17 modules have .info files: > > audio > autologout > contact_list > countdowntimer > decisions > devel > ecommerce > google_analytics > image > nodewords > s5 > scheduler > simpletest > systeminfo > taxonomy_access > views > xbview > > We'll > want to increase that number so people can test the first beta > of Drupal 5.0.0 when it hits the streets. I think we should aim to > release a first beta directly after DrupalCon (or maybe even at > DrupalCon). > > I'm thinking we're almost ready to commit the new core theme so let's > get that in before we roll the first beta. > > -- > Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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RSS 2.0 spec
by Greg Knaddison - GVS 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hello, I exchanged some emails with Alex Shiels who is the lead developer of the Textpattern project. I was pointed to the textpattern set of character mappings for i18n purposes in the pathauto module. Alex and I are working out the details to share efforts on using this file. But that's not the point of the email, that's just the backstory (though it is a relatively nice because the translation array - the array in the textpattern code on line 532 has the comment "// nasty, huh?"). Alex asked me to pass along the below message. Feel free to contact him directly - he's on the CC of this email. Regards, Greg -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Email enquiry for threshold state Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:00:17 +1000 While we're on the topic of sharing effort: I've spoken briefly with Matt from Wordpress about agreeing on a set of clarifications to the RSS 2.0 spec. There are some rough notes here: http://thresholdstate.com/threshold/4166/conventional-rss Perhaps someone at Drupal would be interested. Cheers, Alex. -- Alex Shiels. http://thresholdstate.com/ - http://team.textpattern.com/

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programming question (drupal specific)
by VJ Rao 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Whats the difference between these two code snippets (1 works, 2 doesnt) : 1) $nresult = db_query('SELECT n.nid, n.body, n.type, n.title, n.promote, n.moderate, n.teaser, n.created, n.changed, u.name FROM {node} n , {users} u, {term_node} tn, {users_roles} ur where n.uid = u.uid AND n.nid=tn.nid AND u.uid=ur.uid AND n.status = 1 AND n.created > %d ORDER BY n.created', $period); $nodes = array(); while ($node = db_fetch_object($nresult)) { $nodes[$node->nid] = $node; } 2) $nresult = mysql_query('SELECT n.nid, n.body, n.type, n.title, n.promote, n.moderate, n.teaser, n.created, n.changed, u.name FROM node n , users u,term_node tn, users_roles ur where n.uid = u.uid AND n.nid=tn.nid AND u.uid=ur.uid AND n.status = 1 AND n.created > $period ORDER BY n.created'); $nodes = array(); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($nresult, MYSQL_NUM)) { $nodes[$node->nid] = $node; } Regads, V

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deny user #1
by Augustin (Beginner) 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Hello, I have a module where I define a new node type (created with the usual hooks, hook_node_info(), etc.). The nodes of this type are created and updated when importing data from a remote server. In drupal, $user->uid == 1 has all the rights. I would like to prevent this user #1 from creating / updating such nodes. All users may view the nodes. What is the best way to accomplish this? Returning FALSE on hook_access() when $op != "view" doesn't work for user #1. thanks, augustin. -- http://www.wechange.org/ Because we and the world need to change. http://www.reuniting.info/ Intimate Relationships, peace and harmony in the couple.

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APC and Web Networks Release Drupal Usability Report
by Andre Molnar 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

APC and Web Networks Release Drupal Usability Report http://drupal.org/node/83806 andre

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