September 2007 - support - lists.drupal.org

site with no email requirement
by Nick Thomopolous 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

i tried posting on the forum but nobody has replied yet. so i am repeating my question here. how do i set up my drupal site to not require an email address? my users are not very computer savvy and i don't want to have to require them to have an email address. not on the registration page and not in their account page either. please help. i tried the logintobogan module but that does not seem to have such an option. thanks nick

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JQuery makes z-index useless?
by sander-martijn 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

I'm having a problem with z-index on an object. I don't use jQuery - I know javascript quite well and don't see the point in learning another way of doing it. But no matter what z-index I put this div at, elements burn through it. I did some searching and the only hint I got was that it may be something JQuery is doing, but couldn't find a fix. If I have to put some JQuery in my page just to get the z-index working that's fine but I'd rather not do the whole thing that way. If it's not JQuery does anyone know what might be causing this behavior? I tested it on various pages in the site, most of which have no custom javascript or other strangeness on them but see the same behavior - z-index seems to be completely ignored (including the default way of html working where the last element is on top). Anyone else familiar with this? very straightforward example below: css: #theOverlay{ height:1000px; width:1000px; top:0px; left:0px; background-color:#000; z-index:100; /* i've tried every number here imaginable */ } html (just before </body>): <div id="theOverlay"></div>

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How can I duplicate fields in one content type?
by Jean Gazis 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

I want to have a content type for a monthly list of about a dozen wine selections. I created the content type, and created fields for one wine, and I can add new fields or existing fields from a _different_ content type, but I don't see any way to copy the first set of fields on the _same_ content type. Is there a reason for this? Do I have to have Name for wine #1, and then Name2 for wine #2 and so on? Would I be better off to have a content type for "wine" and then have a view that shows the 12 most recent? -- Jean Gazis www.jeangazis.com www.boxofrain.us "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - André Gide

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Tabular Information
by Salman Al Rahma 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Greetings to all, i am maintaining a website for a group that have a lot of tabular information. They normally send it to me in Excel file format. It mostly contains textual information. I tried saving the Excel file to html or xml in openoffice but got a huge file that includes all the css tags of colors and fonts and stuff. Posting the info between <table and </table> in body section of a node with full html filter displays the table with undesirable effects: see the temporary link @ http://www.bahraintm.org/?q=node/43 Eventually I want to assign the job of posting to a group of people, so I am looking for a not so difficult way. So what are my options? Crafting the tables in HTML? Table Manager? I downloaded it but couldn't get the grip of it.. maybe needs more time. Please advice

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Taxonomy Help
by Chris McCreery 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi I am trying to create a taxonomy as follows Client --Project I would like the user to just select the project and have the client term added to the node as well but can't seem figure which type of vocabulary I need. Any help would be great. Thanks again. -- Chris McCreery

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Need help fixing my invisible calendar
by Jody Cleveland 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hello, I've got a website in Drupal 5.2 here: http://www.menashalibrary.org All of a sudden today, the calendar is broken. If you click on events, you get a blank page. I am completely baffled as to what may have happened. I checked the server logs, and there's nothing helpful there. Also, nothing in the drupal logs to indicate anything wrong. Where do I even start troubleshooting this problem? - jody

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Front page customization - 2 new columns with aggregated news
by Sudheer Satyanarayana 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hello List, I want to customize the front page of a new Drupal site. I want three columns in the front page other than the left and right side bars. Two of these columns should aggregate news from RSS feeds. The third column should contain the regular posts from page and story nodes promoted to the front page. Below is the layout of the front page I want to achieve ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Header ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Left Sidebar| News 1| News 2| Page/Story nodes| | Right side bar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are my options? Can I achieve this through configuring blocks and aggregator? Are there any modules that can do this? Do I need to write new PHP code? I would appreciate any ideas, suggestions or pointers. -- With Warm Regards, Sudheer. S http://www.binaryvibes.co.in

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key/value combo in custom field
by sander-martijn 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Ok, I figured out how to create a select where the key is different from the value using a custom field, and I figured out how to group listings by that field, but I can't find how to theme it properly. I really have no idea why it puts the select in the body and how to get it out of there and I don't know how to tell the grouping headers to display the full name instead of the abbreviation - it clearly has the data because it's displaying it in the body (to my dismay), but I've output pretty much every object, array and variable that I can find a reference to but it's not anywhere. The closest I've come is a long string that contains all keys and values separated by a | which is exactly how you put it into the values field. I have (wrong parts in red for those html viewers): PA <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#PA> NY <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#NY> CA <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#CA> PA * Harrisburg, PA State: Pennsylvania *Contact:* sander *Phone:* 917.555.1212 NY * Brooklyn, New York State: New York *Contact:* Alina *Phone:* 212.555.1212 * New York, NY State: New York Another NY listing etc. But need more like: PA <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#PA> NY <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#NY> CA <http://timberpeg.sander-martijn.com/news/openHomes#CA> Pennsylvania * Harrisburg, PA *Contact:* sander *Phone:* 917.676.0425 New York * Brooklyn, New York *Contact:* Alina *Phone:* 212.555.1212 * New York, NY Another NY listing I know I asked this as part of a bigger question before but got no responses. I'm hoping someone can point me to how/where I can access and customize this info. All the documentation I have read so far has not helped with this (and I've been reading a lot - I'm not just expecting this group to be my manual). Thanks so much sander

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Flash based 'rotator' for front page?
by Jody Cleveland 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hello, I have a website that has a number of items on the front page. Is there a module out there, or does anyone know of a way to have a block cycle through items promoted to front page? I'd kind of like to do what the Steam does: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php Have a block where every few seconds, a new story appears. But, having little blocks you can click on as well to move around those stories. - jody

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theme issue
by Chris McCreery 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hi I have recently installed the Abac theme on Drupal 5.2. When I set up blocks and specify <none> for the title they still display, yet if I switch to the Garland theme the titles disappear. Complete newbie so I'm not sure if this is a template issue or a css issue or both. Any guidance would be awesome. Thanks -- Chris McCreery

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