By asb on
Hi,
I'd like to add a "random page" feature to my site, similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random on Wikipedia (meaning: simply a link that directs to a random node).
How do I accomplish this in Drupal?
Thanks & greetings, -asb
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Search downloads is your friend
http://drupal.org/project/modules?text=random
'Stumble' module
Hi,
thanks. There's exactly one module, that comes pretty close to the "Random Page" feature: Stumble. However, it seems not to work very reliable :-(
Greetings, -asb
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Though not obvious, it can also be done with views using the "global: random" sort option and setting the view to return only 1 item.
issues, more issues, and even more issues ;)
> Though not obvious, it can also be done with views using the "global: random" sort option and setting the view to return only 1 item.
Thanks, that would be an interesting alternative - if there was such an option in Views 1. Ironically, the Stumble module works pretty well in the D6 version (where Views 2 with the "global: random" sort option would be available), but has an critical bug in the D5 version: #613616: You have an error in your SQL syntax.
To make this real fun: According to the module's author, this is not a bug in the Stumble module, but in Drupal core: #284392: db_rewrite_sql causing issues with DISTINCT. So this (yet unsolved) issue has to be fixed in D6, and then be backported to D5. So there won't be a working "Random article" in D5 for a while.
Greetings, -asb
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This post is tagged d6 so I gave you the d6 option, but it does exist in d5-- it's just named "Random" in the views1 sort options drop down.
[Solved] Views is just unbelievable!
> it does exist in d5-- it's just named "Random" in the views1 sort options drop down.
Immediately tried this, and it worked like a charm (opposed to the 'stumble' module which would add an addition memory footprint to the site).
That's what I call a real solution! ;-)
Thanks you very much for your hint!
Greetings, -asb