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Zack: Created page with 'Category:Documentation Use of the Announcements view on the Drupal IT site is fairly straight forward. Any logged in user can add an event, and it will appear on in a format…'

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Created page with 'Category:Documentation Use of the Announcements view on the Drupal IT site is fairly straight forward. Any logged in user can add an event, and it will appear on in a format…'

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[[Category:Documentation]]

Use of the Announcements view on the Drupal IT site is fairly straight forward. Any logged in user can add an event, and it will appear on in a formatted table on the front page of the site.

==Location==

*The Announcements view is located on the front page of the ERI IT Drupal site: http://it.eri.ucsb.edu/

==Structure/Advanced==

===Event===
*The Announcements view displays content of type = "Announcement"
**The fields within each "Announcement" are Title, Body, and Date
***The date must be a single day event, but the user may select a specific time for sorting or informational purposes
*The content is displayed in a table within a block view titled "Announcements"
**The block appears in the content region below "Main Content"
*The "Date" and "Body" fields are displayed within the table

===Outage===
*Currently, there isn't an easy tool for formatting an "Outage" in the table
**Ultimately, we need a php script or module that will generate html to format an "Outage Event"
***Possible solutions:
#We might be able to do a Webform that formats text and sends the resulting HTML code to user for input into "Event" field.
#Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
##Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"

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 ****Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
 *****Use 'drupal_form_submit' to add node to "Announcements" from form data.
 *****Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"

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 *****Can only be directed to static email address. Markup can only be done to variables that are set before form is displayed (eg. user, current time etc.)
 ****Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
 *****Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"

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 **Ultimately, we need a php script or module that will generate html to format an "Outage Event"
 ***Possible solutions:
-****We might be able to do a Webform that formats text and sends the resulting HTML code to user for input into "Event" field.
+****<strike>We might be able to do a Webform that formats text and sends the resulting HTML code to user for input into "Event" field.</strike>
 ****Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
 *****Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 **Ultimately, we need a php script or module that will generate html to format an "Outage Event"
 ***Possible solutions:
-##We might be able to do a Webform that formats text and sends the resulting HTML code to user for input into "Event" field.
+****We might be able to do a Webform that formats text and sends the resulting HTML code to user for input into "Event" field.
-##Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
+****Make a module that intercepts Content Addition, and formats various fields into one formatted "Body"
-###Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"
+*****Inserts it into database as a normal "Event"