Submitted by Dale on August 13, 2009 - 11:17am
Automation is key for efficiently maintaining multiple websites and the Drupal community is very fortunate to have the tools for doing it! The Ægir hosting system lets you create and manage a site by filling out a form and pressing submit. Is it really this easy?
Submitted by Dale on July 27, 2009 - 1:11pm
Drupal RSS functionality is spread out, and so is information on it. After first accumulating mental notes, which turned into a collection of written notes and code snippets, I realized there's a lot to be said on the topic. A single overview covering all things RSS seemed like a useful idea. This is a starting point covering many things RSS. I invite you to leave a comment if you have anything to add, a great reference or blog post, or if I've gotten something wrong.
"Out of the box" RSS
- RSS is configured and controlled at Administration > Content management > RSS Publishing
- The default RSS URL is rss.xml (e.g. www.example.com/rss.xml)
- The default RSS feed selects content using the same selection criteria as the /node path ("/node" is the default front page setting). It contains the content of any node that's both "Published" and "Promoted to front page".
The exact content and number of nodes is determined by the RSS settings.
- There is no provision to theme a node's RSS output in the PHPTemplate theme engine. Your node.tpl.php file is ignored when the feed content is rendered.
- Because of the above point, double check the RSS feed output of any feed containing nodes you've created or modified with CCK.
- Every taxonomy term automatically gets a feed (whether you want it or not)
- The is no provision in the Drupal base installation (core) to publish comments in a RSS feed. A contributed module (RSS Comments or Views) is required. More on this later on.
- The RSS feed will only be published on the front page. More on this later.
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Submitted by Dale on March 30, 2009 - 12:12pm
Putting location data on maps, especially dynamically, used to be a dream. No longer. Thanks to open standards, APIs, Internet based map web services, and many hours of work in the Open Source community, a new wave of options are available for putting location based data on maps. And Drupal is surfing this wave!
Submitted by Dale on March 27, 2009 - 5:54pm
The LinksDB module provides a nice "it just works" way for implementing a classic Links page. The standout feature is its hierarchical display of the URLs. Even after Views and CCK arrived, the hierarchical display was worth staying with the module. Sadly, with a site to upgrade and no Drupal 6 version of LinksDB in sight, it was time to convert.
Submitted by Dale on March 25, 2009 - 3:50pm
The LinksDB module provides a nice "it just works" way for implementing a classic Links or Resources page. The standout feature is its hierarchical display of the URLs. Even after Views and CCK arrived, the hierarchical display was worth staying with the module. Sadly, with a site to upgrade and no Drupal 6 version of LinksDB in sight, it was time to convert.
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