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Re: [development] development Digest, Vol 101, Issue 13
by Darren Douglas Lee 12 May '11

12 May '11

Steven, Check out p. 177 of the Drupal 5 version of "Pro Drupal Development". There's a little code snippit that might be of interest: A select element example from statistics.module follows: $period = drupal_map_assoc(array(3600, 10800, 21600, 32400, 43200, 86400, 172800, 259200, 604800, 1209600, 2419200, 4838400, 9676800), 'format_interval'); /* Period now looks like this: Array ( [3600] => 1 hour [10800] => 3 hours [21600] => 6 hours [32400] => 9 hours [43200] => 12 hours [86400] => 1 day [172800] => 2 days [259200] => 3 days [604800] => 1 week [1209600] => 2 weeks [2419200] => 4 weeks [4838400] => 8 weeks [9676800] => 16 weeks ) */ $form['access']['statistics_flush_accesslog_timer'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Discard access logs older than'), '#default_value' => variable_get('statistics_flush_accesslog_timer', 259200), '#options' => $period, '#description' => t('Older access log entries (including referrer statistics) will be automatically discarded. Requires crontab.') ); On 12 May 2011 20:00, <development-request(a)drupal.org> wrote: > Send development mailing list submissions to > development(a)drupal.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/development > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > development-request(a)drupal.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > development-owner(a)drupal.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of development digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Time interval inputs (Steven Jones) > 2. Re: Time interval inputs (Hai-Nam aka jcisio) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steven Jones <steven.jones(a)computerminds.co.uk> > To: development <development(a)drupal.org> > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 07:32:02 +0100 > Subject: [development] Time interval inputs > Hello developers, > > I maintain a number of modules that are related to doing something at > a user defined interval, e.g. every 30 minutes or 12 hours etc. Most > times I just use a single select box and pre-generate some options > that I think users will want, but of course some users (myself > included) want to be able choose an exact, but custom, interval. > > Is there any module out there that provides a generic 'interval' form > element? > > I've looked at core, and it just uses some custom code each time to > generate a list of intervals and pop them in a select list. I've also > looked at other contrib modules and some of them just provide a > textfield and others provide a textfield for numeric input and a > select list for 'units'. There doesn't seem to be a catch-all solution > that I can find, and everyone seems to implementing intervals in a > slightly different way. > > Regards > Steven Jones > ComputerMinds ltd - Perfect Drupal Websites > > Phone : 024 7666 7277 > Mobile : 07702 131 576 > Twitter : darthsteven > http://www.computerminds.co.uk > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Hai-Nam aka jcisio <jcisio(a)gmail.com> > To: development(a)drupal.org > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:45:54 +0200 > Subject: Re: [development] Time interval inputs > Le 12/05/2011 08:32, Steven Jones a écrit : > > > > I've looked at core, and it just uses some custom code each time to > > generate a list of intervals and pop them in a select list. I've also > > looked at other contrib modules and some of them just provide a > > textfield and others provide a textfield for numeric input and a > > select list for 'units'. There doesn't seem to be a catch-all solution > > that I can find, and everyone seems to implementing intervals in a > > slightly different way. > > > > In one of my module, I use a select list with prefined values to quickly > fill a textfield with a choice. Then user can modify this textfield if > they don't like any of these predefined values. > > Take a look at > http://drupal.org/project/hidden_comment > > -- > Hai-Nam Nguyen aka jcisio > http://jcisio.com > > > -- > [ Drupal development list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] >

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Time interval inputs
by Steven Jones 12 May '11

12 May '11

Hello developers, I maintain a number of modules that are related to doing something at a user defined interval, e.g. every 30 minutes or 12 hours etc. Most times I just use a single select box and pre-generate some options that I think users will want, but of course some users (myself included) want to be able choose an exact, but custom, interval. Is there any module out there that provides a generic 'interval' form element? I've looked at core, and it just uses some custom code each time to generate a list of intervals and pop them in a select list. I've also looked at other contrib modules and some of them just provide a textfield and others provide a textfield for numeric input and a select list for 'units'. There doesn't seem to be a catch-all solution that I can find, and everyone seems to implementing intervals in a slightly different way. Regards Steven Jones ComputerMinds ltd - Perfect Drupal Websites Phone : 024 7666 7277 Mobile : 07702 131 576 Twitter : darthsteven http://www.computerminds.co.uk

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Calendar for Drupal and Android
by Hakan 08 May '11

08 May '11

I am looking to for a calendar module to use on a Drupal-hosted website which can be synchronized with a calendar on my Android tablet, ideally in both directions. Is there such a module? Thanks.

