July 2005 - support - lists.drupal.org

[drupal-support] admin-only user profile items?
by Jim Tittsler 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Is it possible to configure user profile items that only administrators can view or set? (I don't want the individual users to be able to see these items or change them.) -- Jim Tittsler http://www.OnJapan.net/ GPG: 0x01159DB6 Mailman Mailing List Manager IRC irc://irc.freenode.net/#mailman

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[drupal-support] Drupal.org
by Mark Shropshire 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

What is the status of drupal.org? The site appears to be down. Thanks, Mark

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[drupal-support] Filling comment subjects automatically
by Abalieno 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

By default Drupal fills missing subjects in the comments by copying the first few words. Can someone tell me how to modify the code so that instead the subject is auto-filled by adding "Re:" and taking the title of the previous comment? -HRose / Abalieno

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Re: [drupal-support] weblinks after upgrade : lost links
by Kobus Myburgh 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Paul, You did backup your database before the upgrade, right? In that case, just dump that table in your old database with your preferred tool, such as PHPMYAdmin, then open the new database and empty the old table and re-enter the new data. If you actions corrupted the database (specifically that table) this issue should be solved. If it is still not working, it might mean the database structure of Drupal has changed somewhat. Did you use the upgrade utility? Regards, Kobus >>> paul(a)chintha.com 7/7/2005 2:13:37 PM >>> Dear all, I did an upgrade yesterday and along with it upgraded weblinks too. But i am seeing a difference between my local test setup and online version. In the local weblinks directory, i lost the directory structure. This i can understand as there is a change in weblinks module design. But in my local setup i can still see the link associated with each weblink entry ( I can still see the visit http://xyz.com link at the bottom of the node.) But in the online version of weblinks, i dont see the link at the bottom of the weblink node. I checked the node content (by clicking on the edit link, after login) but the link field is blank. So my questions are: 01. Did i corrupt the database while upgrading the weblinks module? 02. How can I reload the old weblink content into the new database? thanks, Paul -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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[drupal-support] Directory Module Bug
by Paul 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Hi, I am using the directory module to re-create the lost weblinks functionality. But even if i select the node types in the settings, they are still displayed at the directory. By definition, the selected node types should not appear in the directory. Seems like a bug in the directory module. Paul

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[drupal-support] Replacing characters in all nodes
by paul＠chintha.com 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Hi all, Here at chintha.com, we have a not-so-common situation. At www.chintha.com we are using drupal for hosting a multi-language site. We have malayalam unicode and english content in the nodes and comments. Recently there is a change in the malayalam unicode character encodings. So 6 characters have new codes assigned to them by unicode organization. The new fonts for malayalam will be using the new encodings. If one user is using a new font, they will not be able to see the 6 letters, which have new encodings now. Eventually everyone is supposed to use the new encoding. The requirement now is to convert the characters with old encoding to the new encoding. How do i do a search for the old characters and replace with the new characters in all nodes and comments? Is it possible to do this in the database directly? Any comments/ideas/code snippets are greatly appreciated. thanks, Paul

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Re: [drupal-support] Using Crontab For Aggregator
by Kobus Myburgh 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Rob, I had a similar issue. What happened in my case is that I had the command to run as: http://www.team-projectx.com/cron.php instead of the var/home/www/teamproj/... (or whatever that path was at that time...) Regards, Kobus >>> rob(a)rwneill.com 7/7/2005 7:04:22 AM >>> The hosting server uses CPanel with a feature called Standard Cron Manager. It asks for: Command to run: It then asks for hourly, daily, etc. on the job to be done. I am able to manually refresh the news feeds on aggregator but it will not do them automatically. I have tried using various command lines such as 00 * * * * but none have worked. I get error messages by email from the server saying "No such file or directory". I am trying to figure out what to put in the command line box that will access the right area to automatically update the aggregator. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "puregin" <puregin(a)puregin.org> To: <drupal-support(a)drupal.org>; "Rob" <rob(a)rwneill.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [drupal-support] Using Crontab For Aggregator > > On 6 Jul 2005, at 12:15 PM, Rob wrote: > >> I have been trying to get Crontab to work on my site http://cmlhope.com >> but >> none of the commands >> listed in the help section have worked. I am trying to set it to refresh >> external news feeds X number >> of times a day. > > You need to provide more details. Is cron.php being run? (check your > logs) > If so, your problem is not with cron. > > Are there error messages in your Drupal logs or in system log files? Are > you > able to get the news feeds manually? > >> >> Could someone suggest what command would work best on this? >> >> Rob > > > Djun > -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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[drupal-support] The search function is completely messed up
by Abalieno 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Right now this is my biggest issue with Drupal. The search engine is completely unusable. It's simply not possible to search for more complex strings like more than one word enclosed with " " or get useful results searching more than one word. The functionalities aren't the biggest problem, though. The search function on my site just doesn't work. Some nodes aren't getting indexed for some reason. The search page shows that: 100% of the site has been indexed. But this doesn't reflects the reality. Try follow this: http://www.cesspit.net/drupal/search/node/pann Then look at this: http://www.cesspit.net/drupal/node/747 As you can see that node isn't "seen" by the search system for unknown reasons. This happens frequently for a bunch of nodes both new and old. It would be nice if someone could start working on a decent search system that is actually usable. Being able to search using dates would also be appreciated. -HRose / Abalieno

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Re: [drupal-support] Search example
by Kobus Myburgh 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

I just need to state that I know about search_form, but not sure how to implement it. Regards, Kobus >>> ITBJDM(a)puknet.puk.ac.za 7/6/2005 1:39:39 PM >>> Hi, I have implemented the search hook in a module I am writing, but I was wondering if someone has an example of the search implementation where I can search for more than one field. Currently I can "Enter your keywords" and that's it. I want to choose from a bunch of fields and adapt the query to match the selection. I can manage that if I know how to get the extra fields in the search form. I can't see anything in drupaldocs that gives me a hint as to how I can do this. Thanks in advance, Kobus -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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[drupal-support] Search example
by Kobus Myburgh 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Hi, I have implemented the search hook in a module I am writing, but I was wondering if someone has an example of the search implementation where I can search for more than one field. Currently I can "Enter your keywords" and that's it. I want to choose from a bunch of fields and adapt the query to match the selection. I can manage that if I know how to get the extra fields in the search form. I can't see anything in drupaldocs that gives me a hint as to how I can do this. Thanks in advance, Kobus

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