MySite

I just found the WidgetBox service. Similar to Google gadgets, it is a service for people to create JavaScript widgets that can be distributed across other sites.

Widgetbox widgets can be used as MySite Droplets, just enter the code and select the 'Full HTML' input format.

I just proposed this session for Barcelona. Hope it makes sense.

Looking deeply at the MySite / Panels integration question, I think what we need is a unified abstraction API that lets modules find, collect, render, and display data in multiple contexts.

Working on a unified API might be the best direction. Take a look at the session proposal and this brief overview.

A little mea culpa. I rushed to get some new features out -- including comment tracking, default restore, and content locking. And in doing so, I left in a few bugs in the 5.x.2.5 release.

So I had to release 5.x.2.6 to correct them.

For the new folks, Droplets are little snippets of HTML, JavaScript, and PHP code that function like Drupal Blocks, but Droplets are native to MySite. Views and Blocks can be converted to Droplets through an interface.

I know that some of you have created custom MySite Droplets. If you have, post them in a comment below.

We've hit the Drupal 6 code freeze, and a call went out today to start upgrading modules for Drupal 6.

So I'm going to draw a line:

I will start porting MySite to Drupal 6 after DrupalCon Barcelona in late September.

Effectively, this means that the Drupal 5 branch will freeze on that date. I will take the newest stable release (currently 5.x.2.8) and port it to Drupal 6.

My general rule is this: Once I start developing for the new Drupal version, I freeze features for past versions. That means that 4-7 is bugfix only, and 5--2 would be shortly.

Hi all, I'm Ken Rickard, the MySite developer and maintainer.

I started this project to help develop site personalization for our media company (http://morris.com). I am a relatively novice PHP developer (I was a literature major) and greatly appreciate Drupal for providing a structured environment for learning development.

I've been working with Drupal since 2005, and this is one of two modules that I've released out of about 10 that I've written.

The MySite module has some good features, but is running into the limitations of my skill. So this group has a couple of purposes:

Note: this is not itself an SOC proposal. It is a clarification of work already done and work to be done.

The MySite module started as a simple summary view of a Drupal website. It allows users to select content from a list of categories, add RSS feeds, and see what's new on the site.

Since its first release, I've been adding new features and pushing in new directions, and I'd like some feedback.