Module development and code questions

Hi,

I have put together a module for monthly listings based on the work Prometheus6 has already done. You may download it from here:

http://www.e3internet.com/greenhouse/kirill/monthly-archive-drupal-plugi...

Feedback would be appreciated.

Thank you.

So here's the deal: I am making a module that is similar to the movie review module. I am trying to extend it with a node type for cast/crew ("people"). What I need is a way to, on the movie review editing page, have a way to easily add the people related to the show. Optimally, I would like users to be able to hit a button on the form, which makes a new window pop up in which they can search for people by name or whatever, and then click on one of the names in the search results, and the name gets inserted into the form.

I've been modifying the Private Message (PM) module, adding some functions, fixing a bug or two, and arranging the controls into logical/esthetic groups. The task is nearly complete, but I'm having difficulty understanding how to code with theming in mind.

I've had the notion that the PM feature should be able to be themed apart from the rest of the site--if a site administrator should desire this--but I don't know my way around the Drupal/PHPTemplate setup to know if I'm going about it right, or making a mess. Is the code, as written, already entirely themable in a way of which I'm unaware?

Hello everyone,

I'm working on a module for which I need autoexpirability for content. I want a checkbox to allow users to choose whether or not it should automatically expire or not. The only problem is that I am having trouble with the form_checkbox function. I write my form checkbox in the form post of the node_api like this:

$form .= form_checkbox(t('Expire after end date: '),'expires',$node->boolexpire = 0, $checked=FALSE,$description=NULL, $attributes=NULL,$required=FALSE);

Hi,

I've found out that the Drupal search function aint that great. As problebly many of you guys have noticed also.

Is there any major update for the search function?

Or would it be a clever choice to implement one of the allready well known Open Source Search Engines? ZEBRA or someone like that.. but there is many of them...

Anyways. A search with better indexing and more options would be great.

After some frustration trying to map the old form functions to the new array keys for use in the new Drupal 4.7 form API, I decided that there ought to be a way to automate this process.