Drupal 6 Theming for Module Developers - Suggesting TPLs From a Module

drupal, drupalplanet, hooks, override, panels, theming, views

Irakli:

The ability to write self-contained modules (thank you, Hooks API!) and a very flexible theming layer are two important aspects behind the power and extensibility of Drupal. The following blog post describes how to leverage this power and write "proper" modules - modules that externalize all rendering logic into TPLs, suggest default implementation but allow themers to override default TPLs if needed. Several use-cases are discussed.

Posted 04/10/2010 - 13:08 // 2 comments

Drupal: Expose a Custom Field to Views2

drupal, expose, fields, hooks, views2

Irakli:

Here is a quick introductory tutorial exposing columns in custom tables as fields in Views2. Sometimes you need to store auxiliary data outside the nodes/CCK tables, but you still want to allow Views to handle the data. Here's how to do that.

Posted 01/26/2009 - 21:00