Looks like some MySQL data export/import operations can fail for anonymous users. I just did a data dump from my local development server to the live site and all the comments by users who aren't logged in were not showing up. Gone. Missing. It turns out MySQL was trying to stick the autoincrement value in the `uid` field in the place of the supplied `0`.
One of the most frustrating things about Drupal's current architecture is that comments, and the form to post them, are attached to nodes and don't easily allow you to move them around in your TPL files. There really should be an easier way to just place them anywhere you'd like. Most times this doesn't get in your way, until you want to do some fancy layouts where your content is split into multiple columns on the page.
When using taxonomy to group nodes on your Drupal site, you find a need to apply another taxonomy term to all of those nodes (possibly from a different vocabulary) there is nothing that is going to be shorter and sweeter than some quick SQL-fu.
If you're like me, most of your projects are redesigns of existing sites. And if the site is already on some kind of CMS, this means importing content from the old system into Drupal, and to make it easy you'll do it with MySQL directly.There are pros and cons about this approach, which I am learning, and one of the cons is that content created by the database may not always get plugged into all of Drupal's various tables. Sure, you got the text into node, node_revisions, can your CCK tables, but there is more than meets the eye.
Today's challenge: your editors just handed you almost 200 taxonomy terms to add to the site, and you don't have the time or inclination to hit the taxonomy/n/add/term page for the next 2 hours or so... AWK to the rescue!Doing a simple CSV export of the term_data and term_hierarchy tables, you've got a pretty simple structure:term_datatid,vid,name,description,weightterm_hierarchytid,parentWhat you'll ultimately generate here is a file that stores everything you need to know about importing these terms via a CSV - the term names, the weights, good IDs, and the TID of the parents.2048,#the current value of the sequences for term_dataterm,34,Blogs,#a helper linex,1,Drupal,All about Drupal,-5x,1,Modules,Ways to extend Drupal,-4x,1,Themes,Making your install pretty,-3term,35,News,#a second helper linex,1,International,,0x,1,Local,,0x,1,Hyperlocal,,0 In this file, we've got 3 types of data:The starting value for sequencesThe id of the parent term for the next several rows, starting with the word "term" followed by the TID and the plain English name just to help us get organizedThe new terms, with an "x" where the new TIDs will be placed, and the VID, Description and Weight all filled out.
In my previous post, I talked about how I implemented the dynamic marker system on OffRoadAtlas.com. In this post, I'll cover the functionality that the PdMarker adds to the site. When you first hit the home page of the site, you'll see that the main content area is separated into two main sections: the narrow column to the left of the map (I call this the "info column") and the map itself. The idea behind the info column is that as users click on markers on the map, instead of the standard GMap info window, a very brief summary of
I recently upgraded OffRoadAtlas.com with a custom map interface based on the GMap module. I was able to do this while leaving the GMap module is virtually un-hacked (with the exception of modifying the "GMAP_API_VERSION" variable) - all of the customizations were made via an additional "helper" module that was written specifically for this site. The site utilizes a map on the home page that shows all the off-roading areas and clubs in the database. The problem I was trying to solve was that I didn't want to have to load all 1,500+ points each time the home page was
When defining Content Types in Drupal with the Content Construction Kit you are able to add select boxes to them with CCK. It takes its key/value pairs in this format: Key|Value. One of the most common tasks for this is to create a drop down list of US States. So to save folks some time, I have compiled a list for you to paste right into your own projects. The attached text file will give you US States in the expected format. Hopefully this will save others a bit of typing when you need such a list for your own Drupal projects. Enjoy!
When developing Drupal themes, there is one bit of code you type over and over again:sites/all/themes/blueprint/images/whatever.jpgWhere images/whatever.jpg could be a css file, or other file, but is normally an image.However, since clean URLs in Drupal appear to make fake directories, the web browser thinks your image is located in:node/345/sites/all/themes/blueprint/images/whatever.jpgWhen it's not. Luckily Drupal has tools to help you in this case.
Today's question comes from Dale at NFi Studios in Orlando, FL - my home town:Essentially:, what i'm trying to do is1. Determine the current nodes taxonomy terms2. Determine all other pages that share taxonomy terms3. Display the title (and link) to those pages in a blockUsing Drupal 6.2 and Views - Looked at a few modules, but nothing quite exact - Reviewing some module snippets right now to see if I can potentially use an argument to do it.
When installing a new Drupal site (or when your list of available updates gets nice and long), you'll often have to download tons of modules, unpack them, and copy all of the resulting directories to your sites/all/modules directory. Personally, I'm not a fan of all the clicking, downloading, unzipping and most of all waiting!Today I finally settled on a workflow that gets the job done, and it's called the UNIX command line. If your server doesn't use some flavor of UNIX or Linux, or if your web host doesn't allow you shell access, you may want to stop reading after the next paragraph.
Part of the power of having jQuery integrated with Drupal is the ability to take advantage of the strong jQuery developer community. There are many, many plug-ins for jQuery that can add some great functionality to your site - usually with very little code. jqModal is just one of these plug-ins. It can be used to create modal (or non-modal) dialog boxes. In this example, I'm going to show you how to use it to create a modal "Please Wait..." dialog box. This can be useful when your user submits a form that might take a few seconds to process
Question #2 also comes to us via our Facebook forumModifying existing views.Michael Blake (Orlando, FL) wrote on Jan 24, 2008 at 12:08 PM.I'm working on an existing Drupal application that has a custom Content Type. This includes some custom fields. When I change a custom field, such as add markup before and after it, This does not appear in my views. I think it's because my Views have been exported.However if I change the .php files in the themes directory directly on the server, I get what I want. My question is , if I go about it this way, can someone else come along export a view and erase my changes? Or do I need to re-export every time I make a change?Thanks.
This question comes to us from our Facebook forum. It feels good to answer, because this is the first of many questions we'll be answering here on the site.Some Help I need (XML Sitemap)Omar Eduardo Fernández (MIT) wrote on Jan 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM.So right now, I've been trying to fix an issue I have on my website. I imported everything I had from WordPress (posts, comments, categories/tags, etc), and then I installed the pathauto and the XML Sitemap modules. The problem I'm having is that XML Sitemap is producing a sitemap with every link in terms of nodes rather than the aliases my pages now have, and I would strongly prefer it to use the aliases. My NEW content is being included in the sitemap using aliases, but all the previously imported content is in the node format. You can look at my sitemap if you're not sure what I mean, is http://omareduardo.com/sitemap.xmlThanks for any help!-Omar