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How to debug Drupal :: debug_backtrace()

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:17:13 +0000

Sometimes debuging Drupal can get confusing. I blame the lack of oop (we want you so bad Drupal 7) , the lack of mvc, and some kind of evil gnomes plans to take over the world (but more on this latter).

So in case you're going crazy trying to figure out what goes wrong in some otherwise great Dru[pal module, here's little function i got from an interesting article on lulabot about debugging Drupal:

Nice article regarding drupal modules

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:05:29 +0000

SInce we're in the Drupal modules area, i ran some while back into a nice artcile: Top 10 Drupal Modules. It's a pretty precise best of Drupal.

Drupal module usage page

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:00:04 +0000

Some three years ago, the nice people at Drupal launched a service that gathered statistical data from deployed drupal sites, regarding the modules they used. This was mainly to solve the problem of which module to use for a particular purpose.

How to change the drupal favicon

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:45:14 +0000

Went a bit in circles one day trying to figure out how to change the favicon for a drupal site. So, to change the default drupal favicon you should:

Administer > Themes > Configure (your theme) > (scroll down to) Shortcut icon settings. Upload your image.

How to integrate feedburner into drupal

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:41:33 +0000

Found a great article on integrating feedburner in a drupal website. Check it out if you ever find yourself craving feedburner on your drupal site.

Close a php page by ip

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:37:43 +0000

If you need to only show a php page to a certain ip, a quick dirty way would be :

if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != '82.76.167.52')
{
exit();
}

How to add user pictures

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:33:01 +0000

Unlike most basic things in drupal, adding a user pictures to nodes like the forum, is not such an easy intuitive task. So after looking around i gathered this:

To add a user picture on posts:
- select pictures in /admin/user/settings
- allow pictures in the theme at admin/build/themes/settings (also in the specific used theme if there is one)

Drupal - mysql server has gone away error

liviu — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:27:21 +0000

I had a problem with an error that kept popping up "mysql server has gone away error" in drupal. After some reading around the internets, i figured it was hapening because drupal was pushing the mysql server too hard (http://drupal.org/node/227445).
An easy way around this was to turn off some modules i didn't really need.

Hope this helps.

drupal: adsense not working in blocks

liviu — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:22:20 +0000

I had problems with the adsense code not working in a drupal block.
Aparently you need to select as input format "php" instead of "full html" to make it work.
Good thing i trust google enough to try that.
Not sure why it's like this.

how to gather money - chipin

liviu — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:13:37 +0000

If you need to raise money from the visitors of your site theres a nice widget that does that, chipIn.
I saw it used by Drupal to raise money for finishing porting some code to a new version. It puts the money in your paypall account and doesnt charge anything.
Pretty cool.