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Attention Views API developers
by Earl Miles 05 Sep '08

05 Sep '08

http://www.angrydonuts.com/attention-views-api-developers I have just checked in a major change to the Views API. Details can be found in the advanced help under api.html (and the handlers and plugins) pages, but the short version is that all handlers and plugins are now separated into their own files in order to conserve memory and not loaded unneeded code. This required implementing an API versioning system, and the upshot of this is that a new hook must be implemented by all Views modules: hook_views_api(). Without the proper use of this hook, the *.views.inc files will not be included. If your module includes its *.views.inc files itself or keeps its handlers in the .module file, this is wrong and will cause sites to crash.

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CK-ERP (Open Source ERP / CRM / MRP) v.0.28.1 released (with Drupal 6.3 connector)
by C K Wu 04 Sep '08

04 Sep '08

Hi, folks, I have posted a new release, v.0.28.1, of CK-ERP, at SourceForge.Net, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp . New features include, Sample school chart of accounts, System upgrade script, menu choice for warehouse, retail store, tree view for BOM, inventory category, service category, import of eGroupWare addressbook, full (draft) Spanish translation [improvement suggestions most welcome], and, connector for CATS, php-residence, Open-Realty, phpScheduleIT, PSCafePOS, OpenBiblio, Centre/SIS, ClaSS, Care2X CK-ERP is an open source accounting/MRP/ERP/CRM system that runs on top of multiple middlewares. It comprises 23 modules - Administration, i18n, Data Import, Contact Management, Customer Relationship, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship, Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, MRP, Warehouse, Inventory, Service, AP, AR, PO, SO, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, HR, Staff Self Service and Payroll. It provides accounting and back office functionalities to SMEs and utilizes the underlying middleware to administer accounts/groups. Please report error and suggestion to the discussion group / mailing list, CK-ERP-en(at)googlegroups.com or CK-ERP-zh_CN(at)googlegroups.com . General history and expected development is available at the discussion group's Archive. Supported MiddleWares: Centre/SIS, ClaSS; OpenBiblio; CATS; php-residence, phpScheduleIT; AssetMan; Coppermine, Gallery2; phpMyTicket; phpMySport; PSCafePOS, MyHandyRestaurant; FreightFleetManagementSystem; OpenX, LandShop, Open-Realty, FreeRealty; IRM; LegalCase; ClearHealth, OpenEMR, Care2X; eGroupWare, Horde-GroupWare; Zencart, osCommerce; Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, e107, XOOPS, Xaraya; Moodle, Atutor; vTiger; WordPress, b2evolution; TikiWiki; phpBB. Information/Demo Websites: http://ck-erp.org http://ck-erp.net Download is available from, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger Cheers, Wu Chiu Kay, aka CK Wu, aka CK (CK is the preferred alias) Hong Kong

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Vote, vote, vote
by Dries Buytaert 04 Sep '08

04 Sep '08

http://drupal.org/Packt-2008-Open-Source-CMS-Award-Finalist-Drupal -- Dries Buytaert :: http://buytaert.net/

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Can I Indicate failure from hook_user?
by Pushyamitra Navare 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Hello there, I'm new to Drupal, just started a couple of weeks ago. I had following queries regarding hooks. It would be great if someone could provide feedback/suggestions on this. 1. I have written a module which implements "hook_user" and handles "update" and "insert" operations. I want to be able to signal failure/ success from this function. For e.g. if I return failure (boolean FALSE) from "hook_user" for "update" operation, then user update should not happen. I want to do this for "insert", "update" and "delete" operations. * Is it possible to indicate failure in this way so that update/ insert/ delete will not take place? * If yes, how can I accomplish this? 2. Also, I quickly glanced through the user.module. At the top there is a function called "user_module_invoke" which takes care of invoking "hook_user" in various modules. But it does not check for return value, nor does it return anything. So probably result of invoking a hook_user is never checked. If Drupal hooks currently don't check for return value, would it be good idea to add such a functionality? A "pre-operation" hook, which will indicate (boolean TRUE/ FALSE) if the operation should continue or not. Such a hook could be used for various validations when Drupal is integrated with some third-party applications. Any takers for this? Do reply. Thanks in anticipation, Pushyamitra

