February 2011 - Development - lists.drupal.org

How can I refer to the shopping cart using document.getElementById if it does not have an id?
by John Mitchell 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

I am trying to get the id for the drupal shopping cart widget so that I can refer to it within javascript. When I look at the shopping cart div within firebug (see below) it only lists the class and not the id and I tried referring to the class like it was the id but it was not recognized (i.e. drupal_add_js('alert(document.getElementById("panel-pane pane-block pane-uc-cart-0").value)','inline'); ). <div class="panel-pane pane-block pane-uc-cart-0"> How can I refer to the shopping cart using document.getElementById if it does not have an id? -- John J. Mitchell

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Newbie questions (need to reload modules)
by Angel Alvarez 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hi Im starting drupal module coding ( i have drupal 6 installation ) My module is pretty simple and i plan to add more funcionality over time do i need to reaload the module (deactivate/activate) whenever i add new funcionality (ex a new form) or does drupal just blindly call callbacks so just updating the .module file doas the trick. Thanks in advance!! -- No imprima este correo si no es necesario. El medio ambiente está en nuestras manos. __________________________________________ Clist UAH a.k.a Angel AT uah DOT es Angel Alvarez , Servicios Informáticos Edificio Torre de Control, Campus Externo UAH Alcalá de Henares 28806, Madrid ** ESPAÑA ** __________________________________________ Mas vale POJO en mano que STRUTS volando.

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How to export user's profile fields in Drupal 7
by Brice 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hello, I wonderhow to export and import profile fields in Drupal 7 like we did CCK Export/Import in Drupal 6. Thanks. Brice -- http://camera.obscura.fr/

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What is the difference between the $_SESSION array and client side cookies?
by John Mitchell 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

What is the difference between the $_SESSION array and client side cookies? I know that client side cookies can be updated and accessed within javascript on the client side and that the $_SESSION array can be accessed within modules. My question is can the $_SESSION array also be updated and accessed within javascript on the client side. John -- John J. Mitchell

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reducing module size
by Bob Hutchinson 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

I have a module whose functions are only used by logged-in users, it provides nothing to 'Anonymous' users except for a block. I'm considering loading most of the functions only when $user->uid > 0 probably in hook_init() My question is, which functions would have to be loaded in order for things not to break, apart from the block functions (and any that it uses)? Any insights would be most welcome before I try it out. -- ----------------- Bob Hutchinson Midwales dot com -----------------

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index/search user fields in D7
by Serhat Sevki Dincer 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Greetings, I have added some fields to my users, field_interests and field_bio. I want to be able to index/search users using data in these two fields. Included search module in D7 allows to index/search only on usernames and email addresses for users. I'm not looking for a fancy solution like Solr, I have a small site; I just want to search my users with words from their interests or bio. How can I do this? This is exactly the same thing for the search module when it is -not users but- nodes. custom_search does not seem to be doing it. Is there any D7 compatible module to do this? Thanks, Serhat

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Re: [development] Drupal Answers: A Stackoverflow/StackExchange site proposal
by Josh Koenig 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Stew, Thanks for starting this thread. This is important stuff: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/2978/drupal-answers I want to put my support behind this proposal and explain my thinking in doing so. The Drupal community is already growing faster than Drupal's infrastructure can easily support. With the release of D7 and all the other associated projects getting off the ground, drupal.org is increasingly often a bottleneck or blocker. We have wonderful hosts from OSUOSL, but the human resources needed to develop, maintain and manage our own infrastructure (which is a 24x7x365 job) are limited. We have to pick our battles. I much would rather see energy, effort, attention and money poured into continuing to improve our git and module infrastructure — which is much more deeply intrinsic to the health and future of the project — and accept that even though we *can* build our own StackOverflow (@eaton proved this already) that doesn't necessarily mean it's the best use of limited resources, or the best thing for the project. Drupal can theoretically/technically solve a lot of its own problems, but I think we often suffer from a "not built here" prejudice as a result. In the realm of getting good quality answers to Drupal questions out to the most people possible, I can't see how a StackExchange site would do anything but help. I would love to see the community embrace something really cool and useful from the wider Internet as a way to promote the project. Finally, I should say that I *do not* think a StackExchange answers site replaces anything. It's not an issue queue, and it's not a replacement for the dialogue that exist in the forums. I would say it's a new resource, something that can help the 10s of 1000s of people who will be trying to wrap their mind around Drupal in the coming year. Cheers -josh

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D6 Adding an image to a node for viewing
by jeff＠ayendesigns.com 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

I'm hooking nodeapi op=view and I have the node I hook and another in the db. The one I hook has field_image which, when hooked, is [0]=>NULL I load a node from the db, which also has an image field (both are CCK imagefields). I want to add its image to the original node, however, I need at this point not to add it to field_image, but to $node->content->field_image. The problem is that the structure of ->content is pretty convoluted, ending ultimately in data that is the same as what I've copied (when I look at a node with an image), but I can't seem to cause that to happen. I tried adding the image structure from the source node directly: $node->content->{$field_name}['field']['items'][$key]['#item'] = $image_structure; but that seems to cause more convolution rather than ending up like the $node->content structure from the source node when I display it. -- Ayen Designs 388 Bullsboro Drive #105 · Newnan, Georgia 30263 404-271-9734 Web:ayendesigns.com <http://ayendesigns.com> Blog: theAccidentalCoder.com <http://theaccidentalcoder.com> Drupal: j. ayen green <http://drupal.org/user/367108> IRQ: j_ayen_green IM (Yahoo) baalwww (MSN) baalwww(a)yahoo.com Skype: ayendesigns Ayen Designs is a tradename of the computer services division of

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Re: [development] How to create a content type and a field
by Karl Giesing 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

> Please, can you give me a example(or a module that does this) how to > create a content type inside a module and how to add a new field to the > content? You might want to check out this issue that I started: http://drupal.org/node/760690 Lots of good info in there (most not written by me). (I never got around to writing that handbook module, I really should do that.) I was also just recently introduced to the joys of hook_content_extra_fields(), which you can read about here:http://www.lullabot.com/articles/great-pretender-making-your-data-act-… Those links, plus the node_example module, should be enough to get you started. p.s. Sorry if this email is all one paragraph... It's not supposed to be, I'm guessing that there's some sort of oddness going on between the development list and my email client (which is, unfortunately, Hotmail). -Karl.

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D6 Adding an image to a node for viewing
by jeff＠ayendesigns.com 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

I'm hooking nodeapi op=view and I have the node I hook and another in the db. The one I hook has field_image which, when hooked, is [0]=>NULL I load a node from the db, which also has an image field (both are CCK imagefields). I want to add its image to the original node, however, I need at this point not to add it to field_image, but to $node->content->field_image. The problem is that the structure of ->content is pretty convoluted, ending ultimately in data that is the same as what I've copied (when I look at a node with an image), but I can't seem to cause that to happen. I tried adding the image structure from the source node directly: $node->content->{$field_name}['field']['items'][$key]['#item'] = $image_structure; but that seems to cause more convolution rather than ending up like the $node->content structure from the source node when I display it. -- Ayen Designs 388 Bullsboro Drive #105 · Newnan, Georgia 30263 404-271-9734 Web:ayendesigns.com <http://ayendesigns.com> Blog: theAccidentalCoder.com <http://theaccidentalcoder.com> Drupal: j. ayen green <http://drupal.org/user/367108> IRQ: j_ayen_green IM (Yahoo) baalwww (MSN) baalwww(a)yahoo.com Skype: ayendesigns Ayen Designs is a tradename of the computer services division of

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