General discussion

Hi!

I can't configure php my own way so I am searching a way to use drupal with magic quotes on.
Today I tried this code on the top of the common.inc :

foreach ($_POST[edit] as $key => $value)
{
$_POST[edit][$key]=stripslashes($value);
}

I will test it the next day. Somebody already did this?

If it is working we may import this with a possiblity to set it on/off in config.

I understand the development of Drupal is a collective effort. I have some ideas for improvements in Drupals import.module. I would be willing to donate money towards improving the syndication section. If you are familiar with www.newsisfree.com they have perfected the layout for a large syndication site. Drupal is very close but I think it could use a little more work The design thus far has been excellent but the goal should be to take the product to the next level.

I have some ideas that I would like to kick around. The current default templates layout is really good when syndicating a small number of sites. But problem arise when the number of site you want to syndicate feed grow beyond 20. The pages become very cluttered and contain too much data. To avoid clutter we should be able to easily configure the tool bar and control the number of items listed. Clean up of the database needs to be improved on and several other enhancements.

I'd need to keep a table with different fields that I'd like to show from somewhere in my site. This information can be updated on regular basis.

Does anyone know if something like this is already implemented on drupal or any of the contributed modules?

Thankx

MIT is moving forward with there OpenCourseWare initiative. They are putting course materials for hundreds of their classes online for free and open use. The caveat, online participants will miss the classroom discussions and won't earn a degree.

I latched on to the following excerpt from a recent article in Wired magazine.

Ultimately, MIT officials know, OpenCourseWare's success depends on the emergence of online communities to support individual courses. Margulies says MIT is eager to find third parties to create tools that would enable learners or educators to easily organize and manage discussion groups using OpenCourseWare content. "We'd like to see self-managed OpenCourseWare communities," says Margulies. "Our vision is to have this open source software on the site, as well as information that helps people build a learning community, whether it's in Namibia, Thailand, wherever."

Isn't Drupal uniquely suited to provide exactly this kind of community building? The requirements sound similar to those for the Dean for President drupal network.

What do you think? Where does drupal fall short? What are some of Drupal's unique strengths that can be applied?

If there is a general agreement that Drupal is a good match, I'd be happy to work out a 'pitch' to send to MIT's OpenCourseWare leaders.

seems to me the drupal project could benefit from a new forum called "drupal sites showcase" where developers post news about recent site launches or request for feedback. seems to work well for postnuke - http://forums.postnuke.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewforum&f=14&s...

the dynamic list of drupal sites is rather dull since it doesn't highlight new sites or encourage interaction between developers/owners...

I'm new to Drupal and I couldn't find this info. Is there a mailing list module that functions like the mailing lists on drupal.org? I didn't see it in the feature list, module list, or contributed modules. Is there one?