Upgrading a Drupal input filter module to Drupal 7
There was no version of the markdown filter available for Drupal 7, and no existing issue on this in the issue queue at Drupal.org. I wasn't in an urgent need for this module, but I will need it on a project that is hoping to go D7 as soon as it is released, so I thought I'd use it as an excuse look further into the API changes in Drupal 7.
I'm working on the alpha2 release of Drupal7 and the D6 version of markdown checked out from CVS. I've posted the code up on drupal.org. Here's what needed to be done:
CCK Fields in Core for Drupal 7
I mentioned previously that I'm keeping an eye on the new features coming up in Drupal 7, and there's a biggie confirmed over at d.o with the inclusion of CCK fields in Drupal core. The delay in release of CCK and Views for Drupal 6 has been the main reason for the slow migration to Drupal 6 from Drupal 5, and moving key functionality like this into core can only be a good thing.
