For a very long time now, we have been using languages that support having functions that one can call. That was not always the case, although even really old versions of BASIC had a GOSUB instruction, which it had no concept of local variables so it was rather difficult to use safely.
Functions allow you to avoid repetition. You write a small snippet of code (or maybe not that small) within a function and then you call that function to reuse that snippet over and over again. Good programmers tend to do that even with one liners. However, many others often think: well, it's just one line, why don't I return copy & paste that wherever I need it, it's going to be faster.
Once in a while someone will ask me which book is best to start learning programming. The fact is that I do not know because I'm already an advanced programmer and it's rather difficult for me to get back to the basics (it feels like a waste of my time, sorry...)
That being said, at Made to Order Software, we've mainly been a C++ shop. We also do a lot of C, PHP, JavaScript and touch many other languages as required by the tasks we perform (bash, cmake, perl, C#, Java, etc.)
That being said, I wanted to underline some of the best C++ books available today. Especially, in the last ...
The following features are available only when installing the Rules extension of protected nodes. This extension requires the thrid party Rules extension for Drupal.
When handling a Node, it is possible to check whether the node is currently protected or locked.
A node is said protected when the node was protected by a password using the Protected node module.
Whether the user can view that node is irrevelant in this case. Only the fact that the node requires a password to be viewed is what this condition checks.
A ...
Add a window target in a link. For example
[node:123 target=_blank; link]
This option only applies to links and defines the target attribute of those links, as created with:
Insert Node Parameter: title (6-1.1),
Insert Node Parameter: link (5-1.0), or
Insert Node Parameter: more (6-1.1).
Using the target option by itself resets the Insert Node module to the default behavior (i.e. no target attribute):
[node:123 target=_blank; link target more]
The title link will have target="_blank" and the more link will not.
Note that this data is ...
Version 7.x-1.x-dev is a starting point... It is not complete, although it shows you a functional Management menu as a dropdown. More to come as time allows... See issue [#791664] for more info.
Version 6.x-1.13 fixes the vertical menu problem which had to do with CSS caching getting lost.
Version 6.x-1.10 to 6.x-1.12 fixes the non-called theme() function versus the other sub-modules that have callbacks through the theme() calls. However, we really need to have callbacks instead. Added horizontal and vertical themes. Attempts to fix to the vertical menu problem
The main idea of MobileKey is to give you the capability to switch your website theme to a mobile specific theme when the user access your site from one's mobile phone. A mobile theme will make it easier to access your website on a mobile device.
For go to the ThemeKey settings page:
Administer » Site configuration » ThemeKey
The MobileKey adds one selection to the list of attributes to match. The new selection is called:
mobile:device
This works everywhere on your website (it is a global option, not specific to any kind of pages.) The system checks different parameters to
The new module allows for a password fork.
This means you can send your users to one specific page, and tell them about a password to use on that one page. Depending on the password, they will be sent to one of several nodes.
This works in a very similar way as the other password form, except that there is no specific destination, and the users need to know any one of the passwords.
The feature uses a specific URL defined as follow:
/protected-nodes?protected_pages=<nid1>,<nid2>,...&back=<url>
This
Once a node is protected, users who cannot bypass the password are sent to the password form (see image on the side.)
The password form is very simple. It includes one field for users to enter the node password and an OK button.
When the browser of the user sent us a referrer, then the Protected node module adds a Cancel link back to that referrer. Using the global settings, you can force a Cancel link to always be there. When no referrer is available, the Cancel link will send your users to your home page.
The title, information, description and title over the
The protected node module has global settings found under:
Administer » Site configuration » Protected node
The page starts with statistics to let you know how pages are protected on your website. All the counts include published and unpublished content.
The default Aggregator Drupal module does not work very well. There are several problems with the Drupal Core module, one of which we have not fixed in our version (i.e. the flatness of the item table.)
There is a list of the known issues and our comments and whether we fixed the problem:
Problem | Solution in m2osw's version of Aggregator |
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Missing XML marker | The <?xml ... ?> marker is missing from some RSS feeds, add it as required |
Spurious data | Some RSS feeds add spurious data ... |