i haven't activated the d.o connector yet, but shouldn't the "handy links" not only displayed if d.o is used. Maybe the module is used outside d.o or not used for drupal projects or have different translation rules. In this cases it is better to show this only if the handy links only if related.

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#8 welcome-slimdown.patch4.94 KBgábor hojtsy

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hass’s picture

Title: Depend "Handy links" on d.o connector!? » Depend "Handy links" on d.o connector/permission/configuration
zirvap’s picture

Priority: Normal » Minor

You can replace the text in the "Handy links" box with anything you want by using the locale function in core, see HOWTO: Creating a customized language set to replace Drupal terminology. I don't think there should be any automatic removal or replacement of text here -- it's much more flexible if those who want to use the interface for something else can make their custom changes.

I'm changing the priority to minor because there is another way available to achieve what you want (see the link above).

hass’s picture

Priority: Minor » Normal

This is no reasonable solution. The module could solve this very easily. Maybe with a taxonomy term and node or anything else. Then i'm able to change the text easily. But as noted - the complete box makes no sense if this is not a d.o. translation project.

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Eh, why would the translators mailing list of group not make sense for people to suggest? Especially the translators docs? That has explanations on the placeholders, and other stuff, which is quite useful for translators using any tool.

hass’s picture

I'm thought about people using LS for their PO based translations (maybe an open source desktop software) that is not a Drupal like project. As the current placeholders are a special implementation in the Drupal world this may be totally different for other projects based on PO files. Other type of projects may have different rules. In such cases the Drupal links makes no sense and would provide wrong information.

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Yes, well, only one of these types of projects showed up so far, and indeed, that help box does not make sense in that case. Agreed.

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Title: Depend "Handy links" on d.o connector/permission/configuration » Make "Handy links" configurable
Version: 5.x-1.0-alpha3 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Component: Code » User interface

The d.o connector is discontinued, but we still have the handy links, which could indeed be made configurable, either with an on/off switch or a UI to edit its content. It would generally be more useful to be able to edit the page layouts for stuff like the l10n_server front page, but depending on Panels seems to be a bit "too big stone for the bird".

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Title: Make "Handy links" configurable » Remove drupalities from welcome screen
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
Category: bug » task
Status: Active » Fixed
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new4.94 KB

Let's make this a bit broader in scope and just remove all Drupalities from the welcome screen. This includes the explanation block and the handy links as discussed above. This software is (to be) used with other projects beyond Drupal, and since its compatible with all kinds of uses otherwise, we should not put Drupalities right on the welcome page either. People could put such explanations back in via blocks on the welcome page, around the main content (above, below, sideways, etc).

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Forgot to mention I've actually committed the patch.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.