[documentation] [Fwd: [development] book module patch]

[Peter Wolanin]

The current intention (and, I hope, effect) is that a site like
drupal.org would see no substantial difference after the update.  The
goal is to substantially add functionality without breaking data or
sites.   I invite people to test this, and included at that issue a
script to generate book nodes to test the update path.

Here's what's new:

current "book" nodes will be converted into "book_page" nodes.

An additional content type "book" will be made available.  The "book"
works much like a group in the OG module- nodes can be associated with
it.  This makes organizing the pages associated with each book easier,
since the select box to choose the parent node will only show the set
of nodes associated with the same book.  The "book" node itself can
display a license, list of authors, and a table of contents spanning
all associated pages (and the preferred depth of TOC display is
selectable when editing the "book").

book_page (and other) nodes can also be part of a hierarchy but
independent of any book (book ID = 0).  All exising pages will be put
in this category during the update, and the book nav block should work
as before to use the title of the top-level page in the current
hierarchy.

Users with the "outline books" permission will now be able to organize
all pages in the book, or move a page and its children to a different
book, even if they cannot edit a particular page.

For Drupal.org, I'd suggest converting all the current top-level pages
into "book" nodes to take advantage of the additional features, but
that's optional.

-Peter

On 8/24/06, Neil Drumm <drumm at delocalizedham.com> wrote:
> This affects the book module quite a bit. I'd like to hear how it wll
> affect drupal.org.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [development] book module patch
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:02:28 -0400
> From: Peter Wolanin <pwolanin at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: development at drupal.org
> To: development at drupal.org
>
> I have been working with Augustin (beginner) on a substantial patch
> for the book module:
>
> http://drupal.org/node/65319
>
> Your review of this patch and comments would be highly appreciated, as
> well as your support for getting this RTBC within the next week.
>
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> Neil Drumm
> http://delocalizedham.com/
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