Module development and code questions

I am not sure how feasable (or silly) this but, maybe it might ignite some ideas towards, I am not a coder if the idea may not be well founded it is my lack of knowledge of coding and technologies :)

looking to some ideas on ajax form builders -Drupal on progress demo of
http://www.freewebs.com/socdemocode/prototype0/
and others
http://formassembly.com/form-builder-v2.3/
http://www.jotform.com/
http://wufoo.com/demo/

If ajax form builders can build Text input area, Radio buttons, The Text Area, Check Box etc. can they also build themlate elements of html, css, php functions, elements, clases variables

ie.
> add a class
> add a divider
> add a column etc.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/elements.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/attributes.html

add 'content' => t('content'),
add 'header' => t('header'),
add 'right' => t('sidebar'),
add 'left' => t('sidebar'),
add 'footer' => t('footer'),
add 'floater' => t('floater'), etc.

if it is possible Drupal might have full flegged online Template builder

here is a good collection of libraries might be used
http://edevil.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/javascript-libraries-roundup/

maybe it might ignite some ideas towards, as i said i am not a coder if the idea sounds not well founded it is my ignorence of coding and technologies :)

ps: i am not sure I am posting this to the right point in forums, let me know if there is more appropriate place (maybe it should go to theme development?)

I tried installing Yshout but it doesn't seem to work for my 4.7 .. also phpfreechat is under development and it hasn't been updated for 4.7...

So, i made a php page in Drupal to just get going...
It would be nice if any chat module is ready for 4.7 ... please do tell me if any one gets one :)


if (!$GLOBALS["user"]->uid) :
Not logged in - Please log in to access the Chat...
else :

mysql_connect ("localhost", "username", "password") or die 
('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());

if(isset($_POST['ad_shout'])) {
	$sqlshoutSB = '';
	$queryshoutSB = "INSERT INTO `shoutbox` (`SBname` , `SBshout` , `SBdate`)
	VALUES ('".$_POST['SBname']."', '".$_POST['SBshout']."', '".$_POST['SBdate']."')";
	$sqlshoutSB .= mysql_query($queryshoutSB)
	or die(mysql_error());
}

$query = "SELECT count(*) as cnt FROM `shoutbox`";
$sql = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$record = mysql_fetch_object($sql);

$query = "SELECT * FROM `shoutbox` ORDER BY `SBid` ASC LIMIT ".($record->cnt-20).",20";
$sql = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

I'm running Drupal 4.7 and am looking for a new version of the listhilightnodes function for this version. Has anyone come up with a new solution yet?

I am faced with the following dilemma:

I have a module that implements a block. In this block there will be links to a local directory. The problem is, it is up to the use to decide where to install Drupal and what to name the directory:

Example1:
http://somehost/drupal/subdirectory1

Example2:
http://somehost/subdirectory2

Hi all.

I'm having a really hard time developing a node module to suit my needs... and would really appreciate some help and guidance.

Basically I need a module that allows authorized users ("content managers") to submit pages that have a title and body in the 'content' area and, an image and a list of "downloads" (that hopefully can be uploaded directly from the submission page) in the 'sidebar right' area.

I have about 30 groups for og. In theory, it could go up to 100 or more. How hard is it to have the user interface by easier. I see 2 choices
1) collapsible menus, like what we have in module builder module
2) columns

If either is either to program, I'd appreciate some tips on how. If it's difficult, I'd appreciate an estimate of how many programmer hours it would need.

Otherwise, I'll have to redesign the groups to keep it a manageable number.