Hierarchical Select widget for Geonames
bangpound - April 18, 2009 - 05:01
| Project: | GeoNames |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | bangpound |
| Status: | reviewed & tested by the community |
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Description
This module implements the Hierarchical Select widget API to provide a widget for selecting a Geoname.
The widget is very demanding on the web service, so it's crucial that you've set up Geonames to cache result data for a good amount of time.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| hs_geonames.info | 212 bytes |
| hs_geonames.module | 1.48 KB |
#1
unbelivable !!!
I just need this :)
I'll test this out and give feedback here
#2
hmm.. oki. stupid question: how do I test it out ?
Do I have to write some code or it should be somewhere in the UI ?
#3
It's a HS widget, so you need to create a form that wants a Geonames ID.
#4
Thanks bangpound, that did the trick. It is my first time I'm trying out HS or Goenames modules.
The module itself works great. I also tested the '#default_value' option and works like a charm.
I only had a small issue: the 'max_allowed_packet' property from my.cnf that was set too low - but of course this is a server issue.
I have one question, maybe you can give me some advice: what would be the best way to store the selected data from the created form element ?
Right now I'm using a hook_form_alter to inject this hs element into the node edit form and in a validate function I assign the selected geonameid to a CCK text field. Is there another better solution ?
Thanks for your time.
#5
CCK may raise issues that I've not encountered yet. I'm using the element on a custom form which has a custom submit handler for capturing and storing the value. I'm not using it on nodes or with CCK.
Hierarchical Select doesn't have any modules that work with CCK, does it? I think any limitations about this module would be common to HS.
If you're working only with a single valued field, you might try replacing the element type in hook_form_alter, but you'd be experimenting in ways I've not!
#6
Thanks for the info. I think it is worth researching some more about HS with CCK but I'm sure I'll find a lot info in the issue queue.
About this little but very nice module (I'm still playing with it, no problem so far): will you make a separate project for it or maybe try to see if the maintainers of Geonames adopt it ? It would be a pity if it would remain just here as an attachment to this issue.
#7
Right now, I think it belongs with Geonames. I have a module in development that depends on HS, Geonames and Location_Taxonomy. The developer of HS said that my work on this widget belongs with Geonames.
#8
Just bumping this so maybe a Geo maintainer sees it.