[development] Two module ideas

Ken Rickard agentrickard at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 02:45:12 UTC 2009


Always.

Menu Node Views is a merged project for all things menu-related, so it
might actually be made to fit your needs.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Very close, Ken, but no cigar. But I wonder if I can borrow your API.
>
> Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP
> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King,
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> On #2, we have menu_node_views() in dev that might help.
>
> http://drupal.org/project/menu_node_views
>
> And menu block might already handle that. We've built similar things
> in Panels with Menu Block panes.
>
> http://drupal.org/project/menu_block
>
> - Ken
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>> Okay, in keeping with recent sentiments expressed on this list, here are
> two
>> module ideas:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.    Longer site slogan – My current customer wanted a slogan longer than
>> 128 characters (yes, there is a good reason). Rather than doing a simple
>> core hack, I wrote a simple little module that uses hook_form_alter() to
>> change it. I actually already have this done; it’s just so simple that I
>> can’t see contributing it as a separate module. Since I am a maintainer on
>> both Helpers and Util, I thought about them, but it really doesn’t fit
>> either very well. I’m sure there is at least one other Drupaller who will
>> need this some time or another, so I’d like to find a better place
>>
>> 2.    This customer wants drop down menu tabs and the theme’s Suckerfish
>> menus work fine for this. However, they would prefer that the menu tab not
>> point to the first page in the menu tree. In searching DO, I didn’t like
> any
>> solution to the “menu no-link” problem. What I would prefer, and am
> prepared
>> to start writing, is a little module that provides a page (not a block)
> that
>> shows the tree structure of that menu item (title and description). Before
> I
>> spend too much time, does anyone do this already or know of a module I
>> didn’t find?
>>
>>
>>
>> Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP
>>
>> (781) 697-6344
>>
>>
>>
>> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
> King,
>> Jr.
>>
>>
>
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