Comments on: 15 Common Drupal Problems That Make You Scream (Solutions Included) http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/ Professional web design and creative company CHROMATIC's blog. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:26:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9058 Dave Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:28:07 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9058 Changing permissions in content type solved my problem.(Point 1) Kudos to you! Cheers Changing permissions in content type solved my problem.(Point 1) Kudos to you! Cheers

]]> By: Matt http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9041 Matt Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:29:28 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9041 Hi Jennifer. Since we wrote this blog post, we have discovered a number of great modules, Drush being one of them. We agree, it's an invaluable module, especially if you're working on multiple sites! Hi Jennifer. Since we wrote this blog post, we have discovered a number of great modules, Drush being one of them. We agree, it’s an invaluable module, especially if you’re working on multiple sites!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9040 Jennifer Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:13:39 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9040 I have switched to Drush for downloading and enabling modules. It automatically downloads modules to the correct location and untars them into folders. Nice, clean, and fast. Give it some thought if you have ssh access! I have switched to Drush for downloading and enabling modules. It automatically downloads modules to the correct location and untars them into folders. Nice, clean, and fast. Give it some thought if you have ssh access!

]]> By: Mat http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9024 Mat Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:41:38 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-9024 Maybe for the Drupal's uncommon problems? This thing just happened to me. I was messing around the sites/all/modules folder, updating, changing stuff. When I come back ito the the admin interface of my Drupal installation, some module had disappeared from the admin/build/module page, it was no longer listed... though the completes module folders and files were correctly in place. Couple of hours later suspecting something awful, I found out a copy of .module file lying around out of its folder, uploaded there by mistake. Drupal don't like having duplicate .module files around. Deleting the extra file made the module show up again in the admin/build/module page. Hope that helps. Maybe for the Drupal’s uncommon problems?

This thing just happened to me. I was messing around the sites/all/modules folder, updating, changing stuff.

When I come back ito the the admin interface of my Drupal installation, some module had disappeared from the admin/build/module page, it was no longer listed… though the completes module folders and files were correctly in place.

Couple of hours later suspecting something awful, I found out a copy of .module file lying around out of its folder, uploaded there by mistake.

Drupal don’t like having duplicate .module files around. Deleting the extra file made the module show up again in the admin/build/module page.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: James Shields http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8901 James Shields Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:02:38 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8901 I had a site that was showing double entries of all content in all views and image galleries, but only for certain user groups when using Taxonomy Access Control. I tried using distinct in views, but nothing seemed to fix it. Eventually I switched from Taxonomy Access Control to TAC Lite as mentioned by jrdixey above, and now everything's working perfectly. Thanks jrdixey! I had a site that was showing double entries of all content in all views and image galleries, but only for certain user groups when using Taxonomy Access Control. I tried using distinct in views, but nothing seemed to fix it.

Eventually I switched from Taxonomy Access Control to TAC Lite as mentioned by jrdixey above, and now everything’s working perfectly.

Thanks jrdixey!

]]> By: Harlequin http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8834 Harlequin Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:30:59 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8834 For some reason, my homepage won't change! I just want to add some content to it and have it automatically show new blog/story posts. But it remains static even after having items published to it... For some reason, my homepage won’t change! I just want to add some content to it and have it automatically show new blog/story posts. But it remains static even after having items published to it…

]]> By: jrdixey http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8715 jrdixey Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:19:12 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8715 Hi Benjamin, Re: #2, content access, I've been using TAC Lite (Taxonomy Access Control Lite) to handle this, and it works very well. For instance, on my site, non-logged in users have no access to forums, so I use TAC Lite in combination with String Override to display a message that lets them know they need to login to access forums. BTW Chris, I'm very impressed with this site's forum structure and comment forms. Nice work, especially with the collapsible "Comment Rules" tab! This page solved the content editing filter issue for me instantly, when I too was scratching my head about it. Thank you. @jrdixey Hi Benjamin,

Re: #2, content access, I’ve been using TAC Lite (Taxonomy Access Control Lite) to handle this, and it works very well. For instance, on my site, non-logged in users have no access to forums, so I use TAC Lite in combination with String Override to display a message that lets them know they need to login to access forums.

