drupal drupal sites, tips and information - podcasts / videocasts also http://www.aliak.com/taxonomy/term/186/atom/feed 2006-10-29T12:22:52+00:00 drupal + ubercart vs ecommerce for an online store http://www.aliak.com/content/drupal-ubercart-vs-ecommerce-online-store 2008-05-14T20:32:57+01:00 2008-05-16T23:35:53+01:00 kathy I'm going to try out ubercart with drupal. I've tried an older version of drupal's e-commerce package when the site was on 4.6, but there seems to be some good comments about ubercart so it might be worth a try too.
update: oops both are for drupal 5 :( another reason I should have stayed at drupal 5 for a bit longer. apparently within 1-2 months both should be ported to drupal 6. they're waiting for the final CCK & views (so I read)

]]> I'm going to try out ubercart with drupal. I've tried an older version of drupal's e-commerce package when the site was on 4.6, but there seems to be some good comments about ubercart so it might be worth a try too.

update: oops both are for drupal 5 :( another reason I should have stayed at drupal 5 for a bit longer. apparently within 1-2 months both should be ported to drupal 6. they're waiting for the final CCK & views (so I read)

]]> DrupalCon 2007 - Barcelona links & drupal for Facebook http://www.aliak.com/content/drupalcon-2007-barcelona-links-drupal-facebook 2007-10-19T10:43:09+01:00 2007-10-19T10:44:25+01:00 AliaK DrupalCon was held recently in Barcelona. I didn't make it this year. the schedule looked good though, and from all reports it was the best drupalcon ever (as it is each year!!). there's a wrap up post on the drupal site with links to some of the slide presentations, videos of the sessions on archive.org - search for drupalconbarcelona2007 tag, or try the mirror site.
drupal for facebook was a session by Dave Cohen. he's started a Facebook project on the Drupal site. the video of his presentation is online as well as the slides
there's a demo on facebook. I'm already feeding facebook with my drupal site blog entries using the RSS capabilities of Blog Friends and the built in Notes application, but it'll be interesting to see what the Drupal guys build.
and, speaking of facebook, mashable have reviewed widget box, a wizard for creating Facebook apps

]]> DrupalCon was held recently in Barcelona. I didn't make it this year. the schedule looked good though, and from all reports it was the best drupalcon ever (as it is each year!!). there's a wrap up post on the drupal site with links to some of the slide presentations, videos of the sessions on archive.org - search for drupalconbarcelona2007 tag, or try the mirror site.

drupal for facebook was a session by Dave Cohen. he's started a Facebook project on the Drupal site. the video of his presentation is online as well as the slides
there's a demo on facebook. I'm already feeding facebook with my drupal site blog entries using the RSS capabilities of Blog Friends and the built in Notes application, but it'll be interesting to see what the Drupal guys build.

and, speaking of facebook, mashable have reviewed widget box, a wizard for creating Facebook apps

]]> Aus & NZ post code + gps co-ord list http://www.aliak.com/content/aus-nz-post-code-gps-co-ord-list 2007-03-10T01:21:17+00:00 2007-03-10T09:21:48+00:00 AliaK do u know if there's a NZ postcode, gps co-ord list available? drupal does some nice location things with gps co-ords and it might be possible to add the google maps to the venue/artists locations if u're wanting something like that?
the location module does it now for US postcodes, but I haven't seen a similar NZ based list. it'd be easy enough to create the data in correct format if such information exists and is freely available.
I think the post codes in NZ would have to pick a general co-ord as of course they cover a wide area.. eg pick a centre point or edge point. I saw the NZ posts maps of post codes, I guess we could always overlay them over a map with co-ords and make a rough list if need be. perhaps start with a couple of the larger cities if that's where most people are centralised?
similarly I'm looking for an Australian list also. I can get the postcodes, but don't have the gps co-ords
update: UK, Australia & NZ seems to be unsupported in google maps and yahoo maps so this probably won't work...

]]> do u know if there's a NZ postcode, gps co-ord list available? drupal does some nice location things with gps co-ords and it might be possible to add the google maps to the venue/artists locations if u're wanting something like that?

the location module does it now for US postcodes, but I haven't seen a similar NZ based list. it'd be easy enough to create the data in correct format if such information exists and is freely available.

