September 2007 - Development - lists.drupal.org

DB trivia - fun for everyone!
by add1sun 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

The db schema documentation patch (http://drupal.org/node/164983) is quite close to being completed but we still have a small list of unknowns. If folks that are familiar with these could give us some descriptions, I'm more than willing to roll them into the patch. FIELDS: aggregator_category.block aggregator_feed.image aggregator_feed.etag aggregator_feed.block aggregator_item.guid search_index.fromsid search_index.fromtype IN SYSTEM.SCHEMA: cache - table flood - table menu_links - table files.status - field system.owner - field This would be awesome to have in Drupal 6 but we need to get it knocked out soon. Thanks! - Addi

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base_path() not returning path to Drupal root
by Tomas J. Fulopp 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

I have one other question I am pondering for a crazy long time - I wonder if it's a bug in the core...? An user has Drupal installed in www.example.com/foldera/folderb/ and in there a files folder ( thus www.example.com/foldera/folderb/files/ ) In my module, I need to determine the path to the 'files' folder relative to the domain name (example.com) So I've used file_directory_path() .. that gave me just 'files'. Then I've used base_path() hoping that it would give me /foldera/folderb/ this way base_path() . file_directory_path() but the result was /files I see this issue was discussed at length at http://lists.drupal.org/archives/support/2006-03/msg00042.html but there are no clear conclusions, and anyway, that's a thread from March 2006. So I wonder whether there is a clean solution for this. I'm on Drupal 5.2, btw. Tomas

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Re: [development] override theme of another module
by Roman Chyla 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Thank you Nevets for your reply, I know it would be possible to use templating and in the module the theme() calls are used, nevertheless, (1) the ejournal module can operate several "publications" and each of them may require its own specific themeing - ie. one module, one site, several journals with different look (2) imo, it is not so friendly roman > > Normally if one has a module, lets call it mymodule > then one would provide theming functions along the lines of > > function theme_module_page(...) { > } > > function theme_module_paragraph(...) { > } > > Then when calling these functions one would use > > theme('module_page', ...); > and > theme('module_paragraph', ...); > > The theme function is the key here, it not only provides > the override mechanism but also only makes a function call > if it finds an valid theme function. So there is no need > for the caller to do any checking. > > Then in using phptemplates one can override with either > > function phptemplate_module_page(...) { > } > > or > > function themename_module_page(...) { > }

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very slow Drupalcon videos?
by Peter Wolanin 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

In anyone else have a helluva time viewing the Drupalcon videos posted on http://www.archive.org ? I'm getting transfer rates like 18 kB/sec, which is pretty silly if one wants to watch a video with size > 100 MB. -Peter

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by Luiz Carlos 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

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override theme of another module
by Roman Chyla 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hi all, I found only unanswered questions to my own question about how to override theme function of an another module and not using phptemplate eg. http://lists.drupal.org/archives/themes/2007-07/msg00000.html http://lists.drupal.org/archives/development/2007-04/msg00318.html As my problem is basically similar, I would like to ask for confirmation that it is not possible to easily override themeing of a module. In my own module (ejournal) user can set up many publications and these publications should share the same code for the functionality, yet not necessarily the same code for design. So far, the themeing functions of the module can be overriden becase they are enclosed in calls if(!function_exists('theme_ejournal_issue')) { function theme_ejournal_issue().... } it is possible to override these themeing functions on a journal basis, using chosen .inc files to be loaded, but lately i was thinking if there is not an easier and more elegant way how to conditionally override the module's themeing functions Thanks for any answer, hint, confirmation etc. roman

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who takes on drupal.module in contrib?
by Gábor Hojtsy 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hi, Dries agrees it is time to move drupal.module to contrib (http://drupal.org/node/66241#comment-311037) which means people will still be able to use the distributed authentication scheme for backwards compatibility with previous Drupal versions, but we would not need to explain why drupal.module's phone home feature collects personal data - for which there is actually no reason anymore, given that drupal.org does not collect this data for quite some time now. This means that: - drupal.module needs a new name - the module needs a maintainer in contrib - it is probably in need of a little upgrade path to modify the auth module name for distributed authenticated users according to the name change The question is who is interested in keeping at least the distributed auth alive? As soon as the new project is created, and the initial code is committed, we can remove drupal.module from D6-dev, and point people there. This will help keep D6 more secure (by removing the outdated dist auth module) and would leave us with less to explain to privacy focused people (by removing the unused/useless phone home feature). Gabor

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WordPress 2.3 Spies On Users
by Morbus Iff 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Got a chuckle over this: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/25/1632246.shtml "Popular open-source blogging engine WordPress has been upgraded to 2.3 — with some unexpected nasties in the mix. As of version 2.3, WordPress now periodically (every 12 hours) sends personally identifying information (blog name & URI) to the mothership, along with an alarming amount of information including $_SERVER dumps, a list of installed plugins, and your current PHP/MySQL settings. Most unfortunately, it does not provide any way of disabling this functionality, and WordPress does not have any privacy policy protecting this information. In a thread about the issue, lead developer Matt Mullenweg defends his actions and staunchly refuses to add an opt-in interface, telling users to 'fork WordPress' if they aren't willing to put up with this behavior." -- Morbus Iff ( i know a little of everything, a lot of nothing. ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Enjoy my: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.60bwc.com/ aim: akaMorbus / skype: morbusiff / icq: 2927491 / jabber.org: morbus

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Re: [development] WordPress 2.3 Spies On Users
by Morbus Iff 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

I've created an issue on this here, set for critical: http://drupal.org/node/178581 Morbus Iff morbus(a)disobey.com

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Original slashdot article about Wordpress is apparently FUD
by Caleb Gilbert 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

*From the slashdot article: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/25/1632246.shtml Update: 09/25 17:52 GMT* by * KD <http://slashdot.org/%7Ekdawson/> *: This article is misleading enough to be called "just wrong." Matt Mullenweg writes: *"As mentioned in our release announcement<http://wordpress.org/development/2007/09/wordpress-23/>, the update notification sends your blog URL, plugins, and version info when it checks api.wordpress.org for new and compatible updates. It does not include $_SERVER dumps, or any settings beyond version numbers (for checking compatibility), or your blog name, or your credit card number. We do provide a way of disabling this feature; in fact I link to one of the plugins in the release announcement and in my original response<http://groups.google.com/group/wp-hackers/msg/e7794372692b9548>to Morty's thread." *

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