Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On the actual form the header above the available categories is the title "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you know where I would find that? Thanks On 9/16/07, Jason Flatt <drupal@oadaeh.net> wrote:

On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote:

...

Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category title to something different.

Thanks

Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the right of the category you want to change)

admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id>

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Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep your changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your old codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase). Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good documentation on this. Cheers, Bill Chris McCreery wrote:

Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code.

Thanks

On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>> wrote:

Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On the actual form the header above the available categories is the title "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you know where I would find that?

Thanks

On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>> wrote:

On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote: > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category title to something > different. > > Thanks

Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the right of the category you want to change)

admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id>

-- Jason Flatt http://www.oadaeh.net/ <http://www.oadaeh.net/> Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 14; Cramer, 12; Travis, 10; Angela; Harry, 7; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) Linux User: http://www.xubuntu.org/ Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

-- Chris McCreery

-- Chris McCreery

-- Bill Fitzgerald http://www.funnymonkey.com Tools for Teachers 503.897.7160

Hello, Chris, I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php Cheers, Bill Chris McCreery wrote:

Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to do it?

Thanks

On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com>> wrote:

Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep your changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your old codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).

Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good documentation on this.

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote: > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code. > > Thanks > > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com> > <mailto: chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On the > actual form the header above the available categories is the title > "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you > know where I would find that? > > Thanks > > > On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net> > <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>>> wrote: > > On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote: > > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category title to > something > > different. > > > > Thanks > > Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the > right of the > category you want to change) > > admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id> > > -- > Jason Flatt > http://www.oadaeh.net/ <http://www.oadaeh.net/> <http://www.oadaeh.net/> > Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 14; > Cramer, 12; Travis, > 10; Angela; Harry, 7; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) > Linux User: http://www.xubuntu.org/ > Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery

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Nevermind figured it out, problem in my database and it's collation needed to change it to utf8_general_ci. All set now. On another note you wouldn't know how to create a field that sums up other fields? Thanks again. On 9/17/07, Bill Fitzgerald <bill@funnymonkey.com> wrote:

Hello, Chris,

I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote:

...

Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to do it?

Thanks

On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com>> wrote:

Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep your changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your old codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).

Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good documentation on this.

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote: > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code. > > Thanks > > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com> > <mailto: chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On the > actual form the header above the available categories is the title > "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you > know where I would find that? > > Thanks > > > On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net> > <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>>> wrote: > > On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote: > > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category title to > something > > different. > > > > Thanks > > Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the > right of the > category you want to change) > > admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id> > > -- > Jason Flatt > http://www.oadaeh.net/ <http://www.oadaeh.net/> <http://www.oadaeh.net/> > Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 14; > Cramer, 12; Travis, > 10; Angela; Harry, 7; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) > Linux User: http://www.xubuntu.org/ > Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery

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-- Chris McCreery

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-- Chris McCreery

Thanks bill what I'm trying to do is build a small time tracking site. So users enter in their hours and then I want to build a view(report) that totals the time for each taxonomy item. So would that work for the views to use that module? On 9/17/07, Bill Fitzgerald <bill@funnymonkey.com> wrote:

Hello, Chris,

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "sums up other fields" but you might want to look at the computed field module -- if you want to bring a few fields together into one field, you can write a snippet that will grab these values into the computed field.

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote:

...

Nevermind figured it out, problem in my database and it's collation needed to change it to utf8_general_ci. All set now.

On another note you wouldn't know how to create a field that sums up other fields?

Thanks again.

On 9/17/07, *Bill Fitzgerald* <bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com>> wrote:

Hello, Chris,

I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote: > Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of > thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to do it? > > Thanks > > On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com> > <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com>>> wrote: > > Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your > modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep your > changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your old > codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase). > > Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to > change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good > documentation > on this. > > Cheers, > > Bill > > Chris McCreery wrote: > > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code. > > > > Thanks > > > > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com> > <mailto: chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>> > > <mailto: chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com> > <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com <mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>>>> wrote: > > > > Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On the > > actual form the header above the available categories is the > title > > "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you > > know where I would find that? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net> > <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>> > > <mailto: drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net> <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>>>> wrote: > > > > On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote: > > > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category > title to > > something > > > different. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the > > right of the > > category you want to change) > > > > admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id> > > > > -- > > Jason Flatt > > http://www.oadaeh.net/ <http://www.oadaeh.net/> <http://www.oadaeh.net/> > <http://www.oadaeh.net/> > > Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 14; > > Cramer, 12; Travis, > > 10; Angela; Harry, 7; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) > > Linux User: http://www.xubuntu.org/ > > Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ > > -- > > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris McCreery > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris McCreery > > > -- > Bill Fitzgerald > http://www.funnymonkey.com > Tools for Teachers > 503.897.7160 > > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery

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-- Chris McCreery

-- Bill Fitzgerald http://www.funnymonkey.com Tools for Teachers 503.897.7160

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-- Chris McCreery

Thanks Fred you wouldn't happen to know those custom lines of code would you? :) On 9/18/07, Fred Jones <fredthejonester@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris McCreery wrote:

...

Thanks bill what I'm trying to do is build a small time tracking site. So users enter in their hours and then I want to build a view(report) that totals the time for each taxonomy item. So would that work for the views to use that module?

I am no expert, but I do believe this would require a bit of custom coding. Just a few lines however.

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-- Chris McCreery

If you know basic Drupal coding, I generally recommend renaming form labels using form_alter. It's much less overhead or performance hit than using locale for just one string. On Monday 17 September 2007, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:

Hello, Chris,

I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote:

...

Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to do it?

Thanks

On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill@funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com>> wrote:

Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep your changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your old codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).

Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good documentation on this.

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote: > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code. > > Thanks > > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery@gmail.com

<mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>

> <mailto: chris.mccreery@gmail.com

<mailto:chris.mccreery@gmail.com>>> wrote: > Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On > the actual form the header above the available categories is the

title

> "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you > know where I would find that? > > Thanks > > > On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal@oadaeh.net

<mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>

> <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal@oadaeh.net>>> wrote: > > On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote: > > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category

title to

> something > > > different. > > > > Thanks > > Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the > right of the > category you want to change) > > admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id> > > -- > Jason Flatt > http://www.oadaeh.net/ <http://www.oadaeh.net/>

<http://www.oadaeh.net/>

> Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 14; > Cramer, 12; Travis, > 10; Angela; Harry, 7; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) > Linux User: http://www.xubuntu.org/ > Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery > > > > > -- > Chris McCreery

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-- Chris McCreery

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