Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] button to pass value & default lookup

[Neil R. <Nei...@rc...>]

Thanks.  I've just downloaded <http://drupal.org/project/pathauto>

Pathauto

, but haven't looked inside yet, but it sounds great for that problem.

I was hoping not to have to get into the API.  I have enough learning 
walls on my plate already . . .  </mixed metaphor>


At 01:09 PM 1/22/2009, Jough Dempsey <jou...@gm...> wrote:
>Is this Drupal 5 or 6?  The forms API is a little different for each,
>but basically you want to look at using "hook_form_alter" to alter the
>form you want, or the form API to build a form that can be submitted.
>
>The Path Auto module will allow you to create the path you want.  It's
>a pretty common module and we use it in a number of our Drupal
>projects.
>
>-- Jough
>
>On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Neil Rest <Nei...@rc...> wrote:
> > I'm building a system in drupal in which Vendors submit Bids against
> > Tenders.  (Vendor, Bid, & Tender are content types.)
> > I want to put a button on the bottom of the Tender page "Submit Bid",
> > which will take the user to the New Bid page with the Tender as the
> > default in the Tender node reference field, and the Vendor associated
> > with the user in the Vendor node reference field.
> >
> > Also, when the new Bid is completed, I want to path it
> > /tender/bid/#### finishing the path with the id# created by the user.
> >
> > (This looks like it'll take some PHP.  I'm a lot stronger in PHP than
> > in drupal, so that's not intimidating, but I don't want to get
> > twisted up in the drupal API any more than I have to.)
> >


Neil
--
Nei...@rc...

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?
  -- Frank Zappa at Senate Hearing on Porn Rock, 1985, in response to 
Tipper Gore's allegations that music incites people towards deviant 
behavior, or influences their behavior in general