[development] links best practices (was Re: internal link filter ...)

[Rob Barreca]

I renamed my module to pathfilter and just ported all your code over.

http://drupal.org/project/pathfilter

Thanks!

Rob Roy Barreca
Founder and COO
Electronic Insight Corporation
http://www.electronicinsight.com
rob at electronicinsight.com



Ray Zimmerman wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Rob Barreca wrote:
>
>> I like this idea better than my urlaliasfilter.module, so maybe we 
>> could use this module instead of the one I have there (which just 
>> replaces any link to "node/5" or "admin/settings" with it's 
>> appropriate alias).
>>
>> Ray, let me know when you get a CVS account and if you'd like to post 
>> a patch/combine efforts to urlaliasfilter.
>
> I agree that we don't really need both modules. However, the reason I 
> created it actually has nothing to do with URL aliasing, that was just 
> a free bonus, so I'd prefer to use a name like "Drupal Path Filter" or 
> "Internal Link Filter" or something. What I really needed was a way to 
> enter internal links in content in a way that doesn't break when you 
> move the site to a different path.
>
> Other than that, I'm not really attached to being the owner of it. 
> Would it make sense to set up a new project for my module and then put 
> a note on the project page for URL Alias Filter saying that it's no 
> longer supported and has been superceded by ...  ?
>
>> IMO internal://node/5 is better so if someone wants to create a white 
>> label installation for a client who doesn't want anything labeled 
>> "Drupal"-specific.
>
> I have no strong preference, but I had to pick one. Switching it to 
> internal:// is obviously a trivial change. Any other opinions on this?
>
>     Ray
>
>