Hi Mohammed -

I think you misunderstand the hook system.  It is designed so that you *don't* have to hack core files.  You would implement this in your site's custom module space (if you don't have one, you can create one easily).  You would then implement the hook as your_module_name_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id)

This is the way that Drupal is designed to be extended and is not at all a hack.  You can read more here: http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/6

Best,
William

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Mohammed@atexplorer.com <mohammed@atexplorer.com> wrote:
hello William,

thanks for the answer. I don't prefer to use this method as I need to hack core files. any other thoughts?

thank you.
Mohammed.


On 6/22/2009 3:09 PM, William Smith wrote:
I don't recall if there is a direct way (ie. config option) to make the path alias textfield mandatory, but if nothing else you could use hook_form_alter (http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_alter/6) to make the field required.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Mohammed@atexplorer.com <mohammed@atexplorer.com> wrote:
hello.

is this at all possible? I want users to fill in the path alias field and make it obligatory. it sounds simple, but searching drupal.org didn't yield anything relevant.

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