api.drupal.org is annoying.
I *really* miss drupaldocs. The two things I miss are: 1) search block 2) wild card searches. When I first started with Drupal both were invaluable tools to me. They saved me a lot of time and helped me get around not knowing the api by memory. Is there anyway to at least get that search block re-enabled? I understand some code needs to be written to get the wild card searches back, I can sort of live without it now that I know the api better.
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:17:36 +0200, Darrel O'Pry <dopry@thing.net> wrote:
I *really* miss drupaldocs.
The two things I miss are:
1) search block 2) wild card searches.
http://api.drupal.org/apis/upload finds me stuff like fileupload_insert , so I guess this is the wildcard search you are looking for.
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 05:21 +0200, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:17:36 +0200, Darrel O'Pry <dopry@thing.net> wrote:
I *really* miss drupaldocs.
The two things I miss are:
1) search block 2) wild card searches.
http://api.drupal.org/apis/upload finds me stuff like fileupload_insert , so I guess this is the wildcard search you are looking for.
Thats nice to know.. Still not as accessible as *set* or defaulting to the wildcard output or presenting a search form or both if an exact match is not found.
Just some useful info regardless of api.drupal.org To do a search engine friendly redirect of ANY drupal site, use an htaccess file that follows this pattern. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^drupaldocs\.org [nc] RewriteRule (.*) http://api.drupal.org/$1 [R=301,L] It will automatically redirect every page in the site (to see it in action, watch the url when you type in http://nicklewis.smartcampaigns.com/node/846 ). Failure to do a redirect like this is going to badly affect api.drupal.org's google rankings. Best, Nick Lewis http://www.nicklewis.org Darrel O'Pry wrote:
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 05:21 +0200, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:17:36 +0200, Darrel O'Pry <dopry@thing.net> wrote:
I *really* miss drupaldocs.
The two things I miss are:
1) search block 2) wild card searches.
http://api.drupal.org/apis/upload finds me stuff like fileupload_insert , so I guess this is the wildcard search you are looking for.
Thats nice to know.. Still not as accessible as *set* or defaulting to the wildcard output or presenting a search form or both if an exact match is not found.
On 08 Jun 2006, at 19:12, Nick Lewis wrote:
To do a search engine friendly redirect of ANY drupal site, use an htaccess file that follows this pattern. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^drupaldocs\.org [nc] RewriteRule (.*) http://api.drupal.org/$1 [R=301,L]
Thanks. I'll try to install this on the old server as soon as time permits. :) -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/
Darrel O'Pry wrote:
Is there anyway to at least get that search block re-enabled? I understand some code needs to be written to get the wild card searches back, I can sort of live without it now that I know the api better.
Someone needs to step up and write the code. My current project for that module has been seeing what things would be like if versions were local tasks on every page instead of top level. This would make the three search boxes into one, which I would be comfortable with putting in a sidebar. Searching needs a bit of work. For example, try getting to l() or t() without touching the URL bar. There are implicit wildcards on either side of the search string at the moment. -- Neil Drumm http://delocalizedham.com/
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