BTW Chris, I’m very impressed with this site’s forum structure and comment forms. Nice work, especially with the collapsible “Comment Rules” tab! This page solved the content editing filter issue for me instantly, when I too was scratching my head about it. Thank you.

@jrdixey

]]> By: zigazou http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8651 zigazou Sun, 24 May 2009 16:07:57 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8651 7. My web pages take forever to load. What’s the deal? Installing a PHP accelerator can be helpful especially if you have lots of modules. It can divide by 2 the time needed to generate the page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator 7. My web pages take forever to load. What’s the deal?
Installing a PHP accelerator can be helpful especially if you have lots of modules. It can divide by 2 the time needed to generate the page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator

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]]> By: Chris http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8569 Chris Wed, 06 May 2009 14:54:30 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8569 Thanks for your comment Benjamin - I agree on many fronts. Without going into too much detail on your "Conent Access" problems, have you tried using the permissions settings. You can definitely allow/deny users (by roles) to create/edit/view/delete different content types at a pretty granular level. Perhaps you're looking for a different type of functionality. Happy Drupaling! Thanks for your comment Benjamin – I agree on many fronts. Without going into too much detail on your “Conent Access” problems, have you tried using the permissions settings. You can definitely allow/deny users (by roles) to create/edit/view/delete different content types at a pretty granular level. Perhaps you’re looking for a different type of functionality. Happy Drupaling!

]]> By: Benjamin Lotter http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8567 Benjamin Lotter Tue, 05 May 2009 20:28:57 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8567 Well I'm still very much a novice but here are the problems that have been (or continue to be) the biggest headaches. 1. <strong>Breadcrumbs</strong>: After using 1/2 a dozen modules (names withheld to protect the guilty) alone or in combination with one another, I'm still unable to achieve 100% of what I want without writing my own PHP code. What's frustrating is that I don't want anything special at all. I just want the breadcrumb to match the URL. ex. http://crummybread.me/Content-type/Nodetitle HOME >> Content-type >> Node-title 2. <strong>Content access</strong>: This one is so simple I'm amazed I can't do it with the core modules. All I want to do is choose which content types a particular role can view. To make it even simpler, I need anonymous users to not be able to view certain content types. Once again, after trying several popular modules including Content Access, I seem unable to preveny anonymous users from viewing content. 3. <strong>Region GUI</strong>: It would be extremely helpful to have a GUI -- possibly right on the Blocks page -- to add a new region. Admitedly, this was not that hard to figure out once I opened the various files in the themes, but for a newcomer, this would have helped the learning curve. 4. <strong>Poor or Missing Module Documentation</strong>: First you really don't what the module does until you install it and try it. At least give me a screenshot. After you install it, you still don't know what it does and you have to search the menus to find where to make it work (some are under build, other under settings, other create their own directory). I've wasted countless hours installing and configuring modules only to say, "oh, that's what it does" and uninstalling it. 5. <strong>Taxonomy Setup</strong>: So after you finally figure out what kind of animal it is, you begin creating categories and terms and then you have no idea what the related terms or synonyms are for. This goes back to #4, I mean a core module should at least described what each item does. Most other things I've been able to figure out within a reasonable amount of time. For example, I have successfully setup the following: *a dev, test and prod site all working off the same installation (in my case with 3 separate dbs but could have easily been 1 db with table prefixes). *CCK to extend content types with images, attachments, etc. *Views and Views slideshow to show recent content on the front page (in the sidebar) and on other selected pages *Autopath Aliasing and Tokens *Imagecache (almost getting frustrated with this but I don't think it's a beginner module anyway) Still trying to figure out but not frustrated yet because I'm making headway *Domain module for multiple domains sharing content (distinct from my environmental separation) *Organic Groups *Ubercart *GMap and Locations *Panels (just installed today) Well I’m still very much a novice but here are the problems that have been (or continue to be) the biggest headaches.
1. Breadcrumbs: After using 1/2 a dozen modules (names withheld to protect the guilty) alone or in combination with one another, I’m still unable to achieve 100% of what I want without writing my own PHP code. What’s frustrating is that I don’t want anything special at all. I just want the breadcrumb to match the URL.
ex. http://crummybread.me/Content-type/Nodetitle HOME >> Content-type >> Node-title

