how to override pathauto.module?
sadist - November 9, 2009 - 12:43
| Project: | Pathauto |
| Version: | 6.x-2.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | fixed |
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Description
I created a module (more like just a content-type) which is actually a copy of blog.module. My reason is, so that pathauto.module will automatically generate alias of content-types for users.
e.g.:
http://username.mysite.com/video
http://username.mysite.com/photo
With only Views, I can't get the path since there's no way I am able to place an argument as the first path. I'd tried working this with RewriteRule, domain.module, and none works as what I want.
My question is, how can I override some functions in pathauto.module? I wouldn't want to just hack the module and make a mess out of it, then get screwed up when I update the module. In other words, I prefer doing the Drupal way.
Anyone care to guide? Cheers!
#1
Do you want to define aliases at "video" that actually point to something internally like "node/125" or do you want a menu element at "video" that accepts arguments the same way that the "blog" element at example.com/blog is a menu entry that can take a UID and return blog posts for that uid?
#2
greggles, thanks!
yes, it's the latter one that i'm looking for. i have no problem with setting up path for nodes. but i want the same way like 'blog' to list down all posts of that particular node-types for the uid.
#3
You don't want path aliases, you want a menu callback - http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_menu
#4
Better yet, SimpleViews is great for that purpose.
#5
Dave, SimpleViews will provide me if I want my path to be like 'video/username' but what I want is to be 'username/video' and it will list down all that user's videos.