January 2013 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Updating custom Views plugins for D8
by Christoph Burschka 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Hey everyone, seeing as Views for D8 is now well on its way and appears to be mostly (or even fully) updated to the new core plugin system, it should theoretically be possible to update plugins written for Views 7.x-3.x to run on Views 8.x-3.x. The only problem is that I can find zero documentation on how to do that. This (http://blog.erdfisch.de/2012/09/hands-introduction-drupal-8-plugin-system) comes closest, but it only explains how to create an empty style plugin, not how to make it do the same stuff an existing D7 plugin does. Anything? Or am I way too early with this? Best regards, -Chris

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File upload and convert
by Chris Miller 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hi Folks, I have a content type with TWO file fields, in which I will designate TWO PDFs. On upload completion I want to run something like: "exec(pdftk f1.pdf background f2.pdf output f1.pdf)". This will "brand" f1.pdf. I don't see any standard mechanism and so I'm not sure how to go about this. I have a general understanding, but that doesn't answer the question. I am sure I don't want to intercept all possible uploads; just the uploads from this specific content type. So, can I define a file upload hook which is scoped to this specific content type? I haven't seen anything that makes me believe I can. Can I create a custom file field to use any time I need to perform a conversion? Can my custom file field "extend" the existing file field, so I don't have to port improvements/bugfixes to my custom file field version? So many questions... (-: Thanks for the help, Chris.

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Contribution to Drupal
by manish sharma 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hello !! I am a newbie to drupal and want to contribute in it. I have previous experience of HTML, CSS and Jquery . Can you please guide me that how i can start contributing to drupal. Manish Sharma B.Tech,CSE ,IV year, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. +91-7579048744

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Regarding bundles and content
by Jeff Greenberg 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

In terms of content architecture, what are your deciding factors in whether or not to use a node as opposed to a custom bundle, or even a custom table instead if an entity? --- drupal.org/user/367108 linkedin.com/in/jeffrgreenberg accidentalcoder.com / ayendesigns.com @accidentalcoder

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Rules action to impersonate a user
by Lluís Forns 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Some of my scheduled task needs to run as the user who triggered them (not anonymous neither admin); so I thought of writing two actions: - One to impersonate a user, which will receive uid as an argument. - Another to undo the impersonate. All the called actions should be between them. Anybody see any fault in this idea or the actions code? Thanks. function wu_action_impersonate($uid) { global $user; if (!array_key_exists('wu_action_impersonate', $_SESSION)) { $_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'] = array(); } array_push($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'], $user); session_save_session(FALSE); $user = user_load($uid); user_load($uid); } function wu_action_unimpersonate() { global $user; if (array_key_exists('wu_action_impersonate', $_SESSION)) { if (!empty($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'])) { $user = array_pop($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate']); } if (empty($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'])) { unset($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate']); } } session_save_session(TRUE); } -- *Ser freak no és imprescindible per ser informàtic, però ajuda. *La vida no ha de ser feliç, ha de ser plena. *Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient.

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How can I contribute?
by Hasini Abeywickrama 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi all! I am a Computer Science & Engineering undergraduate from Sri Lanka. I would like to help make Drupal better. but I have no idea where to begin with. Can you please help me? Regards! Hasi

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Understanding the learning of contributing
by Dhanesh Kapadia 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Hello sir/madam, My name is Dhanesh. I am 3rd year B.tech student. Please guide me how to contribute in this organization. I am good in java and extremely interested in web designing, I want to see my self a very good software developer.Excited to see your reply.Your sincerely,Dhanesh

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Seeking advice for contribution to projects
by Girish Patil 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

I, Girish Patil, am a 3rd year engineering student from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar. I would like to know more about the projects that are undertaken by the organization and would like to contribute to the same. I would be obliged if someone could guide me to the concerned personnel, or resources. Girish Patil

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