Hi,
I've just upgraded the Biblio module from a very old version on my small community site, and I'm totally loving the new features, especially the profile listings! This allows people to add biblio items which are their own publications as well as other's publications. Thank you very much!
I had a further idea how Biblio module could be improved. Allow Token module to do its job:
1) Problem: biblio module will not fetch publications of a current user automatically, unless that user goes to his profile settings and enters his Last name or Full name. Plus those settings are somewhat confusing to the end-user.
Solution: In admin/settings/biblio, under "Profile pages" settings, allow a default "My Last name" field, which admins can input with token generated items like [user], or [user-raw] (IF token module is enabled), which in effect will auto-generate the Username into that field. This is great for sites which use usernames as real names. Additionally, such integration with Tokens module will make it easier to pre-fill the field with many other custom profile fields like "Last Name" for sites that have a separate "First Name" and "Last Name" fields during user registration.
2) If the above is achieved then there might be no need for additional settings in user/#/edit. So, it will make sense to allow admins an optional checkbox "Display biblio options in users' account settings" (or this could be done through permissions Access Control depending on role). This would be great for sites which try to keep user settings as clean and minimalist as possible.
3) On profile pages where it says "My publications" add a link that says "Add a new publication" which only that particular user can see. If this is done by the user from her own profile page, then the module should auto-prefill the Author field with her username or, even better, with custom token replacements like above.
What do you think?
Comments
Comment #1
rjerome commentedHi Joseph,
You present some interesting and valid suggestions. I guess my first question for you is... what is stopping you from using Drupal 6.x? The reason I ask is, the 6.x version of the Biblio module is head and shoulders above the 5.x version. Virtually all the new features and development for the last year has gone into 6.x.
6.x does have support for Tokens already and it has WAY better author handling capabilities.
Anyway, I'll keep these in mind (or at least in the request queue) and if I get time will try to implement them, however given the pending 7.x release of Drupal, I fear it may be a while before they are implemented.
Ron.
Comment #2
bekasu commentedMarking issue closed.