September 2010

02
Sep
2010
Grayside

Node Form Dominos via Node Reference and Prepopulate

I like Prepopulate. I like to have that pseudo-RESTful way of preloading a form to minimize the amount of work a user has to do to get to the point of submitting a form. But I also like clean URLs. This post reviews in detail a technique to use a single prepopulated nodereference field to prepopulate a bunch of other fields based on that reference.

Terms: 
prepopulate
drupal6
nodereference
ux
08
Sep
2010
Grayside

Adding a Content Type to the Open Atrium Calendar Views

People often seem to wonder how they can get their new date-specified content types to show up on the Atrium Calendar. The following Views snippet makes it happen for a content type called “example_type” in module “custom”. Note that this code is specific to the Views as they were renamed for Kit-compatibility in Open Atrium 1.0-beta8.

Terms: 
openatrium
views
calendar
15
Sep
2010
Grayside

How to Override a Views Field Template from a Module

Some months ago I wanted the solution to overriding a Views Field template entirely from within a module. I spent hours trawling documentation and issues, and playing with a little trial and error. In the end, I came up with a solution:

Terms: 
drupal
views
theming