April 2007 - support - lists.drupal.org

Re: [support] automatic creation of nodeprofile to go with the automatically created usernode?
by Michelle Cox 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

If you go to "/nodefamily/CONTENT-TYPE-FOR-NODEPROFILE" it will either create or edit the node so it doesn't matter if it exists or not. Michelle On 4/13/2007 10:57:21 AM, Neil: esl-lounge.com (neil(a)esl-lounge.com) wrote: > I am using the following modules: > > nodeprofile > usernode > path auto > Me aliases > > When a user signs up, a usernode is automatically created and using path > auto/me aliases, this can be accessed using personal/me. > > In the menu, I also have a link to profile/me which is the correct URL for > a user's nodeprofile...but only once it's been created. If a user clicks > on that just after signing up, they get a 404. > > What's the best way around this? I know I can send a link in the > confirmation e-mail to "node/add/nodeprofile" but there's > no guarantee > they'll click on it. If I have a hard-coded link to > "node/add/nodeprofile", it will get in the way once a user has created a > profile. > > possible solutions? > > 1. show menu link "Create Profile" only to those without a profile. How > would I implement this? > > 2. Is there a way for an empty nodeprofile to be created at the same time > as the usernode is created? > > 3. Can I use mysql triggers to, at least on the db side, insert an empty > profile into the relevant table so that the profile at least exists once > an account is created? > > Is there any o

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help needed in configuring Blog or View module
by Daniel 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hi! Here is a little problem I have: I want the Blog additions to include the "Attach file" option only if the user is part of a specified role. I don't want regular registered users to be able to attach files, but I want to allow users part of the "Editors" role to be able to attach. I thought I would make this work by adding a content-type like "editors_blog", and then make a menu item for a view page (View module) which displays the "editors_blog"'s contents. But I can't make this work per user; ie. now I can get all of the entries in the "editors_blog" content-type, but can not make this work like the original Blog module, which groups the Blog entries by usernames. If anyone knows a solution for this, please share it with me :) Thanks! Daniel

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Translating strings added using ConTemplate
by Neil: esl-lounge.com 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

I am playing around with ConTemplate and am very pleased with the way you can insert a whole host of php variables. I have the following in one of my node types: <div style="background-color:#efefef;width:200px;height:30px;border:3px outset silver;font-size:1.1em;list-style-type:none;"> <a href="profile/<?php print $node->user->uid ?>">My Profile</a> </div> and it does indeed provide a link to the user's Profile page. As I have a multi-lingual site, I need to now be able to translate that "My Profile" string. I can't find it under Localization/Manage Strings. I know that in standard module scripts, you only need to wrap the string in t() to be able to manage and translate that string using Localization. So, in short, how can text I add using ConTemplate be made into a translatable string? Does anyone have any experience of this? thanks Neil

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Best forums?
by Tim Vaughan 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hi list, What's the best current way of doing forums in Drupal? I'd prefer something a bit more featureful than the stock Drupal forum module. I've had a look at the third-party forum integration modules but I'd appreciate a bit of advice on which one works best. Cheers, Tim

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Templating in Drupal 5.1 - the cleanest way to do it?
by J-P Stacey 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hi, I'm fairly new to Drupal. I've downloaded and installed Drupal 5.1, and we've got it working with multiple sites and modules very quickly. A lot of things *just*work*, which is great. One aspect I've found quite confusing is the principles behind templating (I can manage the PHP nitty-gritty reasonably well). There seems to be a number of different ways of doing templates - PHPTemplate, XTemplate, a .theme file - which I appreciate may be for historical reasons. I've also seen conflicting advice on the Drupal site for how to override default templates and functions. Our Drupal themes would end up quite large owing to specific client requirements, so I really want to start as I mean to go on! So what's the best practice for templating? A few examples of stuff I want to do might help illustrate the problems I've been having: 1. If I wanted to hook into the code that creates e.g. $sidebar_left, how would I do that? It seems to be created by theme('blocks' , 'left') in the phptemplate engine. Should I just discard $sidebar_left, or is there some hierarchy of function names that theme() calls? Can I put any such functions into some file in my theme directory and they'll always get recognized? Should I call such functions e.g. theme_block_left, or phptemplate_block_left, or THEMENAME_block_left ? Or should I instead use .tpl.php files exclusively e.g. block-left.tpl.php? 2. For different node types, I just can't seem to get the system described at <http://drupal.org/node/104316> working properly. It works fine for the node-content sub-templates e.g. node-video.tpl.php will get called over node.tpl.php, but e.g. page-video-edit.tpl.php just doesn't get called. Is there something I'm missing? Would this hack here <http://drupal.org/node/117491> be worth looking into? 3. A bit of a random one, but say I wanted to change the content of an admin page. We'd be using Drupal for very heterogeneous sites (so e.g. events nodes, news nodes, courses, content, press releases etc. etc.) so the "Create content" page would start to look very cluttered. Any way of overriding that at the theme level? Also, we could have many user roles, so we would want to change the look of the permissions pages too. Many thanks in advance, J-P -- J-P Stacey +44 (0)1608 811870 http://torchbox.com

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Content Type: Minutes Of Meetings
by Salman Al-Rahma 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hello all, I am running a community site for our club. Our secretary is to upload the minutes of each meeting to the site. The member later will vote the minutes approved meaning correct and not modification is required. I have created a content type called minutes where I added a file link for a pdf and a doc file formate of the minutes to be downloaded. I am stuck on the approval part. I want the members to read the minutes and comment their modifications. Once everybody is happy they can vote approval. When the votes reach a certain number, it will close and the minutes will be considered officially approved. Any suggestion on how to achieve this? Thank you

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Creating custom nodes with a script
by Mitch Wander 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

I installed and configured the script at - http://drupal.org/node/67887#comment-209250 - with the posting title - My completed and working script (with taxonomy. (It's about half way down the page.) After setting up my CSV and running the script, all of the fields in the newly created nodes (custom node type) are correct and everything in the node table is correct - except the uid in the node table is staying 0 (default) instead of the number I'm uploading via the CSV. I can't figure out why the script is not changing the uid in the node table. Any ideas? Thank you. Mitch

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Organic Group Events showing everywhere
by Steven Vermoere 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hello, I have the following problem: I want a block with all the events in 1 particular group. When I use the block "Group Calendar", nothing is showed. When I use the block "List of upcoming events", all the events, even from other groups, are shown How can I make a block that shows only the events of one particular group ? Kind regards, Steven Vermoere

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how to list all entries within a custom content-type
by Daniel 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hi! This my first post the this list, so Hi everyone :) I've added some content-types (eg. "article", "editors_blog" etc...) to my Drupal5, and now I would like to list all entries within a content-type. I was thinking of something like this: www.mydomain.com/editors_blog/all But couldn't find anything similar :\ Would someone help me with this? Thanks! Daniel

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Changing 'Username' to 'UserID'
by Syed Abuthahir 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hi all, Would like to know, if there is any way I can change the field 'Username' into 'UserID' in the account information in Drupal. Kindly help me in this regard. Thanks Abuthahir --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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