Hi,

I too could not find any existing modules to achieve what I want on my site until I stumbled upon your module. However the clients site is using D7. I am new to Drupal and have never written a Drupal module before and am going to attempt to port this module to D7. I don't know how familiar you are with D7, but if you have any pointers for me, or are aware with any D7 api changes that would drastically alter the existing code, I would be grateful if you could let me know!

Thanks,
Sean

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dwillcox commented
Status: Active » Postponed

Yes, I'd like to see D7 support, too, but I want to get the D6 version stabilised first. I haven't delved into the D7 world yet, and I suspect that there are a lot of APIs that have changed.

(And I read somewhere recently that the D7 version of Messaging isn't fully functional yet. Date Reminder depends on Messaging to send the reminders.)

If there's someone out there who's familiar with D6-to-D7 migration who'd like to tackle this, or at least make some suggestions, please speak up.

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dwillcox commented
Version: » 6.x-2.x-dev
Assigned: Unassigned » dwillcox
Status: Postponed » Active

For those of you paying attention...

I'm working on this. I'm finding that there are more differences between D6 and D7 that I expected. It's slow going, especially since this is a spare time activity.

I've got the database figured out. Haven't even thought about sending emails. (Stick with not-really-supported Messaging or just use basic Drupal email support?) I'm currently stuck on some difference in how forms and themes work.

From what I've seen so far, it will look a whole lot nicer once done. But for now, it's a work in progress.

If there's anyone out there comfortable with D7, I wouldn't mind some help.

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dwillcox commented

You know, I'm surprised at how different D7 is. I'm pretty much having to start from scratch except for the basic concepts.

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dwillcox commented

More baby steps. I actually got reminder email sent tonight! There are still lots of very rough edges, definitely not ready for anybody to use. (For sample, tokens don't always seem to expand correctly in the email.)

But if you want to install the dev version (wait for one that's built after I enter this comment) and play with it, it probably won't crash your site. At least often.

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bennos commented

if you have anything to test, make a dev version an community can help testing.

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dwillcox commented

There is a dev version. Has been for a while, but this one is at least partly functional. I'm not ready to call it "supported," so it won't show up on the project page. But you can go to "All releases" and find it.

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dwillcox commented

OK, it works well enough that I've promoted the 7.x-1.x-dev version to the project page. It works well enough that it would be helpful if people tried it out and reported their findings. It would be particularly useful if those familiar with D7 (the mail interface, in particular) could take a look and make constructive suggestions.

And definitely take a look at the release notes.

But outside of that, go for it.

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dwillcox commented
Status: Active » Fixed

With the release of 7.x-1.0-alpha1, I'm closing out this issue. There may well be problems lurking. Please file them as new issues.

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dwillcox commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)