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API documentation issues moved to core
by Addison Berry 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hello all, during the Documentation sprint in Szeged we moved a bunch of issues from the Documentation project queue over to Drupal core queue pursuant to http://drupal.org/node/296364. Basically what happened is any issue that was marked for Documentation project, Documentation in CVS component was changed to Drupal project, Documentation component. API documentation was not getting very much attention in the Docs queue since most of the devs who both care about it and know how to fix it were not trolling the Docs queue to see where help was needed. This also allows the core maintainers to mark API documentation issues as critical so that a new version of Drupal doesn't go out with *dozens* of functions undocumented, as happened with D6. If you find other issues with the API docs, please file them under Drupal core and not the Docs queue. Thanks Addi (add1sun)

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Usability issues
by Erik Stielstra 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

In order to collect all usability issues in one queue and to focus the usability efforts, all core usability issues have been re-organized. During the documentation sprint in Szeged last sunday, the active User experience issues have been moved to the Usability component of the Drupal project issue queue. And further 'Usability' titled issues from other core components have been moved to the Usability component too. Please file you new core usability issues in the Drupal project issue queue under the Usability component Regards, Erik Stielstra

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Drupal 7 branch maintainer
by Dries Buytaert 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hello all, during my keynote presentation at DrupalCon Szeged this week, I announced that Angela "webchick" Byron will be my Drupal 7 co-maintainer. For the duration of one release cycle, she will help me coordinate Drupal 7 development. Additional detail at http://buytaert.net/angela-webchick-byron. Kind regards, -- Dries Buytaert :: http://buytaert.net/

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Value of submit button on insert
by Dan Robinson 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Folks, I've written a module and used hook_form to create a form. I want the "Save" button to read "Print Registration Form", not "Save". If I put my own button in: $form['#submit'] = array('mymodule_process_registration'); $form['#arg'] = $node; $form['#redirect'] = 'registration/complete'; $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Print Registration Form'), '#weight' => -2, ) Then the node won't get inserted because the 'op' is set to 'Print Registration Form' instead of 'Save'. I've looked at using hook_validate and hook_nodeapi but no joy there. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dan

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New module makes custom menus from taxonomy - experienced coder wish to pick this up?
by robert crowther 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Sorry for the long title, but wanted to get the key facts in there. I've also posted in the module development forum, which seems more appropriate, but the module needs a little time from an experienced coder, up to speed on Drupal 6.x, so I'm leaving a message here, too. I've made a new module. It creates creates custom menus from the taxonomy. It stands out from the other solutions (unless I've missed something), like this, - It's a bigger module (two modules) than other cuter solutions (Tax'o'menu, TinyTax, Taxonomy-strider, Taxonomy-context, Site-menu, Menu-tree...) - It's far more generalised. In short, you can index any part of your taxonomy. The menus it produces update on the fly. They look like the navigation menu or the book menu, because they use the same Drupal systems. There are more details on my recent forum post. If the Dutch play total football, this is total Drupal (bit of hype). When researching, I found repeated requests in forums and lists for such a module, but nobody has made one, which leads to the question, shouldn't I post my work? Answer, no. I only started on Drupal a few months ago. I only started coding in PHP just before the 6.x upgrade, so this module has lived through that. What I have works very well for me. But if the community would like it, the module needs someone experienced to look it over and tidy it up. Anyone want to help? Or point me in some useful directions where I can get help? It's exciting coding, as it uses many of the new features in Drupal 6.x. You don't even have to do the tricky stuff, as the general approach is now worked - the module is up and running as a proof of concept. All you have to do is mail me back, and we can take it from there. Robert

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Job Opening for- Sr. Drupal Developer / Contract for 6m / Palo Alto, CA
by Neetu 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

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