This Day in History

torelad - January 21, 2008 - 23:42

This module displays events occurring on this day in history. For example, if today was January 6th the birth of Joan of Arc (born January 6, 1412) might be displayed.

This Day in History module adds the node type: Historical event, and supports the Node import module for importing historical events. User created historical events are displayed in blocks. Any number of blocks can be created, and the events displayed can be selected by a number of different criteria, including randomly. If no event exists for the current day, no block is displayed.

Features

  • Any number of blocks can be created
  • Block events can be selected by taxonomy term, user, role and randomly
  • A 'promote to block' field is also provided for content selection
  • Support for importing events is provided if the Node Import module is installed
  • Theming function support provided for block content

Current State

Drupal 6

A Beta version for Drupal 6 is available.

Drupal 5

Known Problems:

5.x-0.2: If a month is entered with a leading zero, for example, 01, you'll get the error "Day value is too large". To work around the problem enter the months January through September a single digit (i.e.: 1, 2, 3, 4 ...) This problem will be fixed in 5.x-0.3 and is available now in 5.x-1.x-dev.

Releases

Official releasesDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-1.12009-Sep-0515.93 KBRecommended for 6.xThis is currently the recommended release for 6.x.
5.x-0.22008-Jan-2416.25 KBRecommended for 5.xThis is currently the recommended release for 5.x.
Development snapshotsDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-1.x-dev2009-Sep-0615.94 KBDevelopment snapshotDevelopment snapshots are automatically regenerated and their contents can frequently change, so they are not recommended for production use.
5.x-1.x-dev2008-Apr-1418.57 KBDevelopment snapshotDevelopment snapshots are automatically regenerated and their contents can frequently change, so they are not recommended for production use.


 
 

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