I think the post codes in NZ would have to pick a general co-ord as of course they cover a wide area.. eg pick a centre point or edge point. I saw the NZ posts maps of post codes, I guess we could always overlay them over a map with co-ords and make a rough list if need be. perhaps start with a couple of the larger cities if that's where most people are centralised?

similarly I'm looking for an Australian list also. I can get the postcodes, but don't have the gps co-ords

update: UK, Australia & NZ seems to be unsupported in google maps and yahoo maps so this probably won't work...

]]> drupal - freelinking http://www.aliak.com/content/drupal-freelinking 2007-03-10T00:45:04+00:00 2007-03-10T08:05:03+00:00 AliaK FreeLinking is a module that might work for Stephen's point (in feb minutes):
o Nice to have: create direct links to DB entry points in content
o [[artist/Birchville+Cat+Motel]]
[ [ artist/Birchville+Cat+Motel ] ]
http://drupal.org/project/freelinking
"The freelinking.module for Drupal implements a filter for input formats, creating links to existing content or links to new content creation via automatic linking of CamelCase words or words with double-square-bracket delimiters. It can be used 'wiki style' to provide links between content or easy creation of new linked content. It does not implement a 'wiki' type of content; this can be done with the flexinode module or using another core content type like blog or story."
there's drupal 4.7 & 5 versions.
here's an example of drupal 4.7 on my main site.
http://www.aliak.com/freelinking
I'm using it's default settings at the moment.
- it added a menu (which you could remove/change if u prefer)
- it's gone away and found some CamelCase words that are in the content on my site (I'm assuming after a cron run on the site)
- some terms list 'create this content' - if u click this it will create a blog entry for the term. though it didn't seem to go an add all the existing articles that use the term into the content. (it's probably better for new content so would be better suited to AF site)
- the PixelPress term says 'view this content' - this one does take you to the existing article. this article has been modified and includes the filter. PixelPress is written multiple times in the article and each one links back to the freelinking list of terms.
- so you could probably modify the section it's linking to to goto artists/TermName rather than freelinkingTermName. (or wherever u wanted it to goto).
I'll try this out and see how the module works & test on drupal 5 also (it's a new site - http://www.aliakprojects.com - I've only been trying views and cck there so far) http://www.aliakprojects.com/artists/list is a basic example

]]> http://www.aliakprojects.com/node/6
http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/dotproject/index.php?m=forums&a=viewer...

FreeLinking is a module that might work for Stephen's point (in feb minutes):

o Nice to have: create direct links to DB entry points in content
o [[artist/Birchville+Cat+Motel]]
[ [ artist/Birchville+Cat+Motel ] ]

http://drupal.org/project/freelinking

"The freelinking.module for Drupal implements a filter for input formats, creating links to existing content or links to new content creation via automatic linking of CamelCase words or words with double-square-bracket delimiters. It can be used 'wiki style' to provide links between content or easy creation of new linked content. It does not implement a 'wiki' type of content; this can be done with the flexinode module or using another core content type like blog or story."

there's drupal 4.7 & 5 versions.

here's an example of drupal 4.7 on my main site.

http://www.aliak.com/freelinking

I'm using it's default settings at the moment.

- it added a menu (which you could remove/change if u prefer)
- it's gone away and found some CamelCase words that are in the content on my site (I'm assuming after a cron run on the site)
- some terms list 'create this content' - if u click this it will create a blog entry for the term. though it didn't seem to go an add all the existing articles that use the term into the content. (it's probably better for new content so would be better suited to AF site)

- the PixelPress term says 'view this content' - this one does take you to the existing article. this article has been modified and includes the filter. PixelPress is written multiple times in the article and each one links back to the freelinking list of terms.

- so you could probably modify the section it's linking to to goto artists/TermName rather than freelinkingTermName. (or wherever u wanted it to goto).

