form_alter

I'm trying to add AHAH functionality inside a hook_form_alter() to be able to add an icon next to the block titles.

Here is how all this procedure works:

While I've been using Panels 2 extensively, I've only just started with overriding the node/add form and have run into a bit of trouble.

The use case is simple: we have a Volunteer node type and want anon users to be able to submit this form and create unpublished nodes for later admin review. We use panels for layout and sidebars for all the user-facing pages on the site, so we wanted this form to be in a panel as well.

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.

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.