When a developer has an idea for a module, they are often not the only one with that idea.
By announcing module ideas here, this group aims to:
- Reduce module duplication. We can prevent two independent developers from writing separate, duplicate modules.
- Increase developer collaboration. We can get interested developers working together at an early stage of development.
- Improve module quality. Others can shape and improve the ideas, leading to a better module from the beginning (or, at the least, a better road map for future development.)
Before submitting a new module idea, please do a little research and search for an existing module with the same functionality.
Make update.module more social
Module (and theme) list in vanilla Drupal installation (admin/modules and admin/appearance) lack communication between module maintainers and users (site developers/admins).
I would like to build a module that will enrich module list with links to appropriate issue queues, options to submit new issue (with optional list of enabled modules attached to help problem resolution), documentation etc.
From maintainers perspective, it will be nice to have feedback tools - i.e. ask module users if they want specific feature, or what technical solution they prefer if there is a dilemma, and so on.
htmltag.module: html tag attributes as a PHP object.
I am using this quite a lot on custom modules already.
<?php
$li_attr = htmltag_attributes();
$li_attr->addClass('menu-item');
$li_html = $li_attr->LI($link_text);
$ul_attr = htmltag_attributes();
$ul_attr->addClass('menu');
$ul_html = $ul_attr->UL($li_html);
// or using __toString()
$ul_html = "<ul $ul_attr>$li_html</ul>";
?>What is the benefit compared to string html definition?
- automated drupal_attributes() and check_plain().
- no more explode(' ') and implode(' ') to deal with classes.
div_hide module development
Hi,
I am thinking of making a module that would allow an administrator to give div name a backend.
On the front end the elements under the div would hide.
upon clicking the div these elements would show up.
Is it a good idea to develop it.
I know it is pretty simple to do it but for newbies like me it could be a timesaver.
Idea: Static html to theme generator
I've been searching for a module that would help generate a theme out of a static html file.
So fare all i found was the module Theme Generator. But in addition to being abandoned its not quite what I'm looking for.
I think the module would work like this:
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pageapi.module - providing a place between hook_init() and hook_preprocess_page()
I just created a project for a module I am already using locally.
http://drupal.org/project/pageapi
The module hijacks template_preprocess_page, and calls its own hook, hook_pageapi(). This hook runs after hook_init(), and after the page callback, but before any other preprocess page stuff. This is the ideal place for things like drupal_add_js(), especially in cases where we want to keep this out of hook_init().
In the future, I would like this to become the starting place for alternative js and css aggregation, at least on D6.
See also
Read moreMake menu links load into a block using ajax
i need this for my site but i couldn't find it.
i've got a panel with a menu on one region and a block on the other region with load the node's content.
i've couldn't find a way to make menu links load into the block using ajax.
i thought it would be helpful if there will be such a module.
Front-end Slashdot Effect Optimizer
I've been working on the content/slides for my presentation (Front End Performance) in a week and I've been thinking about various trade offs for various situations. One of the more interesting ones has to do with a very popular page where 99% of visitors bounce off; aka the Slashdot effect. When something like this happens, the less open connections to your server the better.
Read moreLibrary module: Parallel non blocking http requester
The standard function for making a http requests in Drupal is drupal_http_request(). This works well for simple things. But if you want to send a request out & you don't care about the response back, this built in library isn't the best option; or if you want to do 10 requests at once the standard library isn't the best option either as you have to do each http request sequentially, one at a time.
Read moreDifferent field labels for singular and plural
For a recent project I had several fields on a content type, that could have one or more values.
For example if you have one link you want:
Link: http://example.com/.
But if you have multiple links in the same field, you want:
Links: http://example.com/foo, http://example.com/bar.
I was surprised I didn't find a module that does this, so I experimented with it in a sandbox project.
Read moreIdea: Push Engine - Integration with existing Push technologies to streamline Realtime Data Push into Drupal
Idea: Push Engine - Integration with existing Push technologies to streamline Realtime Data Push into Drupal
Brief: I've been digging though all existing modules but non seem to offer anything that can push the data from external sources in realtime.
