I have a used the Computed Field extensively in developing two websites which I use internally for my business, both hosted by LAMP servers on my own network. One is an MRP system which tracks our manufacturing process, the other is a Document Control system which handles all of our engineering documentation (to aerospace standards). The former is a D6 site, the latter is a D7 site.
So I have some curiosity... Does anyone else use the Computed Field as a means of prototyping code before deploying it into a module? Does this workflow even make sense?
The reason I ask is that, although I am a reasonably accomplished programmer (from back in the day), I have never yet actually sat down and taken the time to go through all the steps to implement a module. I'm in a hurry, and probably lazy... And I have a business to run, so I've never had time to actually lay things out like I should.
The upshot: I have the basic functionality of a reasonably complete ERP system running, albeit on two separate sites. So how might I enlist the help of the world's collection of far more capable coders than myself to actually make this into a deployable product: BackdERP ?
Okay, we'll probably have to come up with a better name.
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Thanks for the info. I will give it a try...
How often is the settings.php loaded.
I use Lando (a wrapper for docker) and find settings changes happen straight away
How often is the settings.php loaded.
You might need to add a Relationship in the View to Flags. Or there might be a setting on the content type. I can't recall for certain but I think it's possible.
No Flag fields in Views
Try using caching in the View settings, set to 24 hours. This should work for anonymous site visitors.
View to show a different node each day
That would actually be a nice usability improvement. A lot of people already build search pages with Views, so having an easier way to convert the default search results into a View would make...
[UX] Convert search to a view.