support April 2006

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i18n site with spanish default
by VJ Rao 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hi, I have a site in english and spanish. english was the default language while in development and worked fine as a multilingual site. Now, I want to make spanish the default language (and front page is set to a spanish page) but the site defaults to website.com/en whenever anyone tries to access the site . This behavior occurs in all browsers. Whts the best way to make a non english language the default for a drupal website? most people who access the site will have english as the default in their browser settings. -v

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Question about views/cck possibilities - creating financial reports
by Tim Vaughan 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Hi, I want to create a custom database which will allow users to input financial data (basically, amounts of money, dates, locations, projects etc.) and then create reports based on the data entered. So, if a series of amounts are entered for each month I need to be able to present the sum for the end of the year by adding up each amount. Is this possible (or will it be possible) using CCK/Views, or will it require writing my own custom PHP code? Cheers, Tim

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Clean URL support when parent web directory
by Michael Mansour 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Hi, I'm very new to Drupal and have only started using it since yesterday. I've done some trouble-shooting on this problem but can't resolve it. I'm trying to use the "Clean URLs" option in "Administrator -> Settings" but it fails with the error: It appears your host is not configured correctly for Clean URLs. Please check for ModRewrite support with your administrator. I have Drupal installed off a parent website: http://www.domain.com where the drupal files actually exist, and _not_ through a subdirectory like: http://www.domain.com/drupal If I install Drupal into the subdirectory on the same server, the Clean URLs option works fine. If I install Drupal into the parent directory of the web server, drupal fails with the error above. In my apache config, when I have the parent server setup, I have the following entry: UseCanonicalName off VirtualDocumentRoot /home/domain/public_html/%0 which allows me to have alias directories like: /home/domain/public_html/www.domain.com /home/domain/public_html/hostname1.domain.com /home/domain/public_html/hostname2.domain.com so when someone goes to "http://www.domain.com" apache maps them to the: /home/domain/public_html/www.domain.com directory, and when they visit "http://hostname1.domain.com", apache maps them to the: /home/domain/public_html/hostname1.domain.com directory and so on. This is how I've set it up for Drupal, to reside under: /home/domain/public_html/www.domain.com I don't want a "drupal" subdirectory or anything, but still want to use Clean URLs. What's the problem here? Note also I have: # Various rewrite rules. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory and # the rewrite rules are not working properly. #RewriteBase /drupal # Rewrite old-style URLs of the form 'node.php?id=x'. #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([^&]+)$ #RewriteRule node.php index.php?q=node/view/%1 [L] # Rewrite old-style URLs of the form 'module.php?mod=x'. #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^mod=([^&]+)$ #RewriteRule module.php index.php?q=%1 [L] # Rewrite current-style URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA] </IfModule> in my .htaccess file within the /home/domain/public_html/www.domain.com directory, and my settings for: <Directory /home/domain/public_html> Options Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All </Directory> in my apache conf. I'm using apache 2.0.52. Thanks for any help here. Michael.

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translation of vocabulary help and description
by VJ Rao 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

is there any way to translate the help and description of a vocabulary? It's a column in the table 'vocabulary' so doesnt show up under localization's 'manage strings' and its not a variable so cant add it to the variable array.. -v

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Customizing Login Screen
by Eric McKenna 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Hello All, I'm working on my first template for Drupal and had a question about the Login page (/user). Is it possible to configure the tab names and page title? using Drupal 4.6.6. Regards, Eric Mckenna

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Can't login after upgrade
by Alejandro Exojo 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Hi. I've upgraded some sites to the latest stable drupal (4.6.6), and in one of them (just one) any user can login anymore. I've tried to look at the logs in the database, but I haven't found anything useful. They say that the user has logged in successfully, but the browser shows the page that anonymous see. Any ideas of what can I do? Thanks in advance. -- Alex (a.k.a. suy) - GPG ID 0x0B8B0BC2 http://barnacity.net/ - Jabber ID: suy(a)bulmalug.net

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Updating drupal - GET and POST
by Nick Holden 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

I'm upgrading an old 4.4.x drupal site to 4.6 - I've created the necessary two manual tables in the mysql, and run the update script. No matter what option I send to the page, it always follows the 'default' switch case, not the update one - $_GET[op] gets set to 'Update' or whatever, but $_POST[op] doesn't, and it's $_POST that the update script checks for. No-one else seems to be having this problem, so is it something set on the server which is likely to be at fault? Should $_GET and $_POST both be set by the URL "update.php?op=Update"? Thanks, Nick

