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[off topic] Invitation to a great game :)
by Feijó 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi, I'm playing Astro Empires at the moment and I must say it is a very nice game. You don't have to install anything at all. Just sign up and you are good to go. The best part is that it is completely free!!! Though be warned it is addictive :) Game link: http://delta.astroempires.com/?ref=D.60589 My nickname in game is "feijo" Best Regards, Feijó

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DB support as contribute: is it a good idea?
by Edison Wong 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi folk, Drupal 6.0 is revamped with Schema API, so what's next for Drupal 7.x? PDO for sure! With this powerful data-access abstraction layer, workload will much reduced for DB abstraction layer designers and developers, and finally benefit our contribute developers and end users. By the way, together with the decision of Drupal 7.x + PDO, there is also some voice about moving PostgreSQL (and so other potential databases support, e.g. Oracle, DB2, MSSQL, etc) support away from core, but contribute; on the other hand, add official SQLite support into Drupal core, together with MySQL. Is this really a good idea? Or even if it is possible? As an existing Drupal + PostgreSQL users, what will this affect your daily work? As a potential customer of Drupal + Oracle/DB2/MSSQL/etc, is this a good new for you, or just an evil? I would like to provide some brief idea for you within this article. Please refer to http://groups.drupal.org/node/8855 for more detail information. - -- Edison Wong hswong3i(a)gmail.com http://edin.no-ip.com/html/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHsq/PBPIQaq+ZRd8RAk+JAKCLgvGCnf8DZvm8fPkA3dYk5tOmuQCgly7J eJrcfdBQOrSeM7o5ET/WmHg= =uZmG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share with You and Drupalers
by Caleb Gilbert 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Maybe I am missing something but the url that is posted 404's when I go to it... >* Begin forwarded message: *>* *>>* From: ben at contactben.com <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* Date: Sat 16 Feb 2008 23:58:49 GMT+01:00 *>>* To: info at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* Subject: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share *>>* with You and Drupalers *>>* Reply-To: ben at contactben.com <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development>, droppies at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* *>>* DrupalB sent a message using the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact *>>* . *>>* *>>* Hello Drupal gang! *>>* *>>* I made a "Powered by Drupal" icon (inspired by the format you have *>>* on the *>>* Drupal.org site) and I wanted to make it available to other *>>* Drupalers. I'd *>>* appreciate it if you guys could host the file on your server, but *>>* I've made *>>* it available for you to download at *>>* http://www.hershleder.com/powered_by_drupal_for drupal.psd.zip ~~ *>>* It's a *>>* Photoshop file, with all the separate layers to facilitate *>>* customization; *>>* and I made it large so it can be scaled to the user's needs. *>>* *>>* Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Hopefully, in the future, *>>* I can *>>* contribute more than just a logo, but right now I'm doing a lot of *>>* learning! *>>* *>>* Best, *>>* Benjamin *>>* _______________________________________________ *>>* droppies mailing list *>>* droppies at drupal.org <http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/development> *>>* http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/droppies*

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Fwd: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share with You and Drupalers
by Caleb Gilbert 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Never mind, it's because there was an empty space in the url... - C

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Fwd: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share with You and Drupalers
by Dries Buytaert 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: ben(a)contactben.com > Date: Sat 16 Feb 2008 23:58:49 GMT+01:00 > To: info(a)drupal.org > Subject: [droppies] [General inquiry (other)] Drupal Icon to Share > with You and Drupalers > Reply-To: ben(a)contactben.com, droppies(a)drupal.org > > DrupalB sent a message using the contact form at http://drupal.org/ > contact. > > Hello Drupal gang! > > I made a "Powered by Drupal" icon (inspired by the format you have > on the > Drupal.org site) and I wanted to make it available to other > Drupalers. I'd > appreciate it if you guys could host the file on your server, but > I've made > it available for you to download at > http://www.hershleder.com/powered_by_drupal_for drupal.psd.zip ~~ > It's a > Photoshop file, with all the separate layers to facilitate > customization; > and I made it large so it can be scaled to the user's needs. > > Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Hopefully, in the future, > I can > contribute more than just a logo, but right now I'm doing a lot of > learning! > > Best, > Benjamin > _______________________________________________ > droppies mailing list > droppies(a)drupal.org > http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/droppies -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Drupal 6.x FormAPI: validate and submit properties
by Ron Parker 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Hard at work trying to upgrade my modules to 6.x. Looked at the Drupal 5.x to 6.x FormAPI changes here: http://drupal.org/node/144132 Particularly this regarding the validate and submit properties: http://drupal.org/node/144132#custom-params In Drupal 5.x, I've been using this format: <?php function og_user_roles_form_alter($form_id, &$form) { $form['og_user_roles_regcode_gid']['og_user_roles_regcoderole_value_' . $gid] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Role to assign'), '#options' => $roles, '#default_value' => variable_get('og_user_roles_regcoderole_value_' . $gid, 0), '#description' => t('Select the role you wish to use as the "registration code group role" for every new subscriber who subscribes to this group using one of the registration codes above.'), ); $form['#validate'] += array('og_user_roles_regcode_form_validate' => array($form_id, &$form)); $form['#submit'] += array('og_user_roles_regcode_form_submit' => array($form_id, &$form)); } ?> My question is: How do I write the #validate and #submit properties for the above in Drupal 6.x? My example above does not look like the ones used here: http://drupal.org/node/144132#custom-params So, would this be correct in Drupal 6.x?: <?php function og_user_roles_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) { $form['og_user_roles_regcode_gid']['og_user_roles_regcoderole_value_' . $gid] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Role to assign'), '#options' => $roles, '#default_value' => variable_get('og_user_roles_regcoderole_value_' . $gid, 0), '#description' => t('Select the role you wish to use as the "registration code group role" for every new subscriber who subscribes to this group using one of the registration codes above.'), ); $form['#validate'][] = 'og_user_roles_regcode_form_validate'; $form['#submit'][] = 'og_user_roles_regcode_form_submit'; } ?> Thanks for any information provided. -ron -- Ron Parker Software Creations http://www.scbbs.com Self-Administration Web Site http://saw.scbbs.com SDSS Subscription Mgmt Service http://sdss.scbbs.com Central Ave Dance Ensemble http://www.centralavedance.com R & B Salsa http://www.randbsalsa.com

