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creating forums with drupal_execute
by Stefan Borchert 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hi. I'm trying to import forum data from fud to drupal. Creating the containers is done very easy but if I want to create the forums within these containers it fails: <code> $containers = _fud_get_categories(); foreach ($containers as $data) { $values['name'] = utf8_encode($data->name); {...} // this works: drupal_execute('forum_form_container', $values); // get new tid from database... $tid = {...} $forums = _fud_get_forums($data->id); foreach ($forums as $forum) { $values['name'] = utf8_encode($forum->name); {...} $values['parent'][0] = array($tid => $tid); drupal_execute('forum_form_forum', $values); } } </code> The second drupal_execute runs into an error: "An illegal choice has been detected. ..." (form.inc: function _form_validate(); #555). I know why this error appears but I don't know how to solve it: if you create a forum (admin/content/forum/add/forum) the list of parents is build by using taxonomy_get_tree(). After creating a forum container with drupal_execute the tree isn't updated (static variable in taxonomy_get_tree()) so the new container isn't available in the parent list and the "illegal choice" error is thrown. Is there a way how to update the tree? Or clear the static variable (static $children) in taxonomy_get_tree()? Or is it possible to set $form['#DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK'] with drupal_execute() (if set the options wont be checked)? I tried but couldn't get it work. (The other option is to create the containers first, create a mapping array (old id from fud => new tid in drupal) and then create the forums. But this would be the last option.) greetings, Stefan

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Using different themes for normal users and admin
by Neil: esl-lounge.com 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

I have had a customised theme made which relies basically on 3-4 tabs at the top of the page. The problem is, I don't know how to organise things on the admin side. I would like to use a standard theme like Garland for the admin side but wouldn't there still be a problem of where the admin menu links go? The new customised theme will not have a left side menu....only the tabs I mentioned. Is it therefore possible to use Garland for admins WITH a side menu or does a menu have to be in the same place for all themes? What do other people do to have different themes showing to their members and themselves? I know you can alter the admin theme - it's just this issue of menus that has foxed me. Neil

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help with event-repeat
by will hall 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

event repeat module does not seem to be actually working. when we create the correct settings the event still doesn't show up at the correct times...

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Filter not working in calendar
by Jody Cleveland 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello, I've got a site in Drupal 5.1. I've got a calendar, and when I view the main event page, I try selecting event category to filter by. But, no matter what I choose, it still shows everything. Is there something I'm missing? - jody

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OT: how to do a drop down search box?
by Jody Cleveland 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello, I know this is slightly off topic, so I apologize. I didn't know where else to ask. I've got a drupal 5.1 site here: http://beta.menashalibrary.org I have a search box at the top that has a drop down. The drop down chooses what you want to search, and searches accordingly. The problem is, I have no idea how to do this. I've tried javascript, but to no avail. Basically, I need on item in the drop down to search the library's web catalog, and the other to search their drupal site. Any ideas on how I can do this? - jody

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Td style not working
by Jody Cleveland 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello, I've got a drupal 5.1 site where I'm trying to insert a table. In one cell, I've got a background set like this: <td style="background-image: url(http://www.imcpl.org/resources/images/subcategory_main.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y;"> When I save the page, rather than using that background for that cell, it instead shows this text: http://www.imcpl.org/resources/images/subcategory_main.gif) background-repeat: repeat-y;"> Is there a setting somewhere I need to change to get that to work? I'm using the input format of full html. - jody

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code to launch audio stream in available player?
by will hall 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

hi all, there is a webstream of our radio station at: http://71.192.26.80:8000/ what is the code to 'launch this stream' in whatever audio stream software the person has defaulted from their browser? or better yet, how can i embed a player? most of our listeners are very unfamiliar with computers so it is important that this be extremely foolproof. thanks -- will

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bizarre "blank" string with non-zero length
by Ray Zimmerman 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

I have a theme that needs to check if a CCK date field value is blank. Initially, I did this with a simple ... if ($field_datetime_value) ... but since upgrading the date module, I'm getting strange non- empty "blank" strings, e.g. something that serializes to s:41:"". So, empty($field_datetime_value) returns false, strlen ($field_datetime_value) returns 41, strcmp($field_datetime_value, "") is positive, but the string *is* blank. So two questions: (1) How does such a string ever get created (is this a PHP bug)? (2) If it's not a bug, how does one detect this kind of blank string? See http://drupal.org/node/128778 for more details. -- Ray Zimmerman Senior Research Associate 428-B Phillips Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 phone: (607) 255-9645

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Table
by Abhinav Jain 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi How can I get something like :- http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=ebook i.e A) ability to order based on the fields of the table B) Prev , Next etc buttons at the end of the page. The site I mentioned in the mail has clearly used drupal (can be guessed by seeing the PREV / LAST buttons at the end of the table) But I could not find any module allows me to do this . Thanks and Regards Abhinav Learning Drupal (Level : Beginner )

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teaser text flows into each other.
by will hall 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

so when i put an image into a node teaser, and there is another teaser on the same page, the next node teaser text flows into the previous text. i have to manually enter several line breaks so that the text is 'larger' and the next image doesn't flow into it. that is to say, instead of each teaser being treated as a distinct div, with the bottom of the image delineating its own region, the text from the next teaser will flow up into the previous one if the text is smaller than the image. this is using the node_teaser module and a theme based on boxed_grey any ideas? e.g. if you look here: http://freedom-center.org/section/activism%2Badvocacy the 'read more' should be much lower, alongside the bottom of the image. instead, the next text starts alongside, not below, the image, in the previous teaser's space. thanks! -- will

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