Index: image_title.admin.inc
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--- image_title.admin.inc	(revision 0)
+++ image_title.admin.inc	(revision 0)
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+<?php
+/**
+ * form containing available admin settings
+ * 
+ * @return
+ * array containing the form
+ */
+function image_title_admin_form() {
+  //define our admin form
+  $form = array();
+  $form['image_title_directory'] = array(
+    '#title' => t('Location within default files directory to save title images'),
+    '#type' => 'textfield',
+    '#required' => 'true',
+    '#description' => t('Important: changing the directory where title images are saved will cause all currently uploaded title images to cease to be available.'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('image_title_directory', 'img-title'),
+  );
+  $form['submit'] = array(
+    '#value' => 'Save settings',
+    '#type' => 'submit',
+  );
+  return $form;
+}
+
+/**
+ * validate function to check user-entered data from the admin form
+ */
+function image_title_admin_form_validate($form_id, $form_state) {
+  $fullpath = file_directory_path().'/'.$form_state['values']['image_title_directory'];
+  file_check_directory($fullpath, 0, 'image_title_directory');
+}
+
+/**
+ * submit function sets variables for this module:
+ */
+function image_title_admin_form_submit($form_id, $form_state) {
+  //save the variables
+  variable_set('image_title_directory', $form_state['values']['image_title_directory']);
+  drupal_set_message(t('Settings saved.'));
+}
+