October 2008 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Announcing DRUPAL-7-0-UNSTABLE-2
by Angela Byron 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

I just rolled the second in the series of Drupal 7 unstable releases for developers (see http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/development/2008-October/031094.html for more info). Among the highlights this release are: * Several awesome File API improvements. Files are now "first-class objects" like nodes and users are, the API has been dramatically cleaned up for better consistency, AND there are a slew of new hooks like hook_file_load() and hook_file_validate() for contrib modules to react to when stuff happens to files. This is a great enabler for some awesome stuff in core like image handling and document management. See http://api.drupal.org/api/search/7/hook_file for more info. A HUGE shout-out to Andrew Morton (drewish) for sticking with this patch throughout its long, LONG development cycle. :) * Also in additional hooks, hooks are now fired whenever modules are installed, uninstalled, enabled, or disabled. See http://api.drupal.org/api/search/7/hook_modules for more info. This should pave the way for some nice DX patches in future unstable releases. * In the DX clean-up realm, hook_user() and hook_nodeapi()'s $op parameters are now gone. Instead of having to switch on $op and figure out what in the world '$arg1' is in the 'load' context (UGH), you instead implement hook_nodeapi_load(&$node, $teaser, $page) and know exactly what you're dealing with. * Permission names are now localizable, which gives permissions human-friendly names in addition to descriptions. This changed the hook_perm() array somewhat. See http://drupal.org/node/224333#descriptions-permissions for more details. * Better security! Drupal 7 is now caught up to Drupal 6 on security patches. Now you can setup a Drupal 7 test site with far less pwnage! ;) Incidentally, for those brave contrib module authors who want to chase HEAD, the Updating Modules page is now broken down by unstable release so you can make changes incrementally: http://drupal.org/node/224333. One thing there is *not* in this release is a lot of major usability enhancements. I'd really like to see this change over the next couple of unstable releases. Drupal 7's API is shaping up nicely, and we're getting tons of patches in that enable new things for our developers as well as clean up silly crap that's been annoying us collectively for a long time. But I'd like to get some focus on real "Wow-factor" things for our end users, too... and sooner than later so we can test them ahead of release and make sure they actually /do/ make things easier to use. :) The Usability team has identified 3 top usability issues to focus on at http://groups.drupal.org/node/7074. If any of you out there have "make Drupal 7 kick ass" as one of their todos, they would really appreciate help on how to break down these major issues into smaller, actionable items, and need some folks to write and test patches to get them addressed. There are also a number of smaller, more bite-sized issues that would be nice improvements, and new features that would make Drupal easier to use. http://groups.drupal.org/patch-spotlight is where this sort of "bubbling up" of important issues is being organized. Since UNSTABLE-1 was released on the 1st, and UNSTABLE-2 on the 12th, let's shoot for UNSTABLE-3 to be towards the end of the month, hopefully with some nice usability improvements in addition to more goodies for developers. Looking forward to reviewing and committing your patches! :) -Angie

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Manager of Web Properties, The Linux Foundation (SF or remote/US)
by lynne collins 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hello, I¹m sharing this search for a Manager of Web Properties for the Linux Foundation (San Francisco or *remote/US). The Linux Foundation (http://www.linuxfoundation.org) is a very prestigious nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. It sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds. The Linux Foundation gets millions of visitors to its Web properties every year, wants to take its Web presence to the next level of creativity and collaboration, and is evolving to become more of a media site. We¹re looking for a creative, responsible leader who can: * help build sites to reach the right audiences and communicate the right message; * both develop and manage external developers; and * provide a well architected, accessible and usable web presence to facilitate collaboration for the members of the Linux and open source communities. This technical, hands-on Web designer/developer will be responsible for managing all of the Linux Foundation¹s Web properties. The ideal candidate brings a passion for Linux, a solid track record for building and delivering attractive and useful Web sites (*Drupal experience is required*), and the flexibility to lead both as an individual contributor and manager of external resources. This is a high-profile opportunity that will make a big impact on the world of Linux users and developers. S/he will also gain exposure to influential supporters and developers of the Linux platform. Additional perks are exceptional benefits and the freedom/flexibility to work remotely, if desired. Required Skills: 5+ years experience and a proven portfolio of web sites you've designed and help build Content Management Systems Drupal Mediawiki CRM CiviCRM SugarCRM Bugzilla LAMP stack Usability Information Architecture Open source tools Linux development environment Image manipulation PHP Perl HTML/CSS Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms. Contact Information: Lynne Collins Senior Technology Recruiter M: (415) 306-6778 | O: (415) 785-4446 E: lynniecollins(a)gmail.com