I'll try this out and see how the module works & test on drupal 5 also (it's a new site - http://www.aliakprojects.com - I've only been trying views and cck there so far) http://www.aliakprojects.com/artists/list is a basic example

]]> drupal features and development links & info http://www.aliak.com/drupal_links 2007-03-03T09:48:27+00:00 2007-03-10T10:51:17+00:00 AliaK some links for drupal features and module development.
CVS
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/ has an example/browsable view of the drupal code & contributor code CVS system.
themes
http://themegarden.org/drupal50/ has some drupal 5 themes, though it seems the themegarden has recently been closed.
http://drupal.org/project/Themes has some screen shots of themes.
artists sites & groups
http://groups.drupal.org/art-music - this replaces the http://www.drupalart.org/ site.
CCK - Content Construction Kit
http://groups.drupal.org/content-construction-kit-cck - group for Content Construction Kit (CCK). this is the new system to replace flexinodes and allows you to create different fields.
http://drupal.org/node/101723 = Content Construction Kit handbook
http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/88 - lists the different field types for CCK
Views
http://drupal.org/project/views - there's also a system called Views which are like database user views and allow different collections of information to be collected and then displayed once integrated into the theme. from this page:
"This tool is essentially a smart query builder that, given enough information, can build the proper query, execute it, and display the results. It has four modes, plus a special mode, and provides an impressive amount of functionality from these modes."
http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views
theming CCK fields
theming individual CCK fields - http://drupal.org/node/62466
theming CCK & views to create a scheduling grid (good examples of how to customise which could be applied to other CCK node types) : http://groups.drupal.org/node/2647
http://oif.eafarris.com/cck_theming_in_drupal_4_7 - this is the site of the creator of freelinks module. he's using CCK on his site and shows an example of how he made and themed a custom version of weblinks module in CCK
tutorials & documentation
http://groups.drupal.org - for general info on different sections of drupal project
drupal video tutorials and screencasts -
http://drupal.org/node/124318
support @ bryght.com - http://support.bryght.com/
http://drupal.org/handbooks
writing your own drupal modules
http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-dojo = a group for writing your own drupal modules with some lessons/tutorials
http://drupal.org/contribute/development has some ways people can help with drupal development
http://docs.drupaldojo.org/getting-started-with-drupal-development - there's a coding lesson coming up on 11th march. & they're working on a "Getting Started with Drupal Development" handbook
http://drupaldojo.com/lessons/ - has some of the lessons
http://drupal.org/node/508 - module developers guide
http://drupal.org/node/17914 - how to build drupal 4.7 modules
http://drupal.org/node/82920 - building drupal 5 modules
http://drupal.org/node/318 - drupal coding standards
http://api.drupal.org/ - drupal api's
http://drupal.org/node/49768 - drupal object reference
http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD - examples from drupal head

]]> some links for drupal features and module development.

CVS
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/ has an example/browsable view of the drupal code & contributor code CVS system.

themes

http://themegarden.org/drupal50/ has some drupal 5 themes, though it seems the themegarden has recently been closed.

http://drupal.org/project/Themes has some screen shots of themes.

artists sites & groups

http://groups.drupal.org/art-music - this replaces the http://www.drupalart.org/ site.

CCK - Content Construction Kit

http://groups.drupal.org/content-construction-kit-cck - group for Content Construction Kit (CCK). this is the new system to replace flexinodes and allows you to create different fields.

http://drupal.org/node/101723 = Content Construction Kit handbook

http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/88 - lists the different field types for CCK

Views

http://drupal.org/project/views - there's also a system called Views which are like database user views and allow different collections of information to be collected and then displayed once integrated into the theme. from this page:
"This tool is essentially a smart query builder that, given enough information, can build the proper query, execute it, and display the results. It has four modes, plus a special mode, and provides an impressive amount of functionality from these modes."

http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views

theming CCK fields

theming individual CCK fields - http://drupal.org/node/62466

theming CCK & views to create a scheduling grid (good examples of how to customise which could be applied to other CCK node types) : http://groups.drupal.org/node/2647

http://oif.eafarris.com/cck_theming_in_drupal_4_7 - this is the site of the creator of freelinks module. he's using CCK on his site and shows an example of how he made and themed a custom version of weblinks module in CCK

tutorials & documentation

http://groups.drupal.org - for general info on different sections of drupal project

drupal video tutorials and screencasts -
http://drupal.org/node/124318

support @ bryght.com - http://support.bryght.com/

http://drupal.org/handbooks

writing your own drupal modules

http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-dojo = a group for writing your own drupal modules with some lessons/tutorials

http://drupal.org/contribute/development has some ways people can help with drupal development

http://docs.drupaldojo.org/getting-started-with-drupal-development - there's a coding lesson coming up on 11th march. & they're working on a "Getting Started with Drupal Development" handbook

http://drupaldojo.com/lessons/ - has some of the lessons

http://drupal.org/node/508 - module developers guide

http://drupal.org/node/17914 - how to build drupal 4.7 modules

http://drupal.org/node/82920 - building drupal 5 modules

http://drupal.org/node/318 - drupal coding standards

http://api.drupal.org/ - drupal api's

http://drupal.org/node/49768 - drupal object reference

http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD - examples from drupal head

