November 2010 - support - lists.drupal.org

HELP! Admin page won't show
by prothero 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Folks: I just added a menu to a submenu of primary-links menu. When I saved this menu, some of the pages no longer show and I can't get the admin page to show, as well as the side menu disappears for the home page, and others. This is REALLY TERRIBLE, because I've spent a lot of time building this site, don't have a very recent backup, and ...... crap! Does anybody have a trick that will let me get my pages to show again? I did back up the database and deleted the link to the offending menu, but I'm afraid something got corrupted. I can hardly bear the thought of starting over. My site is: http://es.earthednet.org/ If anybody is willing to look at this, please contact me at prothero(a)geol.ucsb.edu . I will give you my admin login info. It is still possible to log in. Thanks, Bill William A. Prothero http://earthednet.org/

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drupal6 modules error
by shawn wilson 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

i'm new to drupal. i've installed the ubuntu package and gotten it up with apache and mysql. i tried installing a calendar module: http://drupal.org/project/calendar (which required date and view) which i copied to: /usr/share/drupal6/sites/all/modules where 'sites' is a symlink to /etc/drupal/6/sites when the packages are untarred, they have different different uid and gid, so i fixed that with a: chown -R root.root * the packages show up in drupal under admin > site building > modules. however, i got an error when i enabled the modules (don't recall the exact error, but i'm thinking it is the same) and am now getting an error when i try to configure them. for instance, the error for view is: warning: Attempt to modify property of non-object in /etc/drupal/6/sites/all/modules/calendar/includes/calendar_plugin_display_page.inc on line 47. this is the error i get under admin > site building > views btw. it seems that i can still use these modules even with the warning. however, what is this about and how do i fix this? google seems to indicate that it might be a change in how newer php handles arrays? so, i'm not sure if there is an issue with how or where i placed the modules, my version of php, or drupal or just the module. if it is the module, can someone offer suggestions to a good alternative? root@swilson-laptop:/usr/share/drupal6# apache2ctl -v Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server built: Sep 28 2010 12:52:38 root@swilson-laptop:/usr/share/drupal6# php5 --version PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Sep 17 2010 13:41:55) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies root@swilson-laptop:/usr/share/drupal6# apt-cache show drupal6 | grep Version Version: 6.16-1 root@swilson-laptop:/usr/share/drupal6# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.32-25-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:48:22 UTC 2010 root@swilson-laptop:/usr/share/drupal6# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid

