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Sounds good!
Thanks, Kristen. I think I might use Pathauto for the "blog" front page section but not my episode guide pages. That way those are done in the way I started with, but regular articles can go where Pathauto thinks is best. :)
Pathauto is not required, but it just makes creating SEO-friendly (and user-friendly) paths easy. Typing in manual paths that make sense for your content is totally fine! :)
Thanks for the tip :)
I know the Views module is supposed to be king of all Drupal modules. However, I am a blind web developer, and for some reason my screen reader does not work well with the displays when I go to build a Block or Page. So, when I came across this module to help me display related posts in my blog, I was unashamedly ecstatic. Thank you for making it so ridiculously easy to display and sort featured content without the need to use Views or manually code PHP. You have no idea how simple this task has become for someone still getting familiar with Drupal in general.
oh thank you...i tried it on drupal forums
https://www.drupal.org/node/242107#comment-798428
but i was getting more confused, its so easy and step to step guide... :)
Kristen,
I have just been adding my URL address in the path field on each individual page, like my page for 'Grimm' I put as entertainmentalley.com/tvseries/grimm - And any articles about 'Grimm' will have that URL with the article title after it. Is that not acceptable by search engines? Do I need to have Pathauto downloaded for search engines to pick up on it at all? I think I've been naming them appropriately and it's not really much work doing it the way I've been doing it, but if it's actually necessary (or better) to do Pathauto instead then I will do that.
Thanks.
-N.
Great tutorial but I think some of it has now changed. On CrunchBang (Debian) in any case but I think Ubuntu also.
Instead of changing the ownership of the Drush cache, you now need to create it with "drush cache-clear drush" and no need to become root.
Hi Katy!
I ended up getting a Mac last week. So far I'm quite pleased :) But, it cost about 3 times what I would have spent on a Windows machine! Crazy. I did splurge though and got a 512GB SSD so it's very fast.
I haven't done much with it except install all sorts of apps and set up MAMP to try out Drupal sites that way. I'll likely do a VM with Linux as well.
You going to DrupalCon Portland? If so, let's meet up!
Kristen
Hi Kristen,
I have a Samsung laptop that I'm very happy with. I'm running Windows 7 with VirtualBox and Quickstart Drupal Development Environment. Sometimes I find the touchpad annoying as well as I accidently touch it while typing. I recently covered the touchpad with a business card made of sturdy stock and it helped a lot. What did you end up buying for your laptop?
Congrats on your new company, Hook42. I'm a Drupal Developer/Themer and Site Architect. I'm available for contract work. Contact me at www.seascapewebdesign.com
Katy :-)
Glad it's easy read... that is definitely one of my *main* goals when writing :)
Thanks Kristen for this excellent writeup, your writing style is very easy to follow for non-English readers.
I am very impressed by Drupal Commerce. Great flexibility through lots of specialized contrib modules and leveraging Drupal's awesome translation mechanism it will beat any shop system out there including Magento. While easier to use, config and extend.
Tom
@webtomme
You should try the rules module as it makes it easy to do that kind of logic.
Do you use the touchpad? That is the issue for me. If you use an external mouse and turn off the touchpad, then I imagine it would work fine. That isn't an option for me as I like to move my computer to different places and the mouse isn't viable in some cases (like if my computer is actually on my lap).
Also, if you are using the touchpad but happen to type in such a way that you never accidentally touch the touchpad while typing, then maybe it wouldn't be annoying to you. My husband is using Ubuntu 12.04 with a new Toshiba laptop and he finds it somewhat annoying but not nearly as annoying as I do.
Is it possible to trigger an action based on a date in a content record? For example, suppose I have created a content type called “Projects” that includes a Date field called “Deadline”. I want to be able to send an email when the current date is equal to the value of the date in that field — or better yet, when the current date is X days before the deadline date. If the latter isn’t possible, I could always add another field called Reminder Date and have the trigger look at that field…
Ubuntu 12.04 runs perfectly on my Toshiba P755-10X
No driver issues and dual monitor works very well...
If the overlay is enabled and you are on the overlay, it isn't behaving, but I don't like using the overlay anyhow... so I'll try this. Perhaps I will update the post to be "How to add custom CSS to your Drupal site in different ways" rather than being specific to Admin Menu.
That's a great presentation... you have some steps in there that I didn't include above like checking the modules that need to be updated.
As for the ordering, I typically do:
1) core
2) less-risky module updates
3) more-risky module updates
since I like to go from less risky to more risky. I don't have any specific reason for this but it just feels like a good ordering to me ;) I lump core as least risky since it probably has more test coverage and eyes looking at it than most modules.
You are right about the 'up' vs 'upc'... though I vaguely remembering drush telling me to run 'updatedb' after running 'up'... strange! I'll update the post soon.
Thanks!
Hi Kristen,
As luck would have it, I ran across your blog post on Drupal Planet just as I was writing up a presentation on how to update Drupal. My presentation is here :
http://luhman.org/blog/2012/08/21/how-update-drupal
I was pleased to see your post generally "validated" my thinking on this. In other words, use Drush for the update.
A couple notes on your post.
First, you indicate using "drush up" followed by "drush updatedb". I think the first command should be "drush upc" as "drush up" will do a code update AND a database update. http://drush.ws/#pm-update
Second, I think I'd prefer this update sequence :
1) Update modules only
2) Update Drupal core only
3) Try to update modules one final time
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks for the heads up :)
Well, I suppose I could get used to not using the trackpad/touchpad but I prefer using it because I like to move my computer various places throughout the house (including a treadmill desk) and it isn't convenient to be dragging along a mouse everywhere. Plus, I'd have to remember it when taking my computer other places.
Currently, I'm leaning towards getting a Macbook Pro. After testing several laptops in the store, the trackpad/touchpad seems to behave well on the Mac and not-so-well on Windows. And, although there are Linux laptop vendors out there, I'm not sure they have really dialed in the trackpad/touchpad drivers.
Thanks, the other Simon!
Yes, too many toys, too little time :)
I'm still dubious that the linux-laptop vendors have figure out the touchpad to my satisfaction... I was playing with some Windows laptops at Best Buy yesterday and they are triggering when I pause in typing and my hand is touching the far side of the touchpad. I found that the Macbook Pro I tested did *not* do this (I could rest my hand on the touchpad while typing and it wouldn't do anything weird).
The Best Buy guy claims this is due to how the touchpads are manufactured... Mac is like a smartphone (glass and can deal with touch via biometrics) whereas the PCs just go by pressure... I haven't research it yet, but it seems like he might be correct.
Glad I finally have a Mac => Windows story! :) Thanks, Jim. I appreciate your input.
Have you decided yet? I personally hate trackpads in any shape or form so I use the Magic Mouse and its got right clicking, which is really nice!
The keyboard is awesome and I love the backlight when working in a not-so-bright environment.
Best,
- Alex
I'm one of those that "switched from Mac". I've been a multi-platform user since before Mac OS and Windows existed, but it has been several years since I've done any significant work on Mac. I use Win7 at work and mostly Linux at home.
There are a few Mac-only web design tools that make a Mac appealing but I stick to cross-platform apps so I don't have to be tied to any platform.
Apple makes great computers but all these gadgets are perishable. There seems to be little point in spending so much on a rose when a carnation will do fine.