Module development and code questions

I was getting very fed up with having to insert Flash content using hand written script in my posts, so I have taken the image module and used it as a start point for a new flash node.

My home page is running some examples at the moment - all the Flash elements on the front page are being generated via the module.

The module lets you choose a Flash file to upload, set its height, width etc. You can also choose whether you want the Flash content to display in the teaser, the body, or both.

It is also using unobtrusive flash objects to insert the code, so it should degrade nicely for older browsers. It also means your page stays standards compliant.

The module code itself is a little bit (ok, quite a bit!) messy as I basically took a copy of image and hacked it. It has had no optimisation yet and there's a lot of stuff that can probably be removed.

The module requires that you create a new table in your database, to store the Flash parameters for the files.

It might be somewhat inelegant internally, but it seems to be doing the job, and I've found it much easier to upload my vague attempts at Flash by using it. Because it borrows from image it also means that if you delete posts then the corresponding Flash file is deleted, which makes for neat housekeeping.

Hello Community,

Currently, I'm using the video.module in my website as a video podcast. I have made a taxonomy term for each video, 'podcast'. This way I can submit the taxonomy feed to all of the major podcast services.

I'm wondering if it is possible to modify the feed somehow to include some more podcast specific tags. I saw in the video.module you can add your own fields to it. Are these included in the feed?

I am using Login Toboggan 1.7.2.11 , 2006/03/13 22:48:58 for Drupal 4.7RC2, and I was wondering how to make the block anti-AJAX. I want it to look like the regular user login block. I am happy to hack code.

I am trying to aggregate some blogs using aggregator module in drupal 4.7. There is some issue with blogspot accounts (atom feed). The text comes properly but there is no information of images, means, it doesn't show images on my system. Actually there is no information is stored in mysql database regarding images.

I think there is some issue with aggregator module. I don't want to use any other module like naggregaor or aggregator2. Any help will be appriciated.

I have just committed a new version of the mediumvote module to CVS. I have added the ability to set voting criteria for individual node types and have beefed up the settings page. I also corrected some minor issues with browsers handling of the ajax voting and addressed issues reported in the module tracker. If you are using the module, I suggest taking a look at the newest version.

As always, I would appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

A big thank you to addictedtotravel.com who suggested and funded the additions included in this release.

Jim

For me, the following example doesn't work (4.7 rc3). Could someone explain what I'm doing wrong?
Thank you in advance.

<?php
function example_form($example = '') {
$form['example'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('example'),
'#default_value' => $example,
'#size' => 20,
'#maxlength' => 1024,
);
$form['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
'#value' => t('Verify'),
);

$form['#method'] = 'post';
$form['#action'] = url('example');

return drupal_get_form('example_form', $form);
}

function _example_all() {
$edit = $_POST['example'];

$example = isset($edit['example'])? trim($edit['example']): '';

$output = example_form($example) . '
example:' . $example;

return $output;
}

function example_help($section = '') {
$output = '';

switch ($section) {
case 'admin/modules#description':
$output = t('Example module.');
break;
}

return $output;
}

function example_perm() {
return array('execute example module');
}

function example_menu($may_cache) {
$items = array();

if($may_cache)
{
$items[] = array('path' => 'example',
'title' => t('example module'),
'callback' => '_example_all',
'access' => user_access('execute example module'),
'type' => MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM);
}

return $items;