InterWorks Blog: Drupal

Seeing as we're the experts, we thought we'd share some of our intel. But beware, this level of inside information may cause extreme shock and awe. If you get lost, just fire up a flare - we'll come and get you.

17
May 2012
Scott Siemens
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Views are a massive part of Drupal and you can't experience the power of Drupal without the Views module.  To get views up and running you need to install a couple of modules which can be found...[more]
17
May 2012
audit, diff
Javod Khalaj
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Determine current version of Drupal being used Downloading a clean Drupal Core Running an initial diff (show the difference) between the two Run a detailed diff on individual files Determine...[more]
01
May 2012
bootsrap
Javod Khalaj
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Create a page outside of the CMS workflow that has access to Drupal's built-in functions. There are scenarios, the deeper you get into Drupal, where you will need to access Drupal's database and...[more]
25
Apr 2012
Matt Mueggenborg
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Chris Armstrong and myself presented a workshop entitled "Hello Drupal" earlier today on the Stillwater campus for Oklahoma State University.  The workshop was open to students on campus that...[more]
12
Apr 2012
Javod Khalaj
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What are Foreign Keys? What is the Schema API? Why Drupal only supports FK by documentation and not practice. Current mappings with an ERD. What are Foreign Keys? Foreign keys, put simply, are...[more]
11
Apr 2012
Chris Armstrong
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Requirements: Drupal 6 or 7 That's it! When first setting up a website, it’s important to consider how you want to organize your content. How will you distinguish blog posts from the About page?...[more]
15
Feb 2012
Javod Khalaj
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When creating a Content Type, one of your options is to create a field with a type: 'Node reference'. Node references are a bit different than normal fields, in that they use other Content Type's...[more]
20
Jan 2012
Chris Armstrong
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In Drupal 6, a module called Imagecache allowed developers to create custom styles to dynamically manipulate an image. We typically use Imagecache to scale and crop images to specific dimensions, but...[more]
09
Jan 2012
Justin Lemmon
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Views is something that a lot of Drupal developers (myself included) likely could not do without. It provides a great way for us to display, sort, filter, and manage data and content for a huge...[more]
03
Jan 2012
Matt Mueggenborg
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It's not uncommon for a client to have multiple locations within their organization. When those locations are updated and changing frequently, a flexible locations map page on the client's website is...[more]