drupal contrib

Drupal import_html module

rw — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:41:12 -0400

The Drupal import_html module needs tidy and xsl. These are not installed by default on a ubuntu 6.06 server. The solution was easily found on Soledad's blog.

XSL support in php5 is deactivated by default. Go to Synaptic Package Manager and search for php5-xsl. Mark the package for installation, apply the changes and once it's finished, don't forget to restart the server!

sudo /usr/sbin/apache2 -k restart

Extending contemplate.module

rw — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:19:48 -0400

The contemplate (Content template) module is awesome. Since I can't leave well-enough alone, I thought it could be extended to add similar templates for adding and editing content.

We all know how awesome contemplate module is. (If you don't know, go download it and try it out. Then come back. I'll wait here.) This is why I think extending it would be awesome. read more »

Drupal views exposed filters need a range operator

rw — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:34:38 -0400

The filter operations for views can be used to filter nodes. Multiple filters on the same operand is a hack that results in a filter range. But exposing those filters causes the range-hack to fail and only consider one of your two desired filters.

Views needs and exposed filter range operator.

And now they can now they can have it.

Drupal imagecache doesn't create thumbnails

rw — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:10:42 -0400

From the Imagecache project page

Drupal 4.7.3 generated a .htaccess file in the public files folder. If you are running Drupal 4.7.3 [or later, apparently] the following lines in that .htaccess file need to be changed.

Options None -> Options FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine Off -> #RewriteEngine Off.

Do not delete this .htaccess file as Drupal will regenerate it.