Index: modules/project_issue/issue.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/project_issue/issue.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.295
diff -u -p -r1.295 issue.inc
--- modules/project_issue/issue.inc	31 Jan 2008 00:22:17 -0000	1.295
+++ modules/project_issue/issue.inc	4 Feb 2008 00:17:54 -0000
@@ -697,10 +697,20 @@ function project_issue_form($node) {
   // Always let the person replying assign it to themselves.
   $assigned[$user->uid] = $user->name;
 
-  if (trim($project->help)) {
-    $form['project_help'] = array(
-      '#prefix' => '<div class="messages status">',
-      '#value' => filter_xss($project->help),
+  // Display the site-wide and/or per-project help text.
+  $site_help = trim(variable_get('project_issue_site_help', ''));
+  if (!empty($site_help)) {
+    $form['project_help']['site'] = array(
+      '#prefix' => '<div class="messages status site">',
+      '#value' => filter_xss($site_help),
+      '#suffix' => '</div>',
+    );
+  }
+  $project_help = trim($project->help);
+  if (!empty($project_help)) {
+    $form['project_help']['project'] = array(
+      '#prefix' => '<div class="messages status project">',
+      '#value' => filter_xss($project_help),
       '#suffix' => '</div>',
     );
   }
Index: modules/project_issue/project_issue.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/project_issue/project_issue.module,v
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -p -r1.80 project_issue.module
--- modules/project_issue/project_issue.module	26 Jan 2008 06:41:51 -0000	1.80
+++ modules/project_issue/project_issue.module	4 Feb 2008 00:17:55 -0000
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ function project_issue_settings_form() {
     $form['project_issue_reply_to']['#options'] = $items;
   }
 
+  $form['project_issue_site_help'] = array(
+    '#title' => t('Site-wide help text for new issues'),
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('project_issue_site_help', ''),
+    '#cols' => 20,
+    '#rows' => 5,
+    '#description' => t('Optionally enter site-wide help text that will be displayed whenever a user tries to create a new issue. Please note that this is no automatic formatting on this text, but you can use regular HTML tags as necessary (for example %p, %ul, and so on).', array('%p' => '<p>', '%ul' => '<ul>')),
+  );
+
   return system_settings_form($form);
 }