function ping_help in Drupal 5

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 4 modules/ping.module \ping_help()
2. 6 modules/ping/ping.module \ping_help()

Implementation of hook_help().

File

modules/ping/ping.module, line 11

Alerts other sites that your site has been updated.

Code

function ping_help($section) {
  switch ($section) {
    case 'admin/help#ping':
      $output = '<p>' . t('The ping module is useful for notifying interested sites that your site has changed. It automatically sends notifications (called "pings") to the <a href="@external-http-pingomatic-com">pingomatic</a> service to tell it that your site has changed. In turn pingomatic will ping other services such as weblogs.com, Technorati, blo.gs, BlogRolling, Feedster.com, Moreover, etc.', array(
        '@external-http-pingomatic-com' => 'http://pingomatic.com/',
      )) . '</p>';
      $output .= '<p>' . t('The ping module requires <code>cron</code> or a similar periodic job scheduler to be enabled.') . '</p>';
      $output .= '<p>' . t('For more information please read the configuration and customization handbook <a href="@ping">Ping page</a>.', array(
        '@ping' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/ping/',
      )) . '</p>';
      return $output;
  }
}