2. Content access: This one is so simple I’m amazed I can’t do it with the core modules. All I want to do is choose which content types a particular role can view. To make it even simpler, I need anonymous users to not be able to view certain content types. Once again, after trying several popular modules including Content Access, I seem unable to preveny anonymous users from viewing content.

3. Region GUI: It would be extremely helpful to have a GUI — possibly right on the Blocks page — to add a new region. Admitedly, this was not that hard to figure out once I opened the various files in the themes, but for a newcomer, this would have helped the learning curve.

4. Poor or Missing Module Documentation: First you really don’t what the module does until you install it and try it. At least give me a screenshot. After you install it, you still don’t know what it does and you have to search the menus to find where to make it work (some are under build, other under settings, other create their own directory). I’ve wasted countless hours installing and configuring modules only to say, “oh, that’s what it does” and uninstalling it.

5. Taxonomy Setup: So after you finally figure out what kind of animal it is, you begin creating categories and terms and then you have no idea what the related terms or synonyms are for. This goes back to #4, I mean a core module should at least described what each item does.

Most other things I’ve been able to figure out within a reasonable amount of time. For example, I have successfully setup the following:
*a dev, test and prod site all working off the same installation (in my case with 3 separate dbs but could have easily been 1 db with table prefixes).
*CCK to extend content types with images, attachments, etc.
*Views and Views slideshow to show recent content on the front page (in the sidebar) and on other selected pages
*Autopath Aliasing and Tokens
*Imagecache (almost getting frustrated with this but I don’t think it’s a beginner module anyway)

Still trying to figure out but not frustrated yet because I’m making headway
*Domain module for multiple domains sharing content (distinct from my environmental separation)
*Organic Groups
*Ubercart
*GMap and Locations
*Panels (just installed today)

]]> By: Pete White http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8550 Pete White Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:21:19 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8550 Great article, think I've come across most myself. The input format one drove me mad for hours! Great article, think I’ve come across most myself. The input format one drove me mad for hours!

]]> By: kawaku http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8496 kawaku Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:05:58 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8496 Nice article, thanks! I recently experienced a scary problem regarding changing theme configuration (Garland). Depending on the filesystem setup (permissions), users set up (umask), and PHP configuration, the changes cannot be saved and the sites loses all format. The quickest solution is to disable the safe mode in php.ini (and in every related configuration, including Apache files). I have seen may appearances of this error googling, but not so many properly answered. Nice article, thanks!
I recently experienced a scary problem regarding changing theme configuration (Garland).
Depending on the filesystem setup (permissions), users set up (umask), and PHP configuration, the changes cannot be saved and the sites loses all format.
The quickest solution is to disable the safe mode in php.ini (and in every related configuration, including Apache files). I have seen may appearances of this error googling, but not so many properly answered.

]]> By: Brian http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8484 Brian Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:37:44 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8484 WRT to #9, I think the service is actually named "Mollom". WRT to #9, I think the service is actually named “Mollom”.

]]> By: Chris http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8374 Chris Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:09:35 +0000 http://www.chromaticsites.com/blog/15-common-drupal-problems-that-make-you-scream-solutions-included/#comment-8374 Thanks for the comments Albert. These are both good points, for both beginners and seasoned pros. Thanks again! Thanks for the comments Albert. These are both good points, for both beginners and seasoned pros. Thanks again!

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