Per-user home page upon login

HI Bozo,

Please find below a link to an updated version of the quicklinks.module for Drupal 4.7.x and a copy of the readme.txt.

I'm very tight time-wise, so I haven't created any settings page for it , replaced the "delete" text with the nice little trash.gif icon or inserted any dependency check - it assumes you already have the front page module installed.

Key Functionality:

1. Allows users to setup their own QUICKLINKS menu from the site.
2. Allows users to manage/edit change their quicklinks menu at any time.
3. Also allows users to set the front page of the site. i.e. they can choose the first page they see when they login to the site.
4. Also admins to set a "default" front page for authenticated users if no quicklink front page has been set or if the user wants to use the default.

notes

The quicklinks module was originally developed for Jeff and his bloggator.com website which was based on Drupal 4.6.x. It's very similar in functionality to the bookmarks.module with the key added feature of allowing users to specify their own front page to the site.

Dependencies: you must have the front page module for Drupal 4.7.x installed to use this module properly.

download

The module is very similar in functionality to the bookmarks.module so I haven't added it to the Drupal contributions repository. The link below starts the download of a ZIP file which contains the REAME.TXT, QUICKLINKS.MODULE, QUICKLINKS.INSTALL and TRASH.GIF files.

download the quicklinks.module in ZIP file format from Dublin Drupallers sandbox

Installation:

1. Unzip/upload all the files contained in the download zip into a /modules/quickfiles/ folder.
2. go to ADMINISTER --> MODULES and enable your quicklinks.module
3. go to ADMINISTER --> BLOCKS and enable the quicklinks block according to your preferences.
4. go to ADMINISTER --> SETTINGS -->front_Page and paste the PHP snippet below into the front_Page box for LOGGED IN USERS.
5. (OPTIONAL) if you have multiple ROLES setup for your site, you need to either set all extra roles to be SAME AS AUTHENTICATED USER or use the snippet below and paste it into the text areas for each extra role type.
6. Before saving your front_page settings..make sure you remember to check the box that says "Allow embedded PHP code.."
7. go to ADMINISTER --> ACCESS CONTROL and enable access to the quicklinks module for authenticated users and/or other roles.

front_page.module quicklinks snippet

The following php automatically triggers the users choice for front page when they enter the site.

1. paste the php code below into the front_page.module settings page for logged in users. reuse the same snippet for other role types unless you're using SAME AS AUTHENTICATED USER as the front_page setting for other role types
2. Edit the default front page for authenticated users content to suit
3. Don't forget to select the ALLOW PHP box before saving the settings!

<?php
global $user;
$uid = $user->uid;
$user_front_page = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT front_url FROM {frontlink} WHERE uid = %d", $uid));
if (($user_front_page) && (($user_front_page->front_url) != 'front_page')) {drupal_goto($user_front_page->front_url, $query = NULL, $fragment = NULL);}
else {print "default front page for authenticated users";}
?>

Hope you find it useful. I tested this earlier on a testbed site for 4.7.5 and it worked fine. Recommend you do the same (use on a test site first) before deplying on a live site.

Dub

Do you have quicklink.module for drupal 5?