form_alter
Form API: Some basics
The goal is to have Drupal become putty in our hands and to be able to do with it as we will. I thought I'd make this first post in the Lab a pretty basic one. I wanted to cover some basics of the Form API. It's very useful and extremly powerful.
Evil with Forms API in 6.x
A small follow-on to brilliant past posts by Moshe and Angie:
How to dizzy the next guy
#DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK: the most evil of the Form API properties
Since core is mostly frozen, I'm thinking of evil ways to use new features in the Forms API for 6.x.
Toronto July Meetup : form_alter for fame and fortune
Based on some discussion on the mailing list, I thought we could spend some time this month looking at the site customization secret weapon : hook_form_alter (and it's _alter relatives). There are some pretty powerful ways you can alter core behaviours without having to hack a single line of core code.
Also, we'd love to see some show and tell, so bring yer best hacks / tricks or design :)
That's not all! July 10th happens to be my 30th birthday, so you're all invited to join us afterwards for drinks an good times. See you then!
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Tuesday, July 10th
Location: LinuxCaffe 326 Harbord St. [map]
