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modules into separate directories
by Dries Buytaert 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hello world, I just moved all core modules into their own directory (using Derek's excellent scripts). This will help pave the path for the install system, as well as a number of other changes. If you run into problems, please report them at http://drupal.org/ node/64280. Thanks! -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Patches
by Dries Buytaert 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hello, here is a list of the top-5 patches I'd like us to see focus on: 1. Simplified CCK into core: http://drupal.org/user/15277 2. Clean up settings page: http://drupal.org/node/72284 3. Reorganize administration pages: http://drupal.org/node/72079 4. The template work that Adrian and Vlado have been working on: no patch yet 5. A new core theme: no patch yet More or less 1.5 months to go until the code freeze. In practice this will be less, because it is impossible to commit 5 big patches during the last week. And even if it is possible, I'm not likely to do that. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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SQLite backend
by Sumit Datta 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi there, I have been trying to work on an SQLite backend for the last 6 hours or so ... I have made database.sqlite.inc It should work all OK ( except of maybe minor syntax errors ) but i dont know what to do after this ? SQLite is embedded so doesnt need user/pass type login... neither does it need connect to a database... its embedded in PHP. the Admin simply provides a file path which contains the db. So simple. But the existing Drupal db system is with a user/pass login style... I need some help in this spot... -- Thanks =Code is Poetry= Sumit Datta

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[develoment]help required
by dhanesh andurlekar 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

hi all i am new to drupal and currently working on to develop a registration module for an online university sort of thing.. achievements till now: i have been able to put in the fields and all required to register online. providing the administrator with the flexibility to choose the fields that he wants. problem statement: i want to link the registration module with the user module so that when the user registers with a username and password he should be able to log in using the same username and password... i am attatching the code which i have written till now...criticism is welcomed as i am very new to all of this...kindly put in your comments as well as suggestions the code is pretty bad as of now as it is in a very initial stage....sorry.... i would also like to release this module to the community if at all i get it working thanking you in anticipation dhanesh p.s the attatched file just contains the code and not the database schema....

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Your dreams coming true
by Karoly Negyesi 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

There was so much talk about what can be achieved with install profiles. I need actual bug reviews in http://drupal.org/node/68926 constantly. As I have written in the issue, I am putting an hour every day into the patch and there will be a new version pretty often. Ride with me and there will be a Drupal installer version sooner than you think. Regards NK

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making 'read more' themeable?
by Tim Jones 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Has there ever been discussion of making the "Read More" link themeable? The node_link() function adds this link with preset text that can't be edited. This can be a problem; For instance, I often need to add an » or arrow graphic to the end of all my site's "Read More" links, or to have the link's "alt" tag read something other than "Read the rest of this posting." There's currently no way to do either of these without hacking core. (My non-core-hacking solution on a few sites has been to use CSS: ".read-more{display:none;}", ugh.) Would it be a worthwhile DEP to replace this line of node_link() with a call to theme("read-more") or something similar? =T=

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_settings hook deprecated
by Dries Buytaert 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hello world, I just committed a patch that reorganizes the settings page, and that deprecates the _settings hook. Settings pages are no longer a special case. Modules that want to add a settings page should now use the regular menu callback system. Add a MENU_NORMAL_ITEM to your modules _menu() function and register your module's settings page(s) under ?q=admin/settings/<some-path>. In your callback, you need to define the form using the forms API. You don't have to implement a _validate or _submit hook. Just use the helper function system_settings_form(). It takes no more than five minutes to convert your existing settings page. I documented that change at http://drupal.org/node/64279#hook-settings. Kind regards, -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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replacing hook_user('form') with hook_form_alter()
by Moshe Weitzman 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

hook_user('form') should probably be deprecated in favor of simple hook_form_alter() implementations. one wrinkle though is that hook_user('form') returns its fields in 'categories' which map to different tabs when editing a profile. do people think this multiple tab model is useful? if so, can modules achieve this in some way without help from user.module? Any ideas on how to improve this? -moshe

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drupal.org timing out
by sime 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

drupal.org groups.drupal.org have been timing out for me over the last few days. (at least 20% of the time) as well as being much slower than in previous months. I think maybe it's not happening to anyone else, no talk on IRC, no talk on dev list... but I don't know why that would be, so I thought it best to say something. sime

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user_mail() becomes drupal_mail() and gets hook_mail_alter()
by Dries Buytaert 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hello world, I just committed Goba's hook_mail_alter() patch: http://drupal.org/node/71194 If your module uses user_mail() it needs to be updated the use drupal_mail(). The upgrade instructions in the handbook still need to be updated. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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