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Creating a login based website in Drupal

Hello, Im a Drupal beginner. I want to create a simple website, which has a login form. Users should be able to register on the website and then be able to login into it. Can someone please provide some tips or point me to some resources online which can help me achieve this functionality ? Thank You ...

Drupal: View with exposed Taxonomy filter.. 2 questions

Hi, I'm using Views module and an exposed taxonomy based filter, to allow users to select a subselection of articles. I need to further customize my filter: I want the user able to order the tags alphabetically by clicking a checkbox (if this checkbox is unchecked the default order is reset. I want all tags selected in the beginning ...

Is it possible to save a Drupal View with no fields?

In Drupal 6, I have created a view, displayed as a block. My goal is to display some text if the view returns results, and hide it if the view is empty. I am using Header for the text, and this works perfectly except for the requirement to show at least one field. I can't save the view if I don't set any fields for display. Is there a wa...

Drupal 7 programming advancements, differences from Drupal 6 upgrade or wait

I was just wondering if there were any changes in the Drupal 7 code that effect server load and speed for large sites. Also, with 7 nearing beta release, should I wait to build the sites with Drupal 7? I'm a future kinda guy. I would like to be able to develop Drupal sites for a freelance business I am owner of, and would like to start ...

How to configure apache (ubuntu) such that www.mysite.com will direct to www.mysite.com/drupal6/ ?

Dear All, I am a newbie to ubuntu and apache. Can someone tell me how I could direct to www.mysite.com/drupal6 when user address www.mysite.com? Thanks a lot. Cheers. ...

Drupal and Comment Form

I need to insert the comment form directly to the node template (I use node-type.tpl.php to theme the node-type). In related issue, if I go to /comment/reply/NID I get the comment form, but it's got only "preview" button, and no submit button. the Preview button does nothing when pressed on. Thanks for the help! ...

Drupal - Panels - use variants according to NID

I'm using Panels to overwrite node template (node/%node). I would like the system to use specific variant when a node is loaded. E.g. node 123 should use variant A and node 223 should use variant B. There isn't an option for me to determine that under Selection rules, I'm wondering if I should use PHP Code, and if I do, how should I go a...

Freelance web tools, open source projects, things that help

Are there any favorable open source projects that could help with a web design freelance company? I use Drupal CMS for most sites, and am looking for some invoice/legal modules or PHP systems that will make the process easier. ...

Problem attaching Ubercart view to relevant content

Example page: http://giantcalculator.com/content/cartridge-filters It’s very cumbersome to connect the ubercart view to a relevant content page. In the example above I have attached the view to the bottom; you can scroll down to see it. It is a tedius process though in which I have to create the view, then create a mini panel, include t...

Drupal flushing "Page requisites" cache also deletes javascript files

When I delete "Page requisites" cache, my 2 Javascript files that I use for my home page image rotator get deleted. Here is how I'm adding the javascript for those 2 files into a WYSIWYG editor with PHP code enabled: <? drupal_add_js('sites/default/files/js/jquery.jcarousellite.js'); drupal_add_js('sites/default/files/js/cycle.js'); ?> ...

Better control of views output markup?

Hello! I am developing a website with drupal 6, and using a 960 grid system based theme. I want to create a dynamic thumbnail gallery with Views, and using this jquery effect: http://www.queness.com/post/590/jquery-thumbnail-with-zooming-image-and-fading-caption-tutorial I have some experience with views, but I am by not means an exp...

Drupal forms with WYSIWYG and AHAH

I'm trying to have an AHAH-enabled form with WYSIWYG fields in Drupal 6. Problem On this custom form, the user can click a button to add new fieldsets and add fieldsets within those fieldsets (so there is a parent-child nesting situation within the form). The addition and removal of fieldsets is handled via AHAH (and the ahah_helper m...

Where to place hooks in Drupal?

Please, I can't use hooks in Drupal, because I don't know where to place them. I tried to place in template.php, unsuccessfull. This is the hook which I want to use: http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_form_FORM_ID_alter/6 ...

Customize the way a Drupal Menu looks like from my Theme

I'd like my theme to display a menu in a completely custom way. What functions should I have to use in my theme code? Is there any good tutorial out there? ...

City selection on UberCart checkout menu?

I want users to be able to select a City from a dropdown list when checking out with UberCart. Is there a module that offers this? If not, how do I modify this form to include only certain cities as an option? Does the shipping module allow for you to get access to the City information? Basically, I want to customly calculate the shi...

Trying to build a Drupal-like CMS in ASP.NET MVC - Newbie Questions

I am new to ASP.NET MVC, and the ASP.NET technology in general, so, please, excuse the stupidity of my questions. I have a lot of experience with php development and CMS customization (Drupal and Wordpress mainly), and I wanted to know whether some techniques could be applied in asp.net mvc. I want to know what exactly could be modified ...

FLIR is cutitng font for nuptiliar script

Hey Folks, I am using flir module of drupal to generate png images from text. I am able to generate images of that font (it's true type font). But images are not creating properly so please if any one has knowledge of it. it will be greatly help. http://iskcon.cignex.com/excerpts text is e.g "this fever will surely kill me i thought"...

drupal reinstalled locally, URLs such as "admin" get page not found

I've just downloaded my drupal site. I can view the home page and the content seems to be read from the db. However i can't get to http://localhost:81/admin or http://localhost:81/aboutus I have enabled "mod_rewrite" i can view content such as "?q=node/266" I've setup virtual host ServerName localhost DocumentRoot "C:/wamp/www/m...

DRUPAL: order exposed filter items, be carefully it is not that simple (I cannot user "Sort")

hi, DRUPAL question. I'm using Views, with an exposed filter (Taxonomy). I've downloaded the "better exposed filter" module to display it as checkbox list. a Now, how can I order the tags in the filter list ? "Views Sort" is not the solution because I only can order articles but not the filter items!! I want to add an option (checkbox)...

DRUPAL: Views, exposed filter: how to unselect all items as default

hi, I'm using Views with an exposed filter with tags. (integrated with Better exposed filter). In the settings I can select one or more tags as starting selected tags when I visit the page for the first time. However I cannot unselect all of them. I would like to not have selected tags at the beginning and at the same to see all artic...