]]> Drupal Theme Garden http://www.aliak.com/node/2273 2006-04-17T08:25:54+01:00 2007-12-05T22:22:29+00:00 AliaK Drupal Theme Garden, is a place where you can see the work of Drupal artists in action. Artists who have (re-)designed their Drupal site, who have found Drupal a great basis for their artistic skills. On this site you can select different Drupal themes and see what the site looks like, then download the theme for your own Drupal based site.
visit www.Themegarden.org for more details
old site was http://themes.drupal.org/ - this has been replaced by ThemeGarden.org - thanks k4labz for the update!

]]> Drupal Theme Garden, is a place where you can see the work of Drupal artists in action. Artists who have (re-)designed their Drupal site, who have found Drupal a great basis for their artistic skills. On this site you can select different Drupal themes and see what the site looks like, then download the theme for your own Drupal based site.

visit www.Themegarden.org for more details

old site was http://themes.drupal.org/ - this has been replaced by ThemeGarden.org - thanks k4labz for the update!

]]> Drupalsites - a site listing sites made using Drupal CMS http://www.aliak.com/node/2271 2006-04-17T08:19:48+01:00 2006-10-29T12:23:52+00:00 AliaK DrupalSites.net is a directory that lists websites powered by the open-source content management system Drupal. They hope to demonstrate the flexibility of this CMS by listing all the different sites out there.

]]> DrupalSites.net is a directory that lists websites powered by the open-source content management system Drupal. They hope to demonstrate the flexibility of this CMS by listing all the different sites out there. visit http://www.drupalsites.net for more details

]]> Lullabot Drupal podcasts and videocasts http://www.aliak.com/node/2270 2006-04-17T07:54:08+01:00 2006-11-03T15:56:28+00:00 AliaK Lullabot creates drupal podcasts and videocasts with useful tips on how to use Drupal as well as new module introduction.

Lullabot designs strategies and open source solutions for companies weary from vendor lock-in, software license fees and the burdens of maintaining proprietary information systems. We have immense experience with Drupal and other open source software and stay current of best practices, latest trends and technologies. We provide consultation, training, development support, and documentation to help our clients harness the power of these constantly growing and improving applications.

]]> Lullabot creates drupal podcasts and videocasts with useful tips on how to use Drupal as well as new module introduction.

Lullabot designs strategies and open source solutions for companies weary from vendor lock-in, software license fees and the burdens of maintaining proprietary information systems. We have immense experience with Drupal and other open source software and stay current of best practices, latest trends and technologies. We provide consultation, training, development support, and documentation to help our clients harness the power of these constantly growing and improving applications.

Lullabot.com provides Drupal-centered resources and education for developers and end-users alike. We regularly publish video and audio podcasts with Drupal-related interviews, news and tutorials.

In concept, we want to make free and open source software more accessible to everyone. These powerful tools can be daunting and we hope to reduce the barrier for everyone.

visit http://www.lullabot.com/podcast for more details

]]> Drupal.org - home of Drupal Content Management System http://www.aliak.com/node/2272 2004-04-17T08:23:01+01:00 2006-10-29T12:22:52+00:00 AliaK http://drupal.org/ is the home of Drupal content management system. This site is built using Drupal CMS as are other sites I've worked on. I highly recommend it.
If only I could work out more about customising themes! (need more spare time)

]]> http://drupal.org/ is the home of Drupal content management system. This site is built using Drupal CMS as are other sites I've worked on. I highly recommend it.

If only I could work out more about customising themes! (need more spare time)

Quote:

Drupal.org is the official website of Drupal, an open source content management platform.

Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.

visit http://www.drupal.org/ for more details

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