Module development and code questions

How do I define a type of content that is displayed 'raw'?

Basically I have several logical 'areas' in the site where I want to display content as 'raw' html, without the right-hand sidebar.
Do I need to create a new module to handle this?
It seems like I can in theory hack the page.tpl.php file but I don't know how I would recognize the type of content to 'switch' on. How can I tell in the page.tpl.php context whether the content type being displayed is of the 'raw' 'type'?

I'm having some difficulty wrapping my head around templates, modules and content.

Hi all,

I have been battling with the eventfinder module for the last couple of days... I seem to get a number of errors when I access administer->settings->eventfinder:

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\drupal\includes\common.inc on line 1260.

Table 'mydatabase.contact_manager_sources' doesn't exist query: SELECT csid, name FROM contact_manager_sources ORDER BY weight in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 66.

I am making much use of trip_search and would like to contribute a French and Spanish translation for the module. However when I try to do a "CVS add" of the PO file for French (first effort: I'm using Tortoise CVS), I get the following message: "cvs add: cannot add file on non-branch tag `DRUPAL-4-6'". Can somebody explain to me why this is happening and what I am doing (or not doing) wrong?

The launch of Goodstorm a while ago was good news for everyone aiming at setting up a eCommerce site using drupal. It seemed like someone moved the eCommerce modules forward, inclusive usable apparel product modules (apparel, subproduct, productimage).
Now most of the modules are available from CVS sandboxes. But not all. productimage is the one we miss most, especially as that one seems crucial for a good representation of apparel products. The subproducts modules actually references it!

Could i get some assistance on getting an OCM system developed for knowledge management at schools as soon as possible? i would like to know what the systems features would be and what it would feature to be effective at school level...
regards
mithila

Note: The GameAPI is an effort to implement browser-based games, primarily RPGs, in Drupal. Read the original design document or check out the official forums. The following post has been crossposted there as well.

So, Er, How's It Going?

The first three bullets of the original proposal were:

• All game data stored in external files.
• The default game data files are multi-genre.
• A gamesapi is created, much like the nodeapi.

And the framework is in place. It's not much of a framework, but is certainly past the realm of "proof of concept" and into the territory of "welp, it works". In the coming months, it'll be edging ever close to "aah, this is why he wanted it this way." And, naturally, there are docs and examples in the CVS. It all works too.

The next stage is centered around character creation, and I had hoped to finish that mini-milestone this month. However, after numerous false starts with multiple page forms (to allow race selection to determine what actual classes are available, for instance) and a desire for "characters should be nodes", only recently, per chx's example, do I feel confident about getting it Right. I'll be working on that approach shortly.