Drupal Tutorials

How to display taxonomy terms from an individual vocabulary separately in Drupal

Aaron — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:49:07 -0700

By default drupal prints out all terms from all vocabularies in the same place. Sometimes this is fine, but there are definitely occasions where it is preferable to have control over where each vocabulary is displayed on and individual basis. Fortunately Drupal can be made to do just about anything if you understand how it works.

Unraveling the logic of Views Argument Handling Code in Drupal

Aaron — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:40:42 -0700

Views is one of the most important contributed modules in Drupal (right along side CCK and Image Cache) and though it is fairly easy to learn the basics of views, there are a number of advanced features that take some time to get your head around. One of these more advanced subjects is Views Argument Handling Code.

This tutorial is going to be a little too advanced for those new to drupal, but for those that are ready to get a better theoretical grasp on drupal's inner workings it may provide some useful insights.

How and why to use the break tag in Drupal

Aaron — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:03:24 -0800

There are many situations in which you will end up creating list of content in your Drupal site. Those lists may be created by the views module, or by taxonomy, or simply the list of post on your blog. When displaying list of content, Drupal cuts the articles after a certain number of characters so that only a small portion of the content, called the teaser, will be shown to users.

Tinycme for Drupal: Video Tutorial

Aaron — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:04:17 -0800

Tinymce is the most popular WYSIWYG rich text editor for the Drupal content management system. This tutorial is made for beginners to help them learn from my mistakes, because believe it or not, there are some really important things to be aware of when using Tinymce.

Using the Tinymce Editor in Drupal

Aaron — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:50:11 -0800

One of the most important modules to understand in Drupal is the Tinymce module. Tinymce is a “what you see is what you get” html editor or “WYSIWYG” for short. What WYSIWYG editors do is allow users to make changes in the html of a web page without having to type out the code all by hand. I set up every site that I build with the Tinymce editor because it makes it much easier for the average person to make attractive pages in their Drupal website.

Useful tips when adding pages to a Drupal website

Aaron — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:59:19 -0800

Creating pages in Drupal is pretty easy, but there are a few things that you might not be aware of, and reading these tips may help you avoid some of the mistakes that I have made in the past.

Blocks in Drupal

Aaron — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:22:38 -0800

This tutorial is designed to help beginners learn how to create, edit and configure blocks in the Drupal content management system. To follow along go to the “block” page on your site. If you are using a standard Drupal installation you can find the “block” page by going to “site building” then “blocks.” On sites that we build for clients we create a link under “Content Management” called “Edit Menus.” That goes to the same place. At any rate the page you need to get to can be found under admin/build/block.

Creating and Editing Menus in Drupal

Aaron — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:09:21 -0800

In order to get to the Menu Administration page in a standard Drupal installation, you usually have to click on “Site Building” then on “Menus” in the Navigation menu. For sites I build however, I prefer to place the “Edit Menus” link along with an “Edit Blocks” link under a menu called “Content Management.” The reason for this is that menus and blocks are so closely tied to the creation of new pages in Drupal that it seemed more reasonable to put it in the same menu so that they could all be accessed easily while creating new pages. For me it’s more intuitive, but if we build a site for you and you decide that you prefer a different layout it could be easily changed. The truth of the matter is that you can set up custom administration menus and order them how ever you want to, but however you get there the Menu page is located at admin/build/menu.

The following tutorial is to help those that are new to the Drupal content management system learn the basics of the Drupal menu system and the Drupal block system. It should be pretty easy to figure out, but for some reason I left something out, or if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment and I will try to respond.

Important Administration pages in your Drupal site

Aaron — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:06:57 -0800

If you’ve ever tried to get around in a Drupal site using the default Navigation Block you’ve probably realized just how confusing the default system can be. So to simplify things, we created our own navigation system with a more intuitive structure and hid the default navigation from sight.