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The favorite nodes module allows the admin to enable users to add certain content types to a list of favorites.

Now, this module integrates with views, so users can can generate custom lists of favorites.

These include:

We are pleased to announce several Userpoints related things today.

First, we have views integration, thanks to corsix and GHOP task #62. It is available in 5.x-2.15.

2bits and SocialSignal are proud to announce the release of the Second Life framework for Drupal.

This framework allows objects inside Second Life to interact with applications running on Drupal web sites. The framework includes a sample application, a Second Life client emulator, and debugging/timing facilities to help developers write.

What can you do with this framework? Many things:

A new module that helps with busy sites has been released.

This is the session expire module.

Problem

On busy sites, the number of rows in Drupal's sessions table can be really high. We saw sites with 1.7 million rows in it!

Drupal's core relies on PHP garbage collection to do this cleanup, but the options are sometimes not set correctly in php.ini, and vary from distro to distro, so the cleanup may not kick in at all. Moreover, the cleanup can be triggered by normal page views.

This is another request for input/ideas/opinions for the upcoming Userpoints 3.x API, if you use that module.

First read up on the new Userpoints 3.x API if you are not familiar with that. 

Then head over to this issue by the awesome Jacob Redding, and read his proposal, my agreement with him and Greg Knaddison's comments.

A new development release of Userpoints 3.x-dev is now available for download.

This version implements a new and improved API that should be more extensible in the future, and hence less disruptive for modules from one release to the next. The arguments are now minimal, with sensible defaults to those ones that are not specified. The arguments are an associative array, so addition in the future would not change the function's signature.

2bits is a sponsor of Ontario Linux Fest which is being held on October 13, 2007.

Khalid will be presenting on Performance tuning and optimization for large web sites, using Drupal as a popular LAMP application. According to the schedule, this is on 15:30 in Hall C.

The fee module is designed for one time use conference/event sites. It allows conference organizers to collect fees from registered users who signed up for the conference.

Now, the module has new features that allow conference organizers to print lists of confirmed (i.e. paid up) attendees. Several fields are exposed to views, such as the gross amount, the net amount, currency, and whether the user paid or not.

A new Drupal module authored by 2bits has been released.

The nudge module allows users to nudge other users on nodes they have written.

2bits is a proud sponsor for the Ontario Linux Fest, which will be held in Toronto on October 13, 2007.

Khalid will be among the speakers, presenting on Web site performance optimization for large webs sites, with an emphasis on Drupal.