Module development and code questions

Hi y'all,

I have been experimenting with drupal on my own and wrote up a ratings engine (rate nodes + some recommendation based on those ratings).

Now, I would like to get in touch with the guys (or gals, of course) that are working on the comment ratings to see how they see that 'problem'. Or rather, to know what kind of ratings are useful for comments (kuro5hin-like or slashdot-like)?

I am also looking for input from anybody, so please tell me how you like to rate, and why you don't usually rate at other sites...

Thnx,
Ky Vinh

Does someone got this to work? At a normal way? Maybe someone fixed some bugs in there?
Could anyone who uses it, with the GD-library contact me?

Mail: Stefan@Frontaal-Online.com;
MSN: Stefan@Frontaal-Online.com.

Thanx...

The module list that it is possible to download from Drupal looks enticing. Would anyone think it worthwhile to add a small narrative description beside each to explain what each one does?

btw I have just developed a site using Drupal for DestiZone at http://www.destizone.com. It's live but at the moment it's a shell. I found V 4.00 much easier to work with than 3.00.

hi,
i'm looking for a way to import rss feeds as nodes (linked to specific termes of the taxonomy) into my community. i've come across several posts discussing this matter and was wondering about the status quo and if there is already someone working on this.
one post mentioned a module called rss_html, but i wasn't able to find any further information about it.

thanx,
bb

Hi!

While developing a new module I came accross a performance issue. I need to discover the node creation date, but also information from other two tables. I could make a triple join, I guess, but I haven't see this kind of thing in drupal. Usually, the third column/table is taken on a while()/foreach() loop, and this might add too much sql queries. So does anyone have something against complex joins or am I being to conservative?

i think every module that changes stuff in the drupal database should not only have an install script (how to add tables, move the module, configure in admin interface, pref in standard format) but also how to *deinstall* the module. not just remove the module from the directory but also the required mysql statements to remove the tables.

looking at my show tables, there are still a lot of deinstalled tables which should have been removed. now i can do that with some mysql info, but it should be standard in the install document