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Drupal 7 PHP and Apache Crash when adding Theme
by Andrew Manson 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi All, I've just come across a problem with my Drupal 7 installation when trying to add a new Theme (Zen) using the "+ Install new theme" feature as part of the Appearance admin configuration. My System: - CentOS 5.5 - PHP 5.2.10 (installed from CentOS testing) - Apache 2.2.3 Just in case I can't quite explain myself fully on how to recreate it here is a demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78koI0ovJ4 How to recreate: * Open the appearance tab in the Drupal 7 administration * click "+ Install new theme" * Paste the url of the Zen theme into the text box (this bug also happens if you upload the package using the "choose file" option) * Click "Install" and you will be presented with the authorize.php screen prompting you for your ftp login and password * click "Continue" Then you will get an empty response. Checking in the apache logs I get a line like the following: [Thu Nov 18 15:52:07 2010] [notice] child pid 7412 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) As one of my colleagues suggested I then ran apache in gdb so that we could get a backtrace and see what the problem is. We ran: gdb --args httpd -X 2>&1 | tee gdb-httpd.txt the gdb-httpd.txt file has been attached. the only things that I did were to run the program and then when it crashed i ran "bt full" and then just "bt", the output of the latter is included below. You will see that the error is caused by the internal php function zif_call_user_func_array and it may not be relevant but we notice that the "this_ptr" is set to null which might be what is causing the problem. If someone could please let me know what the best way to resolve this issue is that would be very helpful. Also if you would like to request any further information please let me know what to do and I will cooperate fully to try and get this issue resolved. Kind Regards, Andrew Manson Graticule www.graticule.com The backtrace: #0 0xb7bc3b46 in zif_call_user_func_array (ht=2, return_value=0xb4ae9660, return_value_ptr=0x0, this_ptr=0x0, return_value_used=1) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/ext/standard/basic_functions.c:5180 #1 0xb7cabf40 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfff8bd8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:200 #2 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4f94180) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #3 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfff8f28) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #4 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4f93ef8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #5 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfff92f8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #6 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b86c88) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #7 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffa058) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #8 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b86bb8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #9 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffa6b8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #10 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b824b0) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #11 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffafd8) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #12 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b82310) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #13 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffb508) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #14 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b81ca0) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #15 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffb738) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #16 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb4b81bd0) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #17 0xb7cab90e in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC (execute_data=0xbfffc358) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:234 #18 0xb7c9fa78 in execute (op_array=0xb764a920) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h:92 #19 0xb7c7e7ea in zend_execute_scripts (type=8, retval=<value optimized out>, file_count=3) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/Zend/zend.c:1134 #20 0xb7c38a26 in php_execute_script (primary_file=0xbfffe608) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/main/main.c:2025 #21 0xb7d07aad in php_handler (r=0xb4f30108) at /usr/src/debug/php-5.2.10/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c:632 #22 0x00dbba4d in ap_run_handler () #23 0x00dbf413 in ap_invoke_handler () #24 0x00dcb52e in ap_process_request () #25 0x00dc82cf in ?? () #26 0x00dc394d in ap_run_process_connection () #27 0x00dc3a4c in ap_process_connection () #28 0x00dcfe14 in ?? () #29 0x00dd0084 in ?? () #30 0x00dd0f99 in ap_mpm_run () #31 0x00da7157 in main ()

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Re: [support] CCK title field set width?
by Broyhill, Gary 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Thanks for the info Neil. This is the first time I've run into this issue so, I apparently have some fun ahead of me :) Gary ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:30:05 -0300 From: Neil Coghlan <neil(a)esl-lounge.com> Subject: Re: [support] CCK title field set width? To: support(a)drupal.org you want to look into making your own mini-module and use form_alter to adjust the width of the text field once you've got the correct form, you need something like this: $form['title']['#size'] = 55; or whatever size you want. here is what you'd need for the blog create form - changes title field size and alters its label too. function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) { if($form_id == blog_node_form) { # alters blog node create form. Changes 'Title' to 'Title of blog post' and alters size of title text box. $form['title']['#title'] = t('Title of blog post'); $form['title']['#size'] = 55; } } Remember to change "mymodule" to your actual module title and make .info file too. On 17/11/2010 18:20, Broyhill, Gary wrote: > Good day Drupalers: > > When creating a new content type, it seems that I cannot change the > width of the TITLE field. For all other fields that I create, I can > set the width. > > Anyone know how to make this change? I found something on drupal.org > saying you can do it with CSS but I wonder if that's the best or only > way? > http://drupal.org/node/113399#comment-193937 > > Thanks, > > > -- > Gary Broyhill > Webmaster > Lenoir-Rhyne University > www.lr.edu > gary.broyhill(a)lr.edu > (828)328-7379

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Re: [support] CCK title field set width?
by Broyhill, Gary 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Thanks Jake. I think what I'm really looking for is disabling the Title field. I'll try the Automatic Nodetitles modules and see how it goes. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:28:07 -0700 From: Jacob Roufa <jacob.roufa(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [support] CCK title field set width? To: support(a)drupal.org Hey Gary. Changing the width of any field is best done using CSS. You can also disable the Title field by overriding it using the Automatic Nodetitles<http://drupal.org/project/auto_nodetitle><http://drupal.org/project/auto_nodetitle>module and creating a new title field using CCK. Cheers! Jake Roufa 208.557.9390 http://jacobroufa.com On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Broyhill, Gary <Gary.Broyhill(a)lr.edu>wrote: > Good day Drupalers: > > When creating a new content type, it seems that I cannot change the width > of the TITLE field. For all other fields that I create, I can set the > width. > > Anyone know how to make this change? I found something on drupal.orgsaying you can do it with CSS but I wonder if that?s the best or only way? > http://drupal.org/node/113399#comment-193937 > > Thanks,

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CCK title field set width?
by Broyhill, Gary 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Good day Drupalers: When creating a new content type, it seems that I cannot change the width of the TITLE field. For all other fields that I create, I can set the width. Anyone know how to make this change? I found something on drupal.org saying you can do it with CSS but I wonder if that's the best or only way? http://drupal.org/node/113399#comment-193937 Thanks, -- Gary Broyhill Webmaster Lenoir-Rhyne University www.lr.edu gary.broyhill(a)lr.edu (828)328-7379

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Opening at IIT Bombay
by Shishir Kant 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi all, I am working on the Open Textbook Project at IIT Bombay as a Research Associate. We have an opening here for a professional who can help us manage the content on Drupal 6. The terms of appointment are negotiable. The project is headed by Prof S.K.Jha of the School of Management - IIT Bombay. Hope you will show interest to be a part of this venture. Best Wishes, Shishir Kant Research Associate SJM School of Management Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay Mumbai #91-9869837152

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Bundling of changes in DB and FIle System for releasing updates.
by Satish Maurya 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi, I have been using Drupal for last 2-3 months for some small site development. It was good initially when i was creating sites from scratch, but now every time there is a change request, I need to perform many steps on my local site and then on the live site. I have created a few module utilizing the FAPI and Menu system. These modules save their records in database and they don't inherit from Nodes. I have also used some contributed modules which help in theming and some which provide new content types. I found that the Features <http://drupal.org/project/features> module will keep track of changes done in CCK nodes and configurations only. Is there any tool or module that can record all the changes in Database and in File system, so that I can bundle them all and put in my live site and if something goes wrong I can revert it to the previous version. Regards, Satish Maurya

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Dreaded Font Question
by Roger 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

A serif font is supposed to be easier to read. I tend towards Bitstream Charter or occasionally TNR Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, there's noting to pick between them they are just characterless stick letters. From here on the subject of formatting a page is relevant: I think the font is not a primary consideration, all fonts are boring. I do a newsletter, all text, all bitstream charter, totally boring unless the shape of the text [box] becomes an image. People look at a page and see the inherent shape of the passage of text, how it fits on a page, in a column, does it stand out. If there is an interesting word they read more. No interesting - highlight words = boring. The formatting of sentences and paragraphs seems to make or break a passage of text. A reader should be provided the way to ascertain the message, subject, detail from a brief passage of text. If the message, topic or subject is clouded by endless surrounding text it becomes a labour to wade through and the text boring, just like this sentence. Another consideration is page layout. Text right across a page is difficult to read because the eye sees only the width of, for example, the distance between the tip of your pointer finger and the 2nd knuckle, about 40-50 mm. Each side of that fades into blur. Try columns with 6-10 px white space between, them justify the text in each column, separate paragraphs with plenty of white space and no matter what text or font is used it'll come to life. Font will not matter but serif fonts work best because the mind recognises the top half to 2/3rds of any text. Suggestion: Make 3 column in the top 3rd of a page, 2 or 4 column in the mid third and 3 column in the bottom third and put a notice or something outstanding across the bottom of the page no more than 3 lines and in a smaller font than the above. Don't have endless text scrolling down a page, no one's going to read all that and it's difficult to print in hard copy. Use headings to change or present the subject or topic of each section. You will have lively pages that are easy to read. Roger

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cache one page
by Joeri De Backer 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello, I have a custom written module, and I want to cache one page of it. Are there modules I can use for caching one page? I don't want the rest to be cached. Thanks, Joeri

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