Re: [development] How to create a 'registered by' field in the registration form?
Hi, <rant> It seemed like a support question to me. Now I don't want to be finnicky or something, but exactly *when* is a question for support appropriate for the development list? If you allow certain people to post support questions to the development list, you should allow everybody to do so. Why not stick to the appropriate channels? The fact that Leo (or me, or you) is distinguished doesn't mean we shouldn't follow the appropriate channels. </rant> It's not easy to know everyone on this list by heart, and your node reference is indeed showing Leo off as an expert developer, but this question he asked didn't convince me as such. So, Leo, sorry if I offended you with my highly elementary answer ;-) Regards, Kobus
weitzman@tejasa.com 7/14/2006 2:45:07 PM >>> leo is a pretty accomplished drupal developer - http://drupal.org/node/69021. his question is appropriate for this list.
Hi,
This is the development list, not support list. If you are not subscribed to the support list, please do so, and then ask your question again.
That said, your question does require quite a bit of custom coding, so I am not sure if someone will consider doing that for you, but I suspect you might need to hire someone to do the coding for you. Also take note that if someone does the additional coding for you, you might have to redo the coding after any core module upgrades.
Regards,
Kobus
leob@media.mit.edu 7/14/2006 12:16:45 PM >>> Hello there,
How can I create a 'registered by' field to be included on my site's
registration form? Ideally, I'd like that field to only accept users who are allowed to registered others. I also would like to show those latter users a list of site members that have been registered by them. Any
suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
.L.
On Fri, July 14, 2006 8:36 am, Kobus Myburgh said:
Hi,
<rant> It seemed like a support question to me. Now I don't want to be finnicky or something, but exactly *when* is a question for support appropriate for the development list? If you allow certain people to post support questions to the development list, you should allow everybody to do so. Why not stick to the appropriate channels? The fact that Leo (or me, or you) is distinguished doesn't mean we shouldn't follow the appropriate channels. </rant>
I'd actually ask a slightly different question. Where's the split between usage support and development support? Usage support (How do I do X with Drupal and various modules) is definitely the realm of support@ and #drupal-support. But what about development support (How would I do X using hook_form_alter(), how would I go about writing this algorithm)? Does that go to the -support channels or to this list? Or is this list just for core development? And what of questions more like "Do I need to write X, and if so how, or did someone already do it and I just don't know about it?" Where do those go? Honest question, as I really don't know the answer. :-) Oh, and Leo, I'd suggest piggybacking of off one of the existing refer-a-friend modules/systems. Only let someone register if they click a link with some sort of hashed token in an email sent to them from the site by someone else. If the token's not there, just refuse to show the sign up form. If it is, preload a hidden field with the referring user, as specified by the passed data. It's not air-tight, but should be enough to get the message across. Sounds like a good extension to an existing invite-a-friend module. Cheers. --Larry Garfield
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Hello everyone, Thanks so much for the different replies to my message. My intent wasn't to generate any kind of rent, though. I'm really sorry about that! Concerning support vs. development questions, I don't think there's a clear distinction between the two -- at least not for a new drupal user/developer. It would be good to clarify that on the website. In my opinion, the support discussion areas should address questions that have to do with Drupal installation and module usage. The developer discussion areas should focus more on questions about Drupal's API, hacks, and overall architecture of the system. When it's not so clear where questions should be asked, I believe either discussion area should be fine. It's just a matter of being flexible and pointing the person in the right direction. In my case, I was interested in both a) existing modules that did what I was looking for, and b) code samples or suggestions from other developers. I'm sorry for not making those points very explicit in my message. Anyway, the good thing is that several people responded to my request -- this is one of the many things that I appreciate in the Drupal community! -- and now I realize that I should have done my homework better and spent more time looking at other module implementations more carefully. Thanks once again for your support, .L. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Khalid B" <kb@2bits.com> To: <development@drupal.org> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [development] How to create a 'registered by' field in theregistration form?
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