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backdrop-contrib / block_refresh

Allows blocks to automatically refresh their content.
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Installation problem #1

Closed bd0bd closed 4 years ago

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

The info file (temporary://update-extraction-03a5c401/block_refresh-1.x-2.x/tests/block_refresh.tests.info) does not define a 'type' attribute.

Steps to reproduce:

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

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jenlampton commented 7 years ago

Wow, thanks @bd0bd, you are fast with the testing! This is a very strange error. That file is a tests file, so it does not need a type attribute. I wonder why Backdrop thinks it is a module .info file...

Are you on Backdrop 1.7? Do you see this error with any other modules (that have tests) or only for this one?

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

1.6.3

Sorry, I do not know about "test" modules (what is it). I do not have any problems with installing other modules.

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the reply. I wonder if you will have the same problem with an official release. Can you try to install this version through the project browser and see if it behaves the same way?

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

Successfully installed. BD 1.6.3

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

But I do not see any link to refresh the block.

May be I do not clear understand what this module is for.

I was expecting to place different content in the block and it should be displayed after a visitor click the NEXT link (prev .... next .... last).

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

In my example, I have a block that displays the current song playing on the radio. The radio plays different songs all the time, so I need that block to refresh itself frequently. Adding this module allows me to have that block refresh by itself.

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

There is a manual refresh setting for the block too. What that would do is allow anyone looking at the block to reload the block's contents by clicking a 'Refresh' link. There wouldn't be a prev .... next .... last because there is only one.

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

Hm, why to reload/refresh it to show the same content? My idea was it will show ANOTHER content. For example we have 2 content within one block - by default we see content #1 and after refreshing we see content #2.

I do not have the 'Refresh' link. But I have set up it in the block setting.

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

Hm, why to reload/refresh it to show the same content?

Because that's what this module is designed to do. Every block only has one content, and this module refreshes a block's content.

The feature you are describing can be accomplished with Views.

bd0bd commented 7 years ago

No any link in my block. But I have done the necessary settings:

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klonos commented 4 years ago

The original problem reported here (missing project type) has been solved. So I will go ahead and close this issue. Please refer to #2 for the issue you've reported @bd0bd