Module development and code questions

My first post on drupal.org finally :)

I was looking at http://drupal.org/node/41694 posting by moxiecode and found that MCFileManager and MCImageManager are being being integrated into TinyMCE as plugins.

They also mention that it includes a new authenticator specifically written for drupal.

Firstly,

1) Will images and/or files loaded by these plugins be drupal nodes or will be just stored as normal files and be accessible only thru MCFileManager and MCImageManager.

2) I checked the code (the drupal authenticator) and found that it is creating a directory for each user. Does this mean that each drupal site user will have his own private store of images which he/she can manage using MCFileManager and MCImageManager plugins.

Secondly,

1) The tinyMCE project - http://drupal.org/project/tinymce - has provided support for images to be imported directly and implemented as a plugin in TinyMCE. I know this imports images as proper drupal nodes. (Please correct me if I am wrong)

and finally what I would like to understand are views on

1) Does it make sense to import/manage an image collection like normal files and not as proper drupal nodes, (the way image module does) like as I believe is happening with TinyMCE plugins (MCFileManager and MCImageManager)

I just initiated this discussion to understand the pros and cons of using the above approaches. Managing images as normal files or as proper drupal nodes by the image module.

Hi all,

I'm writing a very dynamic module that is to interface with a back-office database, however, I need to progmatically disable the cachine mechanism on each of the pages (not blocks) returned by the module.
I've had a look through the API and development handbooks, but can't find anything related to the cache.
Searching the site + the net has just led me to think about disabling it, although this is a far from ideal solution.

Am I missing something?

Andy

I'm trying to understand how I create a new field type, but I just don't get it.

I wish to create 2 new field types for flexinode, and base them on the 2 existing contributed fields - url and image.

URL: I want it to contain another text field - the url text, so that the final output will be: <a href="/url_link_field">url_text_field</a>

Are there any modules out there right now for user authentication with LDAP in 4.7? If not would porting the 4.6 module be difficult (does it have a lot of 4.6 depedent code)?

Hello all,

What's the best way to check if a user has ever logged in?

Thanks, A.

I am trying to extend the E-Commerce module to include a 'quotation' cart feature. The quotation cart module will show the products without any prices, instead, the customer makes a list of he desired products (together with the required quantity etc) and submits it to the shop owner as a quotation request. The shop owner will receive the quotation with input spaces to enter the prices and by submitting the quotation it will be emailed to the customer as a pdf file.

Here is a question for the E-Commerce module developers: