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Videos are back up and running

Drupal Dude — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:53:20 -0600

I got the videos up and running again... sorry about the lapse there! I got a day job and I have been neglecting the site a little. I hope to change that soon as I am still using Drupal. I hope to have more videos up sooner than later. :)

Contact List Module in Drupal

Drupal Dude — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:12:07 -0700

Drupal's contact form is nice by default. It sets up a page where you can enter your name, email address, subject, and message. You can also choose what category (I think of this as the department) you want to send the form to. Drupal provides a drop-down menu for the category.

Node Clone Module for Drupal

Drupal Dude — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:36:01 -0700

The Node Clone Module is a module for Drupal that I rarely use, but when I do use it, it is very handy. What this module does is it allows you to clone, or duplicate, a story or page (or any other content type you create). Once you enable it, it adds another tab to the top of your postings. This new option will create a copy of your current node.

Separating Content from Design

Drupal Dude — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:51:55 -0700

Separating the content from design. What do I mean by this?

Drupal's Site Maintenance Mode

Drupal Dude — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:59:56 -0700

If you are working on your Drupal site and you want to take if offline temporarily, Drupal has a setting that allows you to do this. They call the Site Maintenance. You can find it under the Site Configuration menu. What this does is takes your site offline to anonymous users and authenticated users. The only person who has access to the site is the administrator.

Increasing Performance on your Drupal Site

Drupal Dude — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:35:44 -0700

In this video I go over how you can improve the performance of your Drupal Site. Drupal has a few settings that can help the performance by caching and combining style sheets. Drupal performance settings basically has three different options: - Caching Mode - Cache Liftetime - BandwidIn this video I go over how you can improve the performance of your Drupal Site.

Adding Content Types to Drupal

Drupal Dude — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:03:40 -0600

In this video I go over content types in Drupal and how you can add your own content type. The first question you may ask is why have different content types? Being that to Drupal they are all nodes, why not categorize them?

Statistics Module in Drupal

Drupal Dude — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:49:16 -0600

Did you know that Drupal has it's own statistics module? It's not Google Analytics or Statcounter, but it does provide the basic stats. These statistics include:

- Recent hits
- Top referrers
- Top pages
- Top visitors

What is a node in Drupal?

Drupal Dude — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:09:20 -0600

A lot of people get confused on what a node is in Drupal. I know I was when I first started using Drupal. This video hopes to clarify what a node is for those who are confused.

Basically it comes down to this: A node is a single piece of content that is published on a Drupal site.

Clean URLs need .htaccess File

Drupal Dude — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:44:24 -0600

If you can't get clean URLs to work on your Drupal installation and you are sure you have everything correct, you might want to check your .htaccess file. This first thing is to make sure you have one.