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enA hosting platform -- the end of an experiment
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/29
<p>Last year we launched a beta version of Qumbia, a platform for creating Drupal sites easily. Today we are definitely shutting it down. I'll attempt to explain how it worked, why we're shutting it down, and what will replace it.</p>
<p>Here's how it worked:</p>
<ul>
<li>one "master" site, with all the basic functionalities you'd want in a basic website (wysiwyg editing, captcha, blog, events, store etc.) was kept up to date. </li>
</ul><p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/29" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/29#commentsAegirDrupalWed, 29 Sep 2010 14:22:06 +0000Albert29 at http://mediatribe.netDisplaying the total number of rows in a view
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/27
<p>Put a pager, make sure your items to display is not set to unlimited, and put this in your header or footer:<br />
<div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> $view </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">views_get_current_view</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />print </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">total_rows </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">' ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">t</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'items in this category'</span><span style="color: #007700">); <br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></code></div></p>
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/27#commentsDrupalSat, 26 Jun 2010 22:29:28 +0000Albert27 at http://mediatribe.netAdding content (text and images) to a Drupal site via email
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/25
<p>In my experience, there are several users who don't feel comfortable using the standard Drupal interface to create content on their website. I've noticed that this is the case with reforestation.net, I site I manage: even though I provide users with accounts and training, almost all users end up sending me their content (including images and text) via email, and I have to upload it myself to the Drupal site. The main reasons cited for not posting content to Drupal are: it's too complicated, connection too slow (especially in Africa and the Caribbean); and it does not work as expected.</p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/25" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/25#commentsDrupalThu, 10 Jun 2010 19:17:50 +0000Albert25 at http://mediatribe.netCreating actions for use with views bulk operations
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/24
<p>You can combine <a href="http://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations">Views bulk operations</a> with your own code to make powerful actions which can be applied to several nodes at the time.</p>
<p>Here is some sample code to create an action:</p>
<p><code><br />
/* describe your action(s) */<br />
function mymodule_action_info() {<br />
return array(<br />
'mymodule_action_callback' => array(<br />
'type' => 'node',<br />
'description' => t('My action description.'),<br />
'configurable' => FALSE,<br />
)<br />
);<br />
}</code></p>
<p>function mymodule_action_callback(&$node, $context) {</p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/24" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/24#commentsDrupalWed, 05 May 2010 15:48:43 +0000Albert24 at http://mediatribe.netDisplaying a block with a field from the current node using Views 2 and Drupal 6
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/21
<p>I have a CCK field with an image on my page nodes. I want to display a block with the CCK field value on its related node, but nothing on non-pages.</p>
<p>This often works in the views preview, but not on the actual page. This was driving me nuts and I spent a few hours finding this solution:</p>
<p>Create view with</p>
<ul>
<li>Filter: node nid > 0</li>
<li>Argument: node nid, Action to take if argument is not present: Provide default argument: node nid from URL; validator: basic. Action to take if does not validate: Hide view</li>
<li>Create a new block display and you're done!</li>
</ul>
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/21#commentsDrupalViewsMon, 08 Mar 2010 19:45:49 +0000Albert21 at http://mediatribe.netSetting up wysiwyg with image upload on Drupal
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/19
<p>Update May 3, 2010 -- Please see <a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/19#comment-249">the first comment, below</a>. Some of the hacks in this article are outdated. Please proceed carefully and report your results here!
</p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/19" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/19#commentsDrupalThu, 04 Mar 2010 02:44:40 +0000Albert19 at http://mediatribe.netUsing diff and patch for directories, and managing patches during Drupal upgrades.
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/13
<p>Background: I was recently making a Drupal site where I needed (as is often the case) a visual text editor along with image- and file-upload capabilities. I tried using the <a href="http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg">wysiwyg</a> module in conjunction <a href="http://ckeditor.com/download">FCKEditor 2.6.x</a>, which is a good combination for that purpose.</p>
<p>Since this does not work out of the box, I followed the instructions <a href="http://drupal.org/node/371459#comment-2090156">here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/13" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/13#commentsDrupalSun, 01 Nov 2009 19:18:58 +0000Albert13 at http://mediatribe.netSetting up Cron with Drupal 6 and cPanel
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/12
<p>If you have a drupal site on a cPanel account, you can set up cron in cPanel. Here is how:</p>
<p>(1) Your site is, say, example.com<br />
(2) Log into cPanel (example.com/cpanel)<br />
(3) Go to cron jobs > standard<br />
(4) Enter the following code in your cron: </p>
<p><div class="codeblock"><code>/usr/bin/lynx -source http://example.com/cron.php</code></div></p>
<p>(replace example.com with your actual website)</p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/12" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/12#commentscPanelDrupalproceduresThu, 22 Oct 2009 00:12:54 +0000Albert12 at http://mediatribe.netLanguage Switcher Block: Not displaying the active language in Drupal 6
http://mediatribe.net/en/node/1
<p>Most of our clients have bilingual (French and English) websites. The Language Switcher Block is a great way to switch between languages, but we often don't want to display the active language. For example, on a French-language page, we want to have a link to English (not French and English).</p>
<p>Our solution is to add the following css either to your theme, or, if you are using a contrib or core theme, to <a href="http://drupal.org/project/css_injector">css injector</a>. (Messing with a core or contrib theme will cause your changes to be lost during upgrades):</p>
<p><code></code></p>
<p><a href="http://mediatribe.net/en/node/1" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://mediatribe.net/en/node/1#commentsDrupalMultilingualThu, 15 Oct 2009 18:30:44 +0000Albert1 at http://mediatribe.net