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How do you make required fields in CCK really required? For example, if I put together a pulldown menu with a few choices, one of them is automatically chosen. Therefore the user does not have to change anything, even if that choice is incorrect, and the information is submitted error free. Is there any way to have a blank space as the default choice and if it is not changed from that blank space it will return an error when the form is submitted?

Hi,

I've seen a few threads about similar problems as the one I am describing here, although I am pretty sure those I read are different problems.

I am using workflow + actions to control the publishing of nodes (blog entries specifically).

I have 3 workflow states, which show up as radio buttons when creating/editing a node:

1. Published
2. Published to the front page
3. Unpublished

The reason I did this instead of using the checkboxes provided in node.module, is to make it easier to change the published status of a module. I found that with the checkboxes I had to check "published" AND uncheck "In moderation queue" every time I wanted to publish something. So I thought the 3 radio buttons above would allow me to have an easier interface.

The problem I am experiencing when I edit a node:
If I leave the workflow state unchanged and submit the form, the publishing state of the node returns to the default state as determined in admin > settings > content types > blog entry

Another strange thing is that the workflow checkbox shows the right state (which I left unchanged), even though the actual state of the node had been reset to the default.

Here's a use case:

It works when:

I have "In moderation queue" as my default option.

1. User "author" (without administer nodes privs) creates a node
2. The node is not published and it's in the moderation queue

core.30265 51784 k 0600
core.6247 73848 k 0600
core.6298 73912 k 0600

I noticed that only after 2 installations of Drupal 4.7.3 manually, the Megabytes used jumped to 350 MB (the domain capacity is 500 MB).

Then I checked the Disk Usage Viewer:
public_html/enRENAME/core.6298 72.18 Meg
public_html/enRENAME/core.6247 72.12 Meg
public_html/enRENAME/core.30265 50.57 Meg

What is that `core dump'? Was it the result of e-commerce usage - or else?

Is it safe to delete the `core' ?

This question should be easy.

I need to arrange content in some categories. For example - 'Cats', 'Dogs' and 'Birds'.
Also I need them to appear in menu @front page. I know how to add items on menu but i dont know how to link them to right content.

Should I make types. And then?
Or should I use categories? And then how to link to menu list?

Any tips appreciated!

Best regards,
ctrnz

I would like to have a block for version 4.7 of the latest # of feeds of a particular aggregator category in the frontpage with the headline, the 'blog it' pic for registered users, and with teasers. It's like putting the whole aggregator category in a block but with a limit of the number of feeds shown in the block. Anyone has a snippet of this? The snipppets in the drupal handbook are just with the headlines and i don't know where to start to tweak them.

Hello,
I want to ask if somebody can help me how to make filter for views.

I already manage list of nodes with dropdown filter for selecting taxonomy in which node has to be.

Now I can't find how to make filter by defined times for example: this week, this month, this year

I need some solution which will for users offer simple filtering without entering any specific numbers, I need that it will be simple, like select from drop down 'this week' or click somewhere on link: "this month"

Thank you for your help