December 2010 - Development - lists.drupal.org

What is the best way to have tabbed panes in Drupal 6.x and 7.x
by Kamal Palei 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Hi All I have very limited knowledge on Drupal. I have installed Drupal 6.x, I have made the front page. Once user logs in, it lands in my login destination panel page (configured usning login destination module). I want in my login destination page, I should have around 3 tabbed panes. I downloaded quicktabs module, using quicktabs module created a block (having 3 tabs). Added the block to login destination panel page. I am able to see the tabbed panes as expected. Now please clarify --------------------------------------------- *1. Is this the preferred way to have tabbed panes in Drupal 6.x ? * *Here I face a minor problem. I am using CTI-Flex theme (a zen sub-theme), I have configured different colors for header, footer, background etc (I have installed color picker module). The login destination page (that has tabs), looks bit odd, it does not have the configured colors for header, footer and background. So my front page headr/footer/background color, login destination page headr/footer/background color are entirely different. Any idea what needs to be done. * *2. What is the preferred way to have tabbed panes in Drupal 7.x, as my plan is there to upgrade to Drupal 7.x * *3. Will quicktabs work with Drupal 7.x * Regards Kamal

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What is the best way to add Tabbed Panes in Drupal 6.x and 7.x
by Kamal Palei 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Hi All I have very limited knowledge on Drupal. I have installed Drupal 6.x, I have made the front page. Once user logs in, it lands in my login destination panel page (configured usning login destination module). I want in my login destination page, I should have around 3 tabbed panes. I downloaded quicktabs module, using quicktabs module created a block (having 3 tabs). Added the block to login destination panel page. I am able to see the tabbed panes as expected. Now please clarify --------------------------------------------- 1. Is this the preferred way to have tabbed panes in Drupal 6.x ? Here I face a minor problem. I am using CTI-Flex theme (a zen sub-theme), I have configured different colors for header, footer, background etc (I have installed color picker module). The login destination page (that has tabs), looks bit odd, it does not have the configured colors for header, footer and background. So my front page * headr/footer/background* color, login destination page * headr/footer/background* color are entirely different. Any idea what needs to be done. 2. What is the preferred way to have tabbed panes in Drupal 7.x, as my plan is there to upgrade to Drupal 7.x 3. Will quicktabs work with Drupal 7.x Regards Kamal

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Contribute code to Drupal.org? The Git migration team needs your feedback!
by Angela Byron 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

http://groups.drupal.org/node/114264 contains very important information that affects everyone who currently contributes or plans to contribute code to Drupal.org post-Git migration. The Git migration team is urgently looking for feedback on this proposal from as many contributors as possible, so please ponder it over the holidays and chime in with your thoughts. (Please reply there, not here :))

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New core patch provider list coming, update your profiles
by Greg Knaddison 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Howdy folks, I've got new data nearly ready to release to show which people provided the most patches for Drupal 7 core. I'm preparing it in anticipation of a release and, like the last few times I've done this, it would be neat to show the companies affiliated with the individuals doing the work. Fortunately, drupal.org now provides a profile field for your "Current company or organization." ** So please go to http://drupal.org/user click Edit, click Work, and fill in the field for Current company or organization:" I recognize that your "Current" company may not be the one that funded your work or that maybe nobody funded your work even if you were/are working for great companies. This isn't meant to be exact and the results may not even be used. It's just interesting data, ok :) The last version of this data is from December 2009 at http://growvs.com/n/760 where you can also see links to previous versions of the report. I'll be publishing this round of the data on http://growvs.com/blog in the next few days. Thanks, Greg -- Greg Knaddison | 720-310-5623 | http://growingventuresolutions.com Mastering Drupal | http://www.masteringdrupal.com

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Re: [development] Drupal 7 API Change notification: Admin path theming, field etid change
by Randy Fay 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

*We try to notify this list when API changes are made in Drupal 7, so contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken. *(issue <http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552>) There is a new way to declare pages as "admin pages" which should be themed with the admin theme. hook_admin_paths() went in in this issue. If your module is doing tricky things with 'theme callback' in hook_menu() to set some of your module's pages to use the admin theme, take it out and use hook_admin_paths(). Developers doing advanced things with 'theme callback' will probably want to look at the issue summary<http://drupal.org/node/669510#comment-3846552>in general. (issue <http://drupal.org/node/986992#comment-3825334>) There was a subtle change to field module which affects only highly advanced modules like date and views. Read the issue summary if that is you and you know what an etid is, or if you find "etid" grepping your code. I had to promise chx that I'd say "if you are affected by this then it's very, very likely you are doing it wrong." -Randy -- Randy Fay Drupal Module and Site Development randy(a)randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450

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Need IE / Drupal Help on Drop-Down Menus Falling Behind Images
by Kate Pojeta 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

