Module development and code questions

I'd like to create a module that is powered by Flash. Flash would need access to certain data from the database. What would you guys recommend for integrating the Drupal backend into flash? Would the first step be to create a SOAP module or something? Thanks.

Hello drupal folks.

I wrote my first module last night. And it seemed too easy like I probably missed something critical. It works as intended. But beings this is my first module, I would appreciate some wiser eyeballs giving it the once over.

The module is to basically provide author specific pages/feeds via ?q=author/uid or ?q=author/uid/feed

I took code from the taxonomy module and tweaked as necessary. don't know why the spacing isn't sticking oh well.

Feedback is much appreciated.

<?php
// $Id: author_page.module,v 1.0 2005/11/02 20:41:00 Thomas G. Willis thomas.g.willis at pobox.com Exp $

/**
* @file
* Provides a page for nodes by author such as ?q=author/1 or ?q=author/1/feed.
*/

/**
* Implementation of hook_help().
*/
function author_page_help($section) {
switch ($section) {
case 'admin/modules#description':
return t('Provides a page for nodes by author');
}
}

/**
* Implementation of hook_perm().
*/
/*
*don't think this is needed
function author_page_perm() {
return array('access author page');
}
*/

/**
* Implementation of hook_menu().
*/
function author_page_menu($may_cache) {
$items = array();

if ($may_cache) {
$items[] = array('path' => 'author', 'title' => t('author page'),
'callback' => 'author_view_page',
'access' => user_access('access content'),
'type' => MENU_CALLBACK);

I was trying to install the location.module, after doing as instructed in the install file wanted to activate it. Went to the control panel > administer > modules ...and everything is gone, I mean al installed modules have desapeared....

I'm running drupal 4.6 and php 5.0.3. Can you please tell me what am I doing wrong and how can I fix the damage.

I appreciate any help.

Thanks

I am in the middle of writing a module for displaying Real Estate property listings for Drupal. The scheduled release date for this is November 15, which, not coincedentally, is the launch date for a client's site that will be using the module.

I'm looking for documentation on the meaning/relationship of database fields in Drupal, but my searches aren't finding anything. It's not in in the database.mysql file, not in drupaldocs.org, and I don't see it any of the handbooks.

For example, what is the meaning of the "status" field in the node module? Specifically, if a person registers, but doesn't answer his/her confirmation email, is there a specific value for this?

Hi,

Is there any special hook which allows to interact with template? Also, I'd like to know how can I use hooks which are located not in core.php(for example, hook_view, which is located in node.php)?

Thanks in advance.