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Drupal 6.x hook_menu question regarding use of wildcards - Modified
by Ron Parker 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

You are absolutely correct! Gosh, why didn't I think of that? Made the modification. Thanks! -ron Message: 3 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:37:41 +0100 (CET) From: "Karoly Negyesi" <karoly(a)negyesi.net> Subject: Re: [development] Drupal 6.x hook_menu question regarding use of wildcards - Resolved <?php function _agenda_list($node) { return agenda_list($node->nid); } ?> why not make agenda_list accept a $node instead of a nid and change inside? Why a whole wrapper? <?php function agenda_page_title($node, $text) { $return = $text . $node->title; return $return; } ?> -- Ron Parker Software Creations http://www.scbbs.com Self-Administration Web Site http://saw.scbbs.com SDSS Subscription Mgmt Service http://sdss.scbbs.com Central Ave Dance Ensemble http://www.centralavedance.com R & B Salsa http://www.randbsalsa.com

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PostgreSQL 8.3 change
by Ken Rickard 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

All- This is ------NOT------- intended to open the database wars. However, please take note of http://drupal.org/node/220064. Drupaler drupallfm <http://drupal.org/user/194425> discovered a nasty (to us) little change from pgSQL 8.2 (which I test on) to 8.3. It only seems to affect one core query, but could bite any developer who uses JOINS where data types are not identical. >From the Postgres website: "Upgrade Warning...in version 8.3 we have cleaned up some of the data type conversions ("casts"). This refactoring may cause problems for some users..." What does it mean? It means that you cannot do a JOIN across different data types without casting your data. In older versions of pgSQL (and in MySQL) the database handled the conversion for you. pgSQL 8.3 does not, and throws an error. In D6, the only query that seems to be affected is http://api.drupal.org/api/function/block_box_get/6. pgSQL used to turn the interger and varchar into text strings for comparison. It no longer does, so an explict CAST is necessary. However, lets keep that in mind for D7 work on the db layer. -- Ken Rickard agentrickard -- -------------------------------------------------------------- DON'T MISS EARTH'S LARGEST GATHERING OF DRUPAL PROFESSIONALS! Drupalcon Boston 2008 · March 3-6, 2008 Learn more at http://boston2008.drupalcon.org Affordable sponsorship packages available --------------------------------------------------------------

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Drupal 6.x hook_menu question regarding use of wildcards
by Ron Parker 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

I'm trying to figure out if I can use wildcards in this manner: <?php $items['node/agenda/list/%node'] = array( 'title callback' => 'node_page_title', 'title arguments' => array(3), 'page callback' => 'agenda_list', 'page arguments' => array(3)->nid, 'access callback' => 'user_access', 'access arguments' => array('view agenda'), 'type' => MENU_CALLBACK ); ?> Since array(3) represents node_load(arg(3)), can I use the statement array(3)->nid for the node id. Or, for that matter, array(3)->type for the node type? If not, what's the correct way? Would it be the old fashioned way (i.e., page arguments' => arg(3))? Thanks for any assistance. -ron -- Ron Parker Software Creations http://www.scbbs.com Self-Administration Web Site http://saw.scbbs.com SDSS Subscription Mgmt Service http://sdss.scbbs.com Central Ave Dance Ensemble http://www.centralavedance.com R & B Salsa http://www.randbsalsa.com

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cutting through the input format clutter
by Gábor Hojtsy 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Hey, Today, I reviewed four contrib modules to cut through the multiple input formats one sets up on a site: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8911 The approaches taken include defaulting to the last used format per user, turning off formats completely for some content types or defining defaults based on content types and user rules (but leaving the options intact). I think that Drupal 7 deserves better support for easily pickable input formats (eg. if the forum is supposed to be bbcode only, then offer that format only), so I'd like to help get some of this functionality into Drupal 7. Let me know if you have some additional / better insight, so we can get the best for all of us. On a related note, I also submitted a Drupal 7 patch to make input formats reorderable. This was not possible without DB changes (input formats were not reorderable before at all): http://drupal.org/node/222183 Testing/opinions welcome (it is just a simple DnD improvement using the already established APIs). Gabor

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