Passing variables between different Drupal hooks using context API

api, context, drupal, hooks

Felix :

Drupal's nature of using hooks to allow functionality override by contributed modules, by the same token it is difficult to have data available between different hook implementations during the request process, specially if they are overridden. Simply we just need to have certain values available overall the system, once they are set.

Posted 11/14/2011 - 09:43 // 2 comments

Using Context Field, Boxes and Views Boxes for layout control

context, drupal 7, drupal planet, layout, Views Boxes

Tirdad:

How to deal with layout management and content curation with Context Field, Boxes and Views Boxes.

Posted 09/28/2011 - 12:02 // 2 comments

Customizing Views With Context

context, drupal, views

Chris:

When the size of your views becomes problematic or if you want to offer some customizations to your administrators without exposing them to the views UI, you can use context to add some additional configuration options.

Posted 10/13/2010 - 08:04 // 7 comments

Playing devil's ad-vocate

adsense, advertising, context, google

Dave:

Google has made a fortune on providing simple solutions to a variety of problems – not the least of which includes no-brainer contextual advertising. But how effective is it, really?

Posted 03/05/2008 - 00:18