Advantage: integration of drupal with any of the existing push frameworks can really take drupal out to a brand new horizon.
Email marketing module
Hi all:
I want to create a mail marketing module, which give end users the ablity to create contact lists, add contacts, create mails, and send mails.
I have seen SimpleNews, but seems like it's not designed for end users
the module i want to create will contain follow features:
- users can add/import/edit/delete contacts (upload CSV file to import contacts), with a required field email, and some option fields like first name, last name, status(normal/blocked/deleted/unsubscribed)
- users can add/edit/delete contact lists
Surely this exists ... compress selected Drupal modules into one file?
This isn't a module, ... but it's close (like Drush isn't a module). There are a lot of tools like Drush, for quickly configuring new Drupal installations. Surely, there is a tool for combining a set of modules into one downloadable file.
Then, for windows users (where I find myself sometimes) I suppose an alternative would be to access one of my Linux servers... run a Drush + shell script that does the same thing, and then transfer the resulting file from there.
If someone put this capability together in a Web page, it might be pretty useful. I bet someone already has. Does anyone know?
Members Page module
Update! - ready for review and testing by the community
Abstract
Drupal sites are subject to web-bot registrations that target Drupal's /user/register url. The Members Page module was crafted to fight this nuisance by creating a configurable Members page and a special user register page that allows real users to register immediately without admin approval and regardless of any site settings.
Available for Drupal 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
Read moreIdea: Simple Node Archive
I have requirement of archive block present in http://stopanddrawtheroses.blogspot.com which is collapsible and chronological archive block.
I have used these module but didn't get solution.
* views ( http://drupal.org/project/views )
* Archive (http://drupal.org/project/archive)
* WP Blog - a WordPress-style blogging (http://drupal.org/project/wp_blog)
i have written a custom module Simple Node archive with following setting
* Blocks for specific node type.
* Block for all node types.
* Block for collection of node types you specified.
Prettify module for syntax highlighting of code
Hi all,
I created a module (my first) that enables syntax highlighting of source code snippets in nodes. The module uses the google-code-prettify JavaScript library to do the highlighting (http://code.google.com/p/google-code-prettify/).
It works in a none-obtrusive through an input filter, that looks for all pre or code tags and modifies then as needed to enable the highlighting. That has the benefit of making it easy to replace or remove later, as the original node text is not modified.
Read more
Idea: LocalGeocoding API
It does what a geocoder has to do: Translate address information to lats and longs.
But it will do that on your own box, in your database: no request restrictions.. no dependency on a foreeign service.. location autocompletition.. ?
For shure we can't store the worlds address data like google does but we can do it local:
Using the possiblity to select and export map data from OSM (http://www.openstreetmap.org/export) and import it into our local database using it for geocoding matters.
It has assets and drawbacks; but also essential advantages for some special cases.
Croninfinite | croning cron without cron
Croninfinite allows you to run cron just like a cron job - but completely without a cron job, a site visitor or a manual cron run. It's really a kind of PHP implementation of the unix cron utility what is recommended for most sites.
The module already has a sandbox page where you can get more information:
Sandbox: http://drupal.org/sandbox/patrickd/1182956
// It's finished and waiting for reviews in the project application queue: (http://drupal.org/node/1200432)
Unified content add box
I'm building a site based on Commons (D6) and I want to make it as simple as possible for people to use. I've been looking at http://www.kiltr.com/ which is based on Diaspora (https://joindiaspora.com/) and really like their interface. They have one box where you can share content from, for example a status update:
...or an event:
I've been searching the module list but not found anything similar.
Read moreupload_insert: Inserts attached files into body
This module adds insert buttons to attached files list (upload module), that inserts it into body in selected format. So there is no need in monsters like IMCE, Wysiwyg-imagefield etc., work out of box, supports wysiwyg, imagecache etc. Also when node deleted its files also deleted (via upload module).