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Filemanager...Forgive Me
by Lists 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

I am struggling not to vent in this forum. This declaration may keep me honest as I work toward a non-violent solution. ;) After a few weeks of pondering the possible combinations of modules that will allow a file upload system that actually works, I've been trying to get the 'Filemanager.module' set up. After previously articulating my frustration [see "Once Again...Inserting Image Links" 2006-04-03 in this list], and being diligent in following up on the limited suggestions, I'm going to go out on a limb and say: 1. I am not an idiot. 2. There is no sufficiently documented process for adding file management capabilities to Drupal. Sure, there are a handful of possible "you could use this plus this" scenarios, each equally poorly documented. The documentation for 'Filemanager' is so bad, that I am hereby driven to further conclude that if a normal, moderately intelligent human being, with sufficient experience in web building, can not figure out how to install your software, then your efforts are self-serving and vain. Okay, that's that. Enough steam. But how to make this work? I am using Drupal 4.6 latest, not 4.7 betas, and I do have the Upload module enabled. Here is what the actual module settings screen says: > Public file system path: [ ] > > A file system path where public files will be stored. This directory has to > exist and be writable by Drupal. This directory has to be accessible over the > web. Changing this location after the site has been in use will cause problems > so only change this setting on an existing site if you know what you are > doing. Okay, I've got "assets/files" and the perms are 777. > Public file system url: [ ] > Base url that points to the public files directory. Okay, I've got that set as well, pointing to the above. > Private file system path: [ ] > A file system path where private access controlled files will be stored. This > directory has to exist and be writable by Drupal. This directory should not be > accessible over the web. Changing this location after the site has been in use > will cause problems so only change this setting on an existing site if you > know what you are doing. This is terrible writing. Firstly, since I am told that this should not be accessible over the web, then that means that it should be outside my 'public html' folder. No problem. I create a directory above my public html folder, and then I set its perms to 777. This is fine. But that means that I know must enter a path in the relatvie form "../../../" and so on, back up to that directory. Okay. This does not work. 404 errors abound. Okay, so no problem. I don't care about "private" files anyway (that's why they make .htaccess files, so I can lock off directories.) Moving on and ignoring this problem, this is the end of the set-up. There is no help file with this module, and the online threads suggest frustration galore, so I am not alone. Only there is not real solution. So, what happens with this set-up, which all appears to be okay (I got 'green light' boxes telling me my settings are saved, and a 'red light' box telling me the private directory is not present...of course, it is.) Since things seem okay, I try to upload a file. The file is, indeed, uploaded, but it now resides here: assets/files/working/0/<otherfiles> [that I've tried also to upload] assets/files/active/0/<thefile> And, on top of that, even though the directories leading to this 'directory 0' are all owned by me, with perms of 777, this 'directory 0' is owned by Apache, and I am unable to add to the directory or remove the file. (Similarly, and perhaps its the upload module's fault, the 'pictures' directory is now owned also Apache owned. No other PHP scripts I have used for upload have ever change a directory to Apache owned. This is poor form, wherever it's coming from.) Additionally, when I click the to-be-downloaded file's URL as displayed in the article/page/story/whatever, I get 404 errors, and in my Drupal watchdog, I get this entry: system/files not found. I have NO DIRECTORY CALLED SYSTEM, nor do my settings suggest otherwise. Where did the URL come from? (I know the module, but I'm just saying...) Can someone toss me some links or some reference to documentation that is actually useful? (I almost don't want to use this module just _because_ the documentation is so terrible. But... Arrggh.) Where to go? What to try? What other modules? Help...? -- Gary (With a grain of salt, please. My bitterness is only temporary.)

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by Roger Thomas 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

How do I test for an article type? Whether it is page, blog or story? Code snippets please. TIA. --roger --------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for free Email at http://ureg.home.net.my/ ---------------------------------------------------

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Changing Role Labels
by Lists 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Before I break something (and then someone breaks my legs), I am wondering if it is okay if I change the actual text names of the various [Roles] which are marked 'locked'? Specifically, if I alter the values in the `name` column of the `role` table (`rid` 1 and 2) to change "anonymous user" and "authenticated user" to something else, is that going to cause access problems? (I really do believe it will not be a problem, since language localization and relational design principles would suggest that the `rid` (role id) is the principle match column for determining access. Can someone confirm before I make a change on an active site?

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