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Tons of modules make everything tick
If you want to do something new in Drupal, you will probably not find any specific module that does just what you want. You will need to install several generic modules, then use their in-built functionality to construct your new requirement.
It's like building with Lego blocks - can be fun and irritating at the same time if your patience is at its limit already.
Today I was trying to find a way to embed directly my Picasa Web Albums, but have not found a good working solution yet, so I moved on a bit to adding some more functionality to my website.
Now you can rate my Blog posts, and it lets you cancel your vote if you made a mistake and wish to change the rating or not vote at all.
I have also installed two modules which I would recommend to anybody using Drupal. They are called CCK and Views. CCK lets you create custom content types with custom fields and the Views module lets you create custom views (minus the layout - have not figured that out yet).
A simple example of a view is the Monthly archive which I have added as a block to the left sidebar. It does make my Blog site somewhat complete now, would you agree?
I like the monthly archive widget .. one tip though; this time next year, you're going to have 12 months worth of posts and that will mean 12 lines in this widget (one for each month). Why not look for a widget that would be a drop-down list or perhaps a collapsable list?
I've got a collapsable archive on my blog here: http://ricston.com/blog and you can see a drop-down list on this blog: http://unexpectedtraveller.wordpress.com
Just a thought ...
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I like the idea of a collapsable widget. Will try to find one, or maybe code it myself. Just bought a book about Drupal development and already created a simple module which actually worked without any errors on its first run.
Currently I am trying to integrate Picasa Web Albums into a Drupal page, and as of today the module just pulls up the Picasa RSS feed and lists the album titles and a thumbnail image. Now I need to find a way to make the images link to the photos which still display on the same page.
As you know we have a new member in our family, that poor little cute rabbit that my dog found, so I had to put aside coding time until I re-arrange my schedule to dedicate some time to it as well :)
Ah...time to clean its cage now!