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Drupal coder: you don't have to stick to the parameter names in the documentation

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Tue, 2005-11-01 18:22
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The documentation for hook_user can cause an unforeseen problem...

Drupal module: taxonews

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Tue, 2005-10-18 21:27
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I've written a module for drupal, to allow sites to display a number of blocks with latest stories by taxonomy, and automatic content expiration. Enjoy.

First commit in Drupal core

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Thu, 2005-10-13 00:00
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My first patch for Drupal core went into HEAD today.

Drupal coder: hook_load and data isolation

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Mon, 2005-10-10 21:40
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You're peacefully coding a hook_load implementation in your latest drupal module, when your admin account suddenly gets "Access denied" errors looking at nodes. Yikes...

Grokking Drupal: the project module for 4.6.x

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Sun, 2005-10-02 22:17
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2006-07-28 : this model is now obsolete. See the new model for the "summer 2006" version of Project.module.

UML class diagram thumbnail for Drupal project module 4.6.3The project module is at the heart of drupal.org. Here is a UML model of how it stores its data:

H2Ondes, la radio fluide à l'humour glacial

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Tue, 2005-09-27 16:40
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Once upon a time in the 80s, a noncommercial radio was born and burnt down to ashes. Guess what ?

Helpdesk wiki and CVS

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Sat, 2005-09-24 17:05
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The helpdesk module project for Drupal gets new resources

Drupal admin: beware the double slash

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Wed, 2005-09-21 00:20
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Sometimes, a double slash appears in your Drupal URLs. This is an error both common and simple to fix. Here's how.

Opera 8.5 now at no cost

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Tue, 2005-09-20 22:52
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After a limited rollout of free licenses during their 10th birthday, Opera ASA is going all the way and giving out its browser for free.

Feeds by category in Dotclear: get your Drupal blog

Submitted by Frederic Marand on Sun, 2005-09-18 10:00
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How to restrict your view of this blog, or any Dotclear-based blog, to Drupal posts, or Bass posts, or whatever.

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