Newbie drupal question

loucapo - July 31, 2009 - 14:23

Is it pretty easy in drupal for a non-php developer to add some code to an existing module? Lets say for example I want to add code to the contact for so I can pass a QS in and have it default to that category in the form. How hard is this to do?

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Contact Forms

matt_harrold - July 31, 2009 - 14:28

There is a module that already does this called Contact Forms (http://drupal.org/project/contact_forms).

Another one is Advanced Contact (http://drupal.org/project/advcontact).

cool just what i

loucapo - July 31, 2009 - 15:39

cool just what i needed.

after enabling, how do i change the text at the top? not the addl info, but above it.

Does anyone have anymore

loucapo - August 2, 2009 - 05:01

Does anyone have anymore infor on this? Seems like maybe its missing for me.

\m/

VM - August 2, 2009 - 05:06

the above mentioned modules are not part of core. They are community contributed/developed modules and are downloaded and installed after drupal is installed.

I realize that, I'm just a

loucapo - August 2, 2009 - 05:11

I realize that, I'm just a little desperate in that i am supposed to launch the site this weekend and the text on the top is gibberish.

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VM - August 2, 2009 - 05:13

what text?

not all of use have this module installed. Benefical to copy and paste what you see or to take a screencapture and link it here.

sorry guess i wasnt clear on

loucapo - August 2, 2009 - 05:16

sorry guess i wasnt clear on that. when i installed drupal, i entered text for the top of my contact form. I then added the other module and then tried to go chg that text but i dont see where i can chg it. i thought it was in the admin/build/contact/settings page but its not, or at least not anymore

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VM - August 2, 2009 - 05:19

try clearing your cache adminsiter -> performance

worst case:
disable the "other" module and does normal functionality return?

disabled the module and

loucapo - August 2, 2009 - 05:24

disabled the module and cleared cache, no luck.

am i looking in the right spot?

\m/

VM - August 2, 2009 - 05:28

I don't know because I am unsure where you would have

"entered text for the top of my contact form"

for example, on this page:

loucapo - August 3, 2009 - 02:27

for example, on this page: http://quitdev.host22.com/?q=contact

the text that reads: "Receive our helpful and entertaining videos by email"

where is this stored, I thought it was at: admin/build/contact/settings

since i installed the contact_forms module, this isnt there (or maybe it never was and I am just confused), but I need to update that text and cant locate it anywhere.

someone help, please!

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VM - August 3, 2009 - 02:39

Did you hardcode it somewhere, in a theme file?

<h1 class="title">Receive our helpful and entertaining videos by email</h1>				<!-- main-content-block --><div class="main-content-block"> 

Shows it above the content block.

Have you tried disabling the module, that you keep referring to that is not allowing you change this where you think you changed it originally? and checking where you "think" you added it?

Helps to take notes about sites you are building so you can refer back to those changes when you want to alter it again.

at this points it's a guessing game for everyone reading this thread because we don't know where you added it in.

Wow, I would have NEVER found

loucapo - August 3, 2009 - 16:24

Wow, I would have NEVER found that! Thats kind of unintuitive to me.

Thanks Matt!