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Tables in Themes in Drupal 7
by Warren Vail 03 May '11

03 May '11

I was just getting ready to tackle my first theme in Drupal 7, and is my practice, looking through the themes to find for one to hack into being mine, when I found that none of them used tables for layout. Now I have heard many people voice the opinion that tabled layouts (which I've been quite successful with) are bad, and CSS (which I am less prepared to deal with) are good. And in my ages of experience I have, up until now, assumed that the expressed choice between good and bad was based on (as it often is) what people had learned vs what they had not, and did not want to have to bother to learn, so I said nothing until now Now I see that Drupal 7 (a product I have some respect for) seems to have none, in those that I have looked into, at least. Did what I had perceived to be merely a prejudice of the lazy make it's way all the way into the D7 Platform, or is there some legitimate reason for abandoning tabled layouts that I have missed (must I finally buckle down to my own laziness and tackle CSS to that depth)? Why are Tables BAD and CSS GOOD (keep in mind, I'm after a good looking theme, and not good looking code, necessarily, since none of my end users will ever look at the code). I am looking for some reason other than good looking code (or someone's vision of correctness) to get behind CSS for my themes, and believe me "being easier" won't convince me much either. I'm guessing there must be some other good reason I've missed. What would that be? Warren Vail

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Deleting content type imported via features module
by Deva 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi All, I have imported content type from my local D7 instance to the Dev server. Now I want to delete that content type from Dev server. I can't see delete link to delete that content type. It doesn't even get deleted if i uninstall feature module. Please help. Thanks -- :DJ

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The Mestopheles path
by jeff＠ayendesigns.com 03 May '11

03 May '11

I've spent a couple days at this point trying to discover how something is being done, without much progress. I'd walk through it in debug, but the environment for this site is wamp and I'm equally unsuccessful getting phpStorm and xDebug to play nicely in Windows, so far. A D6 site using panels. A view producing a block. The panel page loads the block and overrides its path (well...technically not, but that's what the setting says) to be domain.com/music Have a module that implements pre-process, as well as registering a callback. The path in the callback is /music-xml. The pre-process implementation checks for arg(0) containing music-xml. The module registers its templates directory, which contains a template for page-music-xml.tpl.php. When invoking /music, the result is the callback or music-xml fires, arg(0) contains music-xml, and the template fires. The browser path, meanwhile, still says /music The problem is that I need to change the content type used in the view from music to something else, at which point it all breaks...arg(0) shows up just as music then, not music-xml. I've grepped the code, exported and grepped the db, clicked all the clickables (I think) in panels, check path aliases, strongarm ... I can't figure out how it's being done. Jeff -- /I am a non sequitur. Beware, the contents were packaged where peanuts are processed./ 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> (367108) IRQ: j_ayen_green IM (Yahoo) baalwww (MSN) baalwww(a)yahoo.com Skype: ayendesigns | Facebook: ayendesigns | Twitter: @ayendesigns Ayen Designs is the computer services division of

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Invitation: Federated Social Web - Conference Europe & W3C Group
by elf Pavlik 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hello, I would like to invite you to join us for the upcoming Federated Social Web Europe Conference - June 3-5th in Berlin http://d-cent.org/fsw2011/ And also consider joining W3C Federated Social Web incubator group (soon changing into community group) http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/ We send invites to various projects working on protocols for federated social networking and developers of open source platforms implementing them. You can see growing list of invites here: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/FSWE2011_-_Sent_In… If you would like to join us for the conference but need help with organizing your travel and stay in Berlin, please add yourself to the list on this page: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/FSWE2011_-_Travel_… Please also feel invited to take a closer look on the wiki of our group, still in it's early stage but already providing some information about group participants, related protocols and software - including list of open source platforms where developers already work on implementing federation or consider implementing it: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Main_Page Last but not least, our public mailing list with its archives stays available here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-federatedsocialweb/ Looking forward to work together with you on improving interoperability of social networking platforms and increasing freedom of all of us using them! elf Pavlik Participant of W3C Federated Social Web Incubator Group

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D7 File API
by Peter Anderson 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hi everyone, I'm upgrading my D6 module to D7 and am trying to work out the best way to implement the new File API... My module allows users to either upload a file from their computer, or enter the relative path of a file already on the server (e.g. /sites/default/themes/...). The relative path to this file is then stored in the DB. I'm not sure what to store in the database in the D7 version: the file URI (public://my_file.png) or the relative path as per the D6 version (/sites/default/files/my_file.png). The reasons I'm not sure are as follows: - Storing the File URI seems to be the obvious choice as that seems to be the default now - But how would I allow users to enter the path of a file already on the server in, say, their theme folder? - Storing the relative path is how I used to do it, so is easier - But then how do I change a relative path to a File URI when required (e.g. by the image_style_url() function)? Any assistance or advice would be much appreciated! -- Kind regards, Peter Anderson. http://panda.id.au

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problem select multiple
by Damian Adriel Perez Valdes 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hello: this is my select multi form 'color' => array ( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Color'), '#size' => '10', '#multiple' => 'TRUE', '#default_value' => $selected, '#options' => $select_colors, how can I insert the values in database ? how can I read values from databases ? Thanks.

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Drupal 6 drupal_goto query
by Vaibhav Jain 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hello List, I am trying to use drupal_goto and not able to use as I would like to. I am trying to create a custom callback for 404 pages and redirect them to homepage. I know this can be done via drupal default mechanism, but my homepage is on panels, and have a condition check of drupal_is_front_page, so cannot be used. Also the URL does not change when we use default 404 mechanism. Now, If I use drupal_goto('HOMEPAGE'), it stucks in a redirection loop, and it is never redirected to homepage. I tried printing the output in common.inc, where this function is defined. On the very first line, i do get the correct path, but when it is passed in header, it changes to current url, and thus stucks in loop. I also tried using the header function directly and it worked. Is this some kind of bug in core, Or am i doing something really silly which i am not aware of. Any help appreciated. -- Thanks, Vaibhav Jain

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