It seems that the very promising Google module's development is dead. The module was build directly after Google API's were opened and was - at that time - state of the art.
However, we only scratched the possibilities of Google's potential. I can think of a dozen ways how we could (re)use the API within drupal. Is anyone able and willing to take this project again?
BTW: The module was never released within the drupal site but is still available at: natrak
Google module
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HtmlArea successfully hacked into Drupal
htmlArea is a WYSIWYG editor to replace textareas. If you want to see it working, add a comment to this blog. You need to use MS IE 5.5 or above on Windows with JavaScript enabled, but that's a small price. (A future version will support Mozilla 1.3 on any platform.)
It was very simple to do. Details of what I did are explained in the blog entry.
It was very simple to do. Details of what I did are explained in the blog entry.
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Microsoft SQL server compatibility
The CVS version of Drupal has recently been enhanced such that Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database joins MySQL and Postgres as a compatible database server.
Microsoft SQL Server is a very capable, reliable, and popular database platform. These recent Drupal enhancements welcome many more potential users - especially corporate/enterprise users. Windows-centric organizations may now run Drupal on IIS and SQL Server if they wish.
Installation instructions are in the Handbook.
Microsoft SQL Server is a very capable, reliable, and popular database platform. These recent Drupal enhancements welcome many more potential users - especially corporate/enterprise users. Windows-centric organizations may now run Drupal on IIS and SQL Server if they wish.
Installation instructions are in the Handbook.
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Drupal for education site
I am currently evaluating software for use as a part of website for parents and children engaged in home-schooling via a charter school. Right now I'm a "Drupal outsider" so I have a few questions about whether Drupal is appropriate to the task at hand.
Here's a list of features I'm looking for in a CMS to drive the site:
1 - News posting and commenting facility
2 - Discussion forums
3 - UI flexibility
4 - Active developer and user communities
5 - Flexible authentication (probably will need LDAP support)
6 - Resource ranking system
Here's a list of features I'm looking for in a CMS to drive the site:
1 - News posting and commenting facility
2 - Discussion forums
3 - UI flexibility
4 - Active developer and user communities
5 - Flexible authentication (probably will need LDAP support)
6 - Resource ranking system
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Debian package available for Drupal 4.1.0
Hugo Espuny has been working hard to prepare the Drupal 4.1.0 Debian package which is now part of Debian's unstable distribution (sid) from where, hopefully, it will bubble up to the stable distribution (woody). Note that the old Drupal 4.0.0 can be found in Debian's testing distribution (sarge).
Drupal developers will also be interested in keeping an eye on the the bug reports reported through the official Debian channels.
Drupal developers will also be interested in keeping an eye on the the bug reports reported through the official Debian channels.
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Scalability: the outer limits?
I'm wondering about the practical outer limits of what drupal can handle. I have a client who currently has a site with about 40k regular users, and wants to blog-enable them. I'm reasonably confident that I can handle the user detail sync stuff, and have a few ideas about mysql changes that might be needed, but I'm wondering what I've not thought about.
Is anyone out there running a site of that sort of scale with drupal? If so, got any words of wisdom to share?
Is anyone out there running a site of that sort of scale with drupal? If so, got any words of wisdom to share?
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