Hi,
I am currently working on the views scheduler project (SoC), i just wanted to give you guys heads up that currently it is open for testing and that i would really appreciate if you could have a go at it an report back any bugs/feature requests.
Project @ http://drupal.org/project/view_scheduler
cvs @ http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/view_scheduler/
What does views scheduler do:
It allows for the scheduling of views and linking any scheduled view to any number of actions.
Possible use:
creating a publishing queue and having certain number of nodes published (promoted, stickied etc) from that queue.
How to install and test it:
1. This module makes use of the following modules, so download them Views.module, Schedule.module and Actions.module.
1b. Download views_scheduler
2. Extract and copy the packages into your site's '/modules' directory.
3. Enable the following: 'actions', 'schedule', 'views' and 'views_scheduler' modules at 'admin/modules'.
4. Create a view with filters such as moderated/unpublished/published @ 'admin/views'
5. Create a schedule and link it to the view you created by going to 'admin/schedule_views' then 'add schedule' tab ('admin/schedule_views/add_schedule')
6. Link actions to the scheduled view by going to 'admin/schedule_views', if you have done the above steps...there should be a scheduled view listed click on 'add actions' option.
7. The schedule runs on cron, so inorder for it to work....cron must be setup properly. When the schedule time comes cron should take care of carrying out the actions you linked to the schedule view.
Currently i am in the process of creating view_Schedulers own actions so if anyone has any idea for a good action drop me a line.
regards
Comments
Schedule.module is not 4.7 compatible
How do you recommend I test views_scheduler? Did you update schedule.module?
CVS Version
Did you try the CVS Schedule.module? That looks like it has been updated recently at least!
No
scheduler.module was updated a couple weeks ago, but schedule.module was last updated in 2005.
schedule.module, the one we want, uses
form_radios(), among other things. How is that 4.7 compatible?hmmm
you are right in a sense that schedule.module hasnt been updated in a long time ( i spoke to robert castello, says he will get to it.......) and its forms arent 4.7 compatible ..... but frankly thats the only part that is incompatible, remember though schedule.module is not really a module but a component, which i just need to use few of its functionality.
true say i shouldve attempted to update it, but i really didnt have the time + i didnt see it as a major problem since nothing will break as no forms are called/used from it.
Okay
Okay
even though schedule is for 4.6
it still works fine on 4.7, i have included the install file for it inside the views_scheduler.isntall.
the only thing that really needs to be updated on schedule is the forms...which i dont make use of atm.