<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The best book you can get is Pro Drupal Development. Believe me, it will become your lifeline and covers everything. I got it off Amazon for dirt cheap. It's a big book but it will help you. <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 7:06 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:support-request@drupal.org" target="_blank">support-request@drupal.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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1. Re: Best ways to intigrade my blog post on drupal to appear<br>
on my home page. (Richard Damon)<br>
2. Re: Best ways to intigrade my blog post on drupal to appear<br>
on my home page. (Jamie Holly)<br>
3. Databases (Tony)<br>
4. Re: Databases (Metzler, David)<br>
5. Re: Databases (Warren Vail)<br>
6. Re: Databases (Tony)<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 07:59:03 -0500<br>
From: Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org><br>
Subject: Re: [support] Best ways to intigrade my blog post on drupal<br>
to appear on my home page.<br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
Message-ID: <52D3E317.501@Damon-Family.org><br>
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On 1/13/14, 6:41 AM, Jonathan Candler wrote:<br>
> So you guys are telling me, that I cannot include include function within my PHP scripts to point D.XML file over to my homepage?<br>
><br>
> Jonnyboy! Iphones rock!<br>
><br>
><br>
It isn't that you can't, but that it may be easier to let Drupal do the<br>
functioning. I suppose another option would be to add an iframe to you<br>
home page making a reference to a Drupal page with the content you want<br>
(like a special page removing the sidebars/headers/footers/etc that you<br>
don't want in the iframe).<br>
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--<br>
Richard Damon<br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:57:01 -0500<br>
From: Jamie Holly <<a href="mailto:hovercrafter@earthlink.net">hovercrafter@earthlink.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [support] Best ways to intigrade my blog post on drupal<br>
to appear on my home page.<br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:52D3FEBD.5000903@earthlink.net">52D3FEBD.5000903@earthlink.net</a>><br>
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You could do as I said earlier, write some custom code to parse your<br>
blog's feed.<br>
<br>
Another option would be to create a block in views, bootstrap Drupal<br>
from your home page and render that block. This could lead to some<br>
screwy problems though, especially with URLs (setting $base_url in<br>
settings might fix that). That can also lead to performance issues with<br>
caching and that.<br>
<br>
A simpler option would be to create a page in view of your latest posts<br>
and the information you want to appear in the block. Then use jQuery to<br>
load that on your main page, selecting out just the part of the DOM tree<br>
that has the actual list and injecting that into your site.<br>
<br>
A better option would be a custom module that generates an html page of<br>
your latest posts and saves it to the files system. Then you could<br>
include that as an iframe on your main page. That would by far be best<br>
performance wise and a lot more stable. It's also not that hard of a<br>
module to write (a function to generate the HTML widget/list called on<br>
hook_node_save()).<br>
<br>
Jamie Holly<br>
<a href="http://hollyit.net" target="_blank">http://hollyit.net</a><br>
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On 1/13/2014 6:41 AM, Jonathan Candler wrote:<br>
> So you guys are telling me, that I cannot include include function within my PHP scripts to point D.XML file over to my homepage?<br>
><br>
> Jonnyboy! Iphones rock!<br>
><br>
> > On 12 Jan 2014, at 1:21 pm, Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> On 1/12/14, 2:00 PM, Jamie Holly wrote:<br>
> >> I agree 100%. You could parse the feed from your blog and display it on<br>
> >> your home page, but that would probably take about as long as converting<br>
> >> your site to totally be managed by Drupal.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Jamie Holly<br>
> >> <a href="http://hollyit.net" target="_blank">http://hollyit.net</a><br>
> > You don't even need to convert all of the rest of your site to Drupal.<br>
> > Drupal works fine with pages generated by other tools (as long as they<br>
> > don't need to use index.php) or even static pages.<br>
> ><br>
> > You would need to convert the home page, but other pages might not need<br>
> > to be changed.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Richard Damon<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > [ Drupal support list | <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/</a> ]<br>
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:36:32 -0800<br>
From: Tony <<a href="mailto:tony@tony-mac.com">tony@tony-mac.com</a>><br>
Subject: [support] Databases<br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
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Does anyone know of a good book covering how to work with databases and<br>
drupal?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
*Anthony Stefan Maciejowski*<br>
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*<a href="http://about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://about.me/TonyMac</a> <<a href="http://www.about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://www.about.me/TonyMac</a>>*<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:38:55 +0000<br>
From: "Metzler, David" <<a href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu">metzlerd@evergreen.edu</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [support] Databases<br>
