are user id's different from the usual drupal usernames and if so how are they generated/ where do i find them? also was wondering about this requack content type. how is it different from a transaction? also, how does one create offer and want categories?

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matslats commented

User ids are used to identify users in the user table.
Many existing LETS schemes like to log in with such numbers.
The uid is usually hidden from the user, but you can see it in the path on the edit page.
They are usually generated incrementally automatically, but that module allows you to import users with a defined id.
This may also be useful if you are importing users' offers and wants, and you already have uids from a previous database.

Requack is a request/acknowledgement. For a specific use case:
1. Committee needs a job doing, and posts a request.
2. Member sees request and does job
3. Committee edits the request and it is attributed to the user as an acknowledgement

Offer and want categories are a normal taxonomy. Just tell the taxonomy to govern those types.

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roknich commented
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.0-beta1
Component: Documentation » Offers/Wants

I have the same problem.
"Offer and want categories are a normal taxonomy.
Just tell the taxonomy to govern those types."
How are they different than a forum?
I'm not a Drupal expert - I'm more familiar with XOOPS or the older Nuke versions.
if it there was a way to simple create a table and associated code, it would make sense to me.

I don't think I'm too old to learn this: but like others who have asked,
I seem to be missing something.

- David

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ed523 commented

go to /admin/content/taxonomy and click the "add terms" link next to offer/want categories and add category terms like "child care" or "services" or whatever. when someone publishes an offer or a want they need to select one of the categories for it to show up.

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ed523 commented

thanks for the help. i'm a little confused. if the uid is hidden from the user, how does anyone know what to log in with? the reason i asked is no one could log in with their username/password while that module was enabled.
also, if i have a user role for people who are interested in posting to the forums but not able to participate in actual trading, is there a way to change which user role the transaction module uses to list users?

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matslats commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

uid_login.module was an optional module which has now been removed from this package.
The module was coded for a specific group of users which has a tradition of using numbers rather than names.
It was part of the complementary currency package, but there is no technical reason for it to be so
Use of the module would necessitate that views and other references would include user ids alongside or instead of user names