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hello from a newbie
by Aldo Martinez Selleras 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

i am a new user of drupal, and i want to learn drupal developing, so, i'm doing a module for my study, and i want to know if may i integrate other module in the mine, i mean, may i insert a functionality of upload module in my module administrative interface?? -- ---------------------- Aldo Martinez Selleras Administrador del Nodo CITMATEL GND Camaguey Tel: 32-291661 E-mail: aldo(a)caonao.cu Linux User #364356

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Webchick: The blessing for Drupal 7
by Stefan Nagtegaal 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Dear list and webchick, After - what feels like - an enormous amount of time I'm back to drupal theming and development, and there is only one reason for it which is Webchick (Angela Byron). She gives the community the pulse it needed after the absense(s) of Dries and his lack of committing patches which are waiting much to long in the patch queue. (Although, no offense Dries!) Dries, this is you best decision since you started Drupal! Webchick, I feel deep respect for you, your way of working and your patience for helping out people. And I definatly look forward - after getting up to speed with drupal again - to let you review and apply the many usability patches I want to work at, together with perhaps some new or improved core theme(s). Webchick, thank you for bringing back my trust and belief in Drupal! You absolutely rock girl... Stefan Nagtegaal

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Drupal Camp in Copenhagen – an invitation
by Mikkel Høgh 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Dear sirs, As you might be aware of, mortendk and a couple of other guys and I are trying to put together a Drupal Camp in Copenhagen at 14.-16. november, and we have almost gotten it all straightened out with venue and sponsors (still a few more needed if you're interested ;)), but we would really love to see some more speakers from the Drupal community, so we're hoping to talk some of the people that live not too far away into coming and holding a session or two. Our budget is still a bit tight, but we might be able to help you finance travel expenses. As the numbers are now, we have 52 attendees, so it won't be a complete waste of time. We would particularly like if anyone from Acquia would be willing to drop by and tell a bit about what they're doing, since I'm sure that it is a thing that many newbies into Drupal would be curious about: "Oh, the project lead earns money? We can't have that…" ;-) So if you are at all willing and capable to come to Copenhagen and talk about Drupal to 50-100 Drupal-interested people (mainly Scandinavians, but the official language is English), please let us know, so we can work something out :) -- Kind regards, Mikkel Høgh <mikkel(a)hoegh.org>

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FYI: you can now commit .inc files to contributions/profiles
by Derek Wright 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Sorry this took so long, but I just discovered an issue that's been languishing in the queue: http://drupal.org/node/267313 I just fixed that, so you can now commit .inc files to installation profiles. Thanks to mikey_p for reporting the problem in the first place and supplying a patch, and to aclight for bringing it to my attention. ;) Cheers, -Derek (dww)

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Git-mirror of Drupal core now on Github
by Mikkel Høgh 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

For anyone who's been using/playing with my Git-mirror of Drupal core CVS at http://git.lion47.com/ (which is currently on a slow and unstable connection), I have created a mirror on Github, so feel free to use that instead. I will keep updating it every 12 hours. http://github.com/mikl/drupal/tree/master -- Kind regards, Mikkel Høgh <mikkel(a)hoegh.org>

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Re: [development] Internet Explorer Print Loses User Context
by Ron Parker 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Just out of curiosity, does all these calls pass through drupal's menu system? Anything that doesn't will naturally not contain any of drupal's context variables. Yes.

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Re: [development] Internet Explorer Print Loses User Context
by Ron Parker 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

> I discovered that in Internet Explorer, the printer-friendly page > comes up with the correct logo in the browser. But, when "Print" (or > "Print Preview") is clicked, the browser makes another httpd call to > the site. This call contains NO context info: No user, group, > $_SESSION, referrer info, nothing. Therefore, my program cannot > select the correct logo. I seem to have resolved my problems by adding this to my code in a couple of places: header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT'); header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate'); header('Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0', FALSE); header('Pragma: no-cache'); cache_clear_all(); This doesn't help the problem with the $user context disappearing (I solved that by creating a variable using the user's ip address and storing the info I need there - very crude, but works), but by forcing the browser not to cache the image I am dynamically creating. Thanks for the suggestion. -ron

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Timezone Changes Depending on Page
by Kyle Cunningham 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Hi Everyone, I'm having an interesting problem on which the timezone of my site (Drupal 6.4) will change depending on the page being viewed. This has led to very strange results (such as story postings dates being off) and there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to which pages work (have the correct timezone) and which don't. I have the date.timezone variable set in the php.ini, but this doesn't seem to be effective. The only thing I can think of is that there is possibly a problem with date.module, but things are working correctly on a different server. Has anyone else experienced this or have any idea how to fix this? Best, Kyle Cunningham

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