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discursives edited this page Jun 23, 2011 · 3 revisions

Welcome to the jquery_freebase wiki!

This is a dump of our project details. We'll split it out into more pages as the days move on.

Commoning JQuery Freebase Update

Goal: Update Jquery Freebase to work with Drupal 7

Project Page: http://drupal.org/project/jquery_freebase

Why this project:

Public databases serve the public good (if they have useful data and are accessible, of course). Our goal is to build a database of all the projects, organizations and people who are working for the public good and it makes sense to do that in a publicly accessible database. Freebase is the best choice and we are going to need tools to read and write to and from Freebase. We'll update jquery suggest to D7 so that more people can use Freebase!

Learning Process and Outcomes:

  • Install D6 module in D6 Drupal and familiarize yourself with functions

  • Create accounts on Drupal.org

  • Join the issue thread to perform the upgrade: http://drupal.org/node/1186642

  • Post patches to this issue queue on Drupal.org

  • Work on project together on Github

  • Work on documentation together in Google Docs

  • Become familiar with upgrading modules to Drupal 7

  • Become familiar with CCK and Views as it relates to the Jquery Freebase module

  • Install and learn to use Drush: http://drush.ws/ , http://drupal.org/project/drush

Project

  • CCK Autocomplate field functional

  • Basic Styling for inserted elements

  • Ability to list CCK field Freebase values in Views

  • Ability to select display widget (large/small) in views and CCK display options

  • Ability to select information to include from Freebase (what key, what information)

What steps to take

  • Setup local drush

  • setup local drupal environment

  • setup Drupal 6.22

  • Install jquery_freebase by following the instructions in the readme.txt and include all the required modules.

*Start the upgrade! Visit http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7 for more information about how to upgrade Drupal module from D6 to D7!

Installation Notes:

http://drupal.org/node/813312 - this is where the previous upgrade came from, and includes additional instructions.

Additional Notes: danman, the recent author of jquery_freebase has a sandbox with a number of freebase related tools in it: http://drupal.org/sandbox/dman/1126680 also: http://drupal.org/sandbox/dman/1126696

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