[documentation] [task] Tips & tricks pages based off the newsletter

[ryooki]

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 Project:      Documentation
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 Component:    User Guide
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 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  ryooki
 Reported by:  ryooki
 Updated by:   ryooki
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I don't quite understand your description, but I'm assuming if I tried
to use it, it would become clear.  It seems that for this to work in
drupal.org, they would have to install this module.  I'm not sure if
they would do that.




ryooki



Previous comments:
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Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:55:44 +0000 : ryooki

Hey, I created a couple of book pages a while back based off the
tips/tricks given out in the newsletters:
http://drupal.org/node/35031
http://drupal.org/node/35035
http://drupal.org/node/35033
http://drupal.org/node/35037


But, I'm since decided this is probably a losing proposition since it
would take so much effort to continue.  Plus, it potentially could be
managed better dynamically through RSS feeds or something.  What do you
think?




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Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:46:25 +0000 : Bèr Kessels

For my own cloud (hosting services) I have written a small, simple tip
of the day pythia.module (pythia was the pristess at Delphi). I can
only release it when we have tested it, and when I have taken out the
hardcoded stuff. Prolly around 4.7 release. 


Anyway heres what it does and what you can do with it:
* It takes an RSS feed per role. Every item in that feed is a tip of
the day (teasers only)
* Every day/login/etc one sees a tip using drupal_set_message().
* once someone clicks on the link "close this tip" the tip dissapears.
* The tip has a read more >> that links to the full article where the
feed item is posted (drupal.org/tips)


So, if you posts tips in a category tips, on a tip per node base, you
can use this module in future. 


Ber