To: "'<a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a>'" <<a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a>><br>
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Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about writing code using the drupal database API db_query, etc.? If so Drupal Pro Development is a good start. Perhaps you?re talking about using working with external non-drupal databases? Or something else?<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a>] On Behalf Of Tony<br>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:37 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
Subject: [support] Databases<br>
<br>
Does anyone know of a good book covering how to work with databases and drupal?<br>
Thanks<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
Anthony Stefan Maciejowski<br>
<br>
<a href="http://about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://about.me/TonyMac</a><<a href="http://www.about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://www.about.me/TonyMac</a>><br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:52:53 -0800<br>
From: Warren Vail <<a href="mailto:warren@vailtech.net">warren@vailtech.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [support] Databases<br>
To: <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
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Drupal 7 Module Development has a couple of good chapters on developing<br>
modules that create and use entities, and there is another book out there<br>
on Drupal 7 Entities that I have yet to tackle. I would also love to see<br>
something that shows how to implement "No SQL" high demand Databases like<br>
Mongo or Cassandra. While I know I'm missing lot's on these newer flavors<br>
of database systems, I can't help but wonder if Drupal will ever run on a<br>
"No SQL" platform, or if that is where we are all headed. First glance<br>
suggests that perhaps Entity Classes will provide the keys to transitioning.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Metzler, David <<a href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu">metzlerd@evergreen.edu</a>>wrote:<br>
<br>
> Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about writing code using<br>
> the drupal database API db_query, etc.? If so Drupal Pro Development is a<br>
> good start. Perhaps you?re talking about using working with external<br>
> non-drupal databases? Or something else?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> *From:* <a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a>] *On<br>
> Behalf Of *Tony<br>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 13, 2014 3:37 PM<br>
> *To:* <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
> *Subject:* [support] Databases<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Does anyone know of a good book covering how to work with databases and<br>
> drupal?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Tony<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> *Anthony Stefan Maciejowski*<br>
><br>
> *<a href="http://about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://about.me/TonyMac</a> <<a href="http://www.about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://www.about.me/TonyMac</a>>*<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> [ Drupal support list | <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/</a> ]<br>
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:06:50 -0800<br>
From: Tony <<a href="mailto:tony@tony-mac.com">tony@tony-mac.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [support] Databases<br>
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Exactly the first scenario.I have that book but it doesn't really go into<br>
the detail I need. As you say it is a good start. But I need a good<br>
finish.<br>
<br>
I have created a module with a form which should CRUD (can one say that?)<br>
to a table I have defined in the install file. If I could just find some<br>
sample code... How to insert (I know db_insert etc but what about the<br>
return codes and messages etc etc) .<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
<br>
On Jan 13, 2014 3:39 PM, "Metzler, David" <<a href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu">metzlerd@evergreen.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about writing code using<br>
> the drupal database API db_query, etc.? If so Drupal Pro Development is a<br>
> good start. Perhaps you?re talking about using working with external<br>
> non-drupal databases? Or something else?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> *From:* <a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org">support-bounces@drupal.org</a>] *On<br>
> Behalf Of *Tony<br>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 13, 2014 3:37 PM<br>
> *To:* <a href="mailto:support@drupal.org">support@drupal.org</a><br>
> *Subject:* [support] Databases<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Does anyone know of a good book covering how to work with databases and<br>
> drupal?<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Tony<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> *Anthony Stefan Maciejowski*<br>
><br>
> *<a href="http://about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://about.me/TonyMac</a> <<a href="http://www.about.me/TonyMac" target="_blank">http://www.about.me/TonyMac</a>>*<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> [ Drupal support list | <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/" target="_blank">http://lists.drupal.org/</a> ]<br>
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