I just wanted to put in my two-cents on this module. I installed it tonight (D6.8) and
everything went as planned! :)

I tested it out and find I have no issues with the way it works. It sits nicely and cleanly in the block I placed it in and appears quite unobtrusive in the user profiles as well. I also think the user picture in the message window looks great too! You guys are doing a great job with this module and I can't wait until you release a new version.

Thanks for your time....I only wish I knew more about this stuff so I could get involved and assist you all. Anyway, if you need to hear from me about how this module is working on my site, don't hesitate to ask.

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litwol commented

nbz and berdir, all the praises go your way ;)

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berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented

Hehe, thanks :)

@linuxpower

There are many different ways to help out with the module development. Especially testing is very important. Some things you can do if you like...

- Try out new versions and report any issues you can find. Bugs, missing features and so on...

- Your name suggests that you are using linux, so it should be quite easy for you to apply patches, see http://drupal.org/patch/apply. Look for issues you are interested in with status patch (something). Download, apply and test them and report if they work for you. However, you should do this in a test installation and not on your live site.

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linuxpowers commented

I have my available updates module turned on so I get notification. If I remember correctly, it's setup to check daily. I usually make any update changes within a couple days so I'll keep you informed.

My name was picked out when I was running a dual boot on this machine. I had Linux Mandrake installed and I really like the Linux OS but, I have 4 other people using this machine and they have an issue with the "learning curve" that a command line presents! I suppose you could say they are "point & click" kind of folks. I guess that's from playing with X-Box too much! :)

Problem is now, I rebuilt this machine and installed just XP, and I've never tried to apply any patches. For that matter, I'm still trying to figure out how to connect to my server with my command prompt! It's a unix server and I can't remember how I used to do it with Linux...but I'll figure it out somehow. Also, I don't have a test site set up any more. Once I went live, I moved everything from there to here and eliminated the sub-domain that I tested everything on. I was just trying to save space...I had three different sites running on this server at that time. Since then, I've eliminated everything else. Maybe I'll look into installing Drupal into the sub-domain again for testing. Sounds like a great idea!

The more I play around with these modules, the more I find myself manipulating them whether through the css, php templates or in the module itself. Sometimes I do find some issues that need to be looked at. If I come across any in your module, I'll say something.

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litwol commented

@linuxpowers: use http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ to do stuff to the module. patches, diffs, and other cvs goodness.

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berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented

To connect to a Unix/Linux Server (assuming an SSH Server like OpenSSH is installed and running), PuTTy is the tool of choice:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

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berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I'm setting this issue to fixed as there was no recent activity. Please re-open it if there are any questions or bugs.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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