We have a site that, on IE 7 and 8, the drop down menus continue to fall behind the rotating front page image despite numerous attempted fixes. It doesn't seem to happen on ALL computers though from what we can tell. We are looking to find someone that can resolve this issue. Adjusting the z-index has not resolved it completely. Site: http://cleary.edu If you are experienced in this and available to assist, please send us an email at: support(a)lansingit.com Provide your name, email, phone number, as well as your estimated time to fix the issue and your desired hourly rate. If you have worked with this type of problem before, please also let us know that as well. Thank you, Kate Pojeta Lansing iT

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Drupal 6 bugfix release planned for Dec 15th
by Gábor Hojtsy 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi, Since we have several interesting bugs fixed in the development version of Drupal 6, I'd like to do a bugfix release on Dec 15th. If you happen to have some opportunity to help, I suggest one of the following three options (in this order): 1. First and foremost, it is important to ensure we do not introduce new regressions in the system. Since Drupal 6 lacks automated tests, you are our testing army (this approach also known as crowdsourced testing). You choose whether we find out issues before the rollout of the new version on your live server or after. Testing on PHP 4, with mod_gzip, on systems where one of the top bugs were reproduced, etc. are especially useful. 2. Second, if for some reason you think (1) is not applicable to you, the RTBC queue has some nice bugs and fixes which would do with some verification. There are currently 17 RTBC issues waiting to be committed. But RTBC does not equal immediate commits, since often waiting on more positive feedback and the attention of the maintainer experienced in the field is useful to ensure it will not break your sites. Once again, no automated testing means we need numerous verifications of bugfixes of any significance to be comfortable to roll into Drupal. Therefore bugs being in the RTBC queue for long is by design unless many people jump onto reproducing the issue and testing the fix in various environments. A few is not enough, we need many. The queue is at http://drupal.org/project/issues/drupal?text=&status=14&priorities=All&cate… 3. Last, but not least, you might have some pressing issues not yet in this queue. Due to the explained need for testing in (2) and the explained possibilities of regressions in (1), new bugs getting into the queue have less likeliness to actually end up in the upcoming Drupal 6 release right away. However, you might still be able to convince some people in the community to jump on your bug and help fix/verify/ensure/double-check/test-again/you know-it. At worst, it will get fixed in a later Drupal 6/7 release. Ps. in all cases, please ensure that the bug was either already fixed in D7 or is not applicable to D7 before working on the D6 version of the fix. Thanks for all your help, Gábor Hojtsy - Drupal 6 co-maintainer

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Module for scheduling work?
by Kyle Mathews 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

For a module I'm writing, I need a way for end users to be able to schedule tasks to happen (e.g. send out an email). Is there a helper module or PHP class out there that I can use to trigger these tasks being completed, both one time tasks and recurring tasks? Googling has found a few options but none were that satisfactory so I'm curious what other people have used for similar situations. Thanks -- Kyle Mathews Blog: kyle.mathews2000.com/blog Twitter: http://twitter.com/kylemathews Company: http://eduglu.com

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any suggestions for a complex Views sort?
by Blake Senftner 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Fellow Developers, Any suggestions for how to sort a View when: 1) The View is a listing of "Active Projects", where each item in the View is a node of the custom content type "cex_project". 2) A cex_project is really a 'container node' consisting of a project description and then a listing of other nodes associated with whatever that project is, where the other nodes are of various different content types, some normal Drupal content types and some are custom content types specific to this client's business. Currently, I have the cex_project View sorting by "Node: updated data", but that only looks at the cex_project node, I'd like to have the sorting based upon the "updated data" to include any of the sub-nodes pointed to by the cex_project as well as the original cex_project node. This strikes me as potentially a common situation, but google is yielding not much more than tutorials on the basics... I guess I could add some logic somewhere that 'touches' any cex_project nodes that are pointed to by other nodes when they are edited, but that seems like the hard way... Sincerely, -Blake bsenftner(a)earthlink.net www.BlakeSenftner.com

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Drupal 7 API Change notification: JavaScript loading techniques (use drupal_add_library())
by Randy Fay 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

*We try to notify this list when API changes are made in Drupal 7, so contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken. * (issue <http://drupal.org/node/954804>) Contrib modules should not use drupal_add_js() for core JavaScript files (which are all now packaged as libraries). Instead, use drupal_add_library(). Failure to do this can mess up the weighting of javascript files. This is true of any JS file that is included in a library: use the library to load it. You may also be interested in general JS/CSS loading<http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7#js_css_loading_change>upgrade information, and also in the D7 Javascript Handbook Page <http://drupal.org/node/756722>. Thanks, -Randy -- Randy Fay Drupal Module and Site Development randy(a)randyfay.com +1 970.462.7450

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