Please can you provide instructions on how to install this module?

When I click the download link for http://drupal.org/project/arrayshift - I get the file "arrayshift-6.x-1.x-dev-core.tar.gz". After untarring, instead of the module directory, it looks like a full version of Drupal 6.14.

Any notes on how to install array shift (manually if necessary), would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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voidfiles commented

I am not positive, but I think this is an installation profile, and not just a module.

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UbuntuLinuxHelp commented

Oh, okay - Thanks.
I thought this was a "...A question/answer site built to emulate the core functionality of the StackOverflow.com site and the StackExchange platform..." just like the developer said, so it seems this is not. Is it possible to contact the developer to ask that the description be changed so that other users know this is not a really working, installable feature? (I hope so, as pre-posting that in the description, might help the developers when fielding issues).
Again, thanks for posting a reply.

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voidfiles commented

The main developer does look at the issues, but as far as I can tell, its not the developers only project, or responsibility. I am not certain why you think that it doesn't work. This is an installation profile, not a module, if you use it as an installation profile it works. I am using it to build out a site right now, http://explainthis.tastestalkr.com . It's not all lollipops, and pom-pom's though, there are bugs, I try and provide feed back on specific ones when I find them, and eaton has been responsive. Have you tried to use it, is there a specific issue, mayby I can help?

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UbuntuLinuxHelp commented

@voidfiles

Thanks! Your comments helped a lot. I installed the profile and at least got things working - Sort of.

Unless I'm mistaken, (is this by design?), the layout is a mess in the sense that it looks nowhere near the sample at http://array-shift.com/ - Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in a duplicate, rather a starting point to move forward and change design, buttons, etc. I'd be happy even with a similar layout and weird crazy colours - just something to start with.

Also, I found there are things missing ("Ask a question" button for example). Don't get me wrong, I'm not dumping on the hard work the developer's done - I'm (hopefully) highlighting some areas that may make this install profile more popular for the developer.

One thing I have to say (and it's nothing to do with the development of ArrayShift), I've used Wordpress, osCommerce, Joomla, and others quite a lot. But Drupal must be (for me at least), the most complicated, convoluted package I've ever used. I find it extremely confusing. For example I didn't know ArrayShift was an "installation profile" until you told me. Then, I could not find the instructions to install a profile here (on the Drupal site), I found them on a blog.

I'm grateful that the developer has taken this "confusion" into consideration and released this as a profile. That was considerate and smart thinking!

I just hope that some kind of theme, with all the buttons, is included to help people like me actually put this (ArrayShift) installation profile to use, after the theme is edited, added to and so on.

I think the developers' done a great job and hope the theme issue is taken into consideration. That would help so many of us out by giving us a starting point.

Thanks.

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voidfiles commented

So a lot of the missing items, and lack of theme are because the developer basically copied whole sale, what he found on the stackoverflow website. Moving forward they want to make something that doesn't completely rip-off stack overflow. To really start using this project I had to go about creating a theme as well as installing the profile. I hope to be finished with my theme soon and add it drupal.org so anyone could use it.

You might be right about the convolution, but after awhile I started to see flexibility instead. I have found that when working on new projects, in new frameworks, that I always have a stage where I feel like everything is wrong, and things should be different, but when you give in, and just try things the Drupal way, you will find that there is nice bits, even novel bits. Besides that I think you could look that the widespread usage of Drupal and assume that there are quite a bit of people who don't feel its too convoluted.

I don't mind sending you a tar ball, or zip of what I have so far if you want though.

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UbuntuLinuxHelp commented

@voidfiles

Thank you, I'd be interested, yes, when you have the chance to attach it.

What kind of feedback can I give? Also, when I modify stuff can I attach the modified files for you (or anyone I guess)?

(Sorry I replied so late, I ended up in bed with a cold, then had a ton of catching up to do for work).

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voidfiles commented

I have attached the theme over here, http://drupal.org/node/657014#comment-2452806

Yea, I wouldn't mind being a committer for this project, but like I said I didn't make any of it eaton did, so it will be up to him to decide who he wants to have commit access.

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voidfiles commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Closing this as we have a theme now

http://drupal.org/project/as_theme