views

I seem to have come across a problem with using views to grab a random image and post it in a block. The site cn be seen at:
http://mdg.loesje.org/admin/build/block
you'll note the large poster image on the right most collumn which is a block view:

• Fields: Image: Display Image, option; preview
• Filter: Node: Type: 'is one of': 'Image;
• Filter: Taxonomy: Terms for Image Galleries: 'si all of': 'E-Cards'
  and thats about it

My idea started out being simple, I wanted a view in which some (but not all) of the fields were editable.

An increasingly large can of worms has opened up... see the post here:
http://drupal.org/node/155253

I'd really appreciate feedback... I would like to know that what I'm doing will be useful, so please comment!

This is now working, and a patch is attached. It is a patch against the DRUPAL-5 release of both cck and views, and is attached here.

There are two "issues" to track the CCK and Views part of this work:

http://drupal.org/node/156443 (for the views issues)

Hello,

I wanted to announce a new module, just released today: Node Cloud. If you're familiar with tag clouds this module should look pretty familiar: it themes the output of a view like a tag cloud.

The primary ordering of the view is from the first sort. The sizing of each item is based on the second sort order. This makes the plugin very versatile for making clouds of popular content, highly rated content (say with the voting api), highly commented content, etc.

I'm currently working on a site for a client. I do my work for him in trade for credit against what he sells so no money is exchanged.
I'm terrible with PHP (read, I know nothing about it). I could really use some help with a request he made of me and was hoping someone here might volunteer some time. I'd be glad to pass some credit along to you for your time if you like inverts of any sort.

i want to pass node id into my views
and the filter of my views will use this node id to show something that i want.
this could be done in editview ??
or other better ways could do that?

The committee thinks everybody will want to print a copy of the station Schedule but the 'Printer Friendly' option is not available on the Schedule pages... neither are breadcrumbs or categories displayed on the Schedule 'views'...

Are there plans to bring the Schedule views in to line?

I maintain the signup.module. This module has long struggled with the problem of how to flexibly define what fields are requested and/or required when a user signs up for something. I might have a slick solution, but I'm not sure if CCK can accomplish what I have in mind.

With 5.x CCK, you can assign any fields you want in whatever groups you need to any node type. My module could allow site admins to define the signup/reply form for any given node type as a specific group of arbitrary CCK fields. This field group would not show up on the node edit form. It would be displayed on the node view page itself, so each user could fill-in, submit, and optionally edit their own signup/reply. All fields would automatically be treated as "multiples" in terms of storage, 1 set of each field's values per user who replies, but displayed as single values for any given user viewing the node. When a user replies, the values of any fields in their reply would have to be associated with their identity (uid for auth users, email for anon).

I have been involved with creating several Drupal-based alumni websites. One of the most requested feature, by clients, is an alumni directory; a tabular listing of all registered alumni with links to the alumni's profile(s).

Below is a basic how to implemented an alumni directory using contributed modules. This howto is based on Drupal 5.x, however, you can use the same approach with Drupal 4.7.x.
I hope this is helpful for others who are building Drupal-based alumni websites.

Thanks for everyone who turned up at the Tuesday DUG-TO meeting.

Apologies for the equipment malfunction that prevented me from showing more hands on details.

Thanks again to Reg. Charney of HiTechHub for the use of his laptop to get this going.

I will try to write an article on how to create a custom panel in the near future.

As for the presentation, you can get a copy of the presentation here.

Be sure to check the links and resources towards the end.