November 2010 - support - lists.drupal.org

The Dreaded Font Question
by Neil Coghlan 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Which font would you recommend for a content heavy, text heavy site? I know that's like asking "which car is best?" without listing any of the thousand criteria required to give a proper answer. I used Verdana on my dev site until someone said it looked "deadly dull". I noticed even the BBC has now dumped Verdana and gone with Arial. I know the question of web-safe fonts is very important and that for a screen environment like a website, it's probably best to go with a sans-serif font...but which one?? A good deal of my content will be of the type, blog posts, forum posts, image/vid descriptions....50-500 words, no lines too long, good line-heights used to make everything readable. I thought I was on solid ground with verdana but in retrospect, I think my friend was right. It's a bit of a dull one, our buddy Verdana! So...which one do you use? What does your overriding font-family declaration look like in your theme's CSS? For now, I've gone with: font-family:Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; but I've changed it so many times, I'm not sure of anything anymore :o) Neil

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Views-Slideshow problems
by Roger 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Using a modified sea_breeze theme in drupal 6.19 Using views slideshow I have a number of quotations, each fades every 12 seconds to the next. The background is a semi transparent png. Works very well once I am logged in but does not display the quotes before log in. What causes this please? The view block is in the Content block displaced to show in bottom right corner of the header so it is not dependent on the header for placement. If I place the views slideshow block in the header block, it does not display but does in the content and footer blocks. I used a green 2px border around the block and this can be seen when the header changes. I have tried z-index from 0 to 80, to try placing it on top of the header- no good. With the header image off, the border displays but there's no text in the block. I would appreciate some help understanding this please. Thanks roger

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Problem with drop down list in a theme
by Roger 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

I have a huge problem. I need to be able to create relationship between Contact name, Position and Region for display in 4 views, one for each region. Each Position can have up to 4 names associated with it. Some other names can hold 2 or 3 Positions. Each name is associated with one region. I need to be able to display Contact first and last name, Position and Region in a page view but be able to select the Region and the Position/s within that Region to display in a view page. The aim is for the viewer to be able to choose which region they are in, choose the Position they need help from and see the contact details. It seems that Drupal 6.19 can only create Select Lists from the Title field of any content type, this is a huge problem for me as it means I have to enter the first and last name 2 times, once in the title field and once in a content field. Is there a way around this? Also I cannot create a view to use as a select list because the title only displays as a node type not a field. The Contacts drop down seems limited to 18 names and no way of displaying any more. I have content type Contacts which contains 100 names: title [first name] Last Name field Address fields Phone fields etc. I have Content type of Positions where title contains 40 member positions like: Web Services Administrator ISP Provider Calendar Coordinator Reviewer and so on. I have a Region content type containing 4 Australian Regions. NA [Nothern Australia]One CA [Central Australia] SA [Southern Australia] WA [Western Australia] I have an Admin Services content type with fields: contacts [Displays the node:title] Positions [Displays a button list of available positions] Regions [ Region sis displayed as a drop down. I hope I've given sufficient information to obtain some help, thanks in advance. Regards Roger

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Invalid argument errors referencing block.admin.inc
by Jon Craig 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Anytime I go into Site Building, I get: * warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /www/****/****/drupal/modules/block/block.admin.inc on line 33. * warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /www/****/****/drupal/modules/block/block.admin.inc on line 52. * warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'block_admin_display' was given in /www/****/****/drupal/includes/menu.inc on line 348. And if I try to load the Block page, it's simply a mostly blank white page, with: Block Region Weight Operations At the top, in bold, and nothing else. I've looked into block.admin.inc, and I don't see anything odd/weird, but I'm certainly no expert. This is preventing me from moving our amateur radio club's new site to "live" status. Any ideas?

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recurring problem
by James R Stone 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I have a problem I can't solve: When I go to my client's website at bartosandrini.com the *Home* tab is not highlighted, in fact a completely different tab, *Criminal/Traffic*, is highlighted. This problem showed up after one of my client's blog editors selected Promoted to front page in the *Publishing options* section. [image: original.png] These are my settings across the site In *Site Configuration* *>* *Site Information*(or /admin/settings/site-information) Default front page: *http://bartosandrini.com/ The home page displays content from this relative URL. If unsure, specify "node". In the footer section on the same page and I am using <a href="/"><u>Home</u></a> In *Site Building* *>* *Menus* *>* *Primary Links* (or /admin/build/menu/item/1964/edit) Menu settings Path: * The path this menu item links to. This can be an internal Drupal path such as *node/add* or an external URL such as *http://drupal.org*. Enter *<front> * to link to the front page. Menu link title: * The link text corresponding to this item that should appear in the menu. In *Site Building* *>* *Blocks* after selecting configure for the rotor in the content top block (or /admin/build/block/configure/views/rotor-block_1) Page specific visibility settings<http://bartosandrini.com/admin/build/block/configure/views/rotor-block_1#> Show block on specific pages: Show on every page except the listed pages. Show on only the listed pages. Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE (PHP-mode, experts only). Pages: Enter one page per line as Drupal paths. The '*' character is a wildcard. Example paths are *blog* for the blog page and *blog/** for every personal blog. *<front>* is the front page. If the PHP-mode is chosen, enter PHP code between *<?php ?>*. Note that executing incorrect PHP-code can break your Drupal site. This problem first occurred in January and below is a copy of the advice I received. Initially, this worked for me. This advice does not work and I really don't know what to do or how to troubleshoot this. Comments I think <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2449442> Posted by ludo1960 <http://drupal.org/user/216916> on *January 8, 2010 at 12:45am* The URL path settings should be front and not home. - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2449442> did not work for me <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2452634> Posted by fndtn357 <http://drupal.org/user/255723> on *January 8, 2010 at 5:25pm* I did that but I am still unable to see the Home tab highlighted in the Primary menu. Any ideas? "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute." - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2452634> In admin <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2452748> Posted by ludo1960 <http://drupal.org/user/216916> on *January 8, 2010 at 5:57pm* Check admin/build/path/list that the alias exists, if not create it - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2452748> alias exists in one part of the list<http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453242> Posted by fndtn357 <http://drupal.org/user/255723> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:02pm* in a filtered list *nodes*, I see node/33 = node/33 and if I try to change that it says that home is already being used. Without a filter, home = node/33. Is this something I should change in the database so that forward or reverse it says home = node/33 and node/33 = home? Or should I delete the extra node/33 listing? "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute." - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453242> Repeat <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453252> Posted by ludo1960 <http://drupal.org/user/216916> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:05pm* Check admin/build/path/list that the alias exists, if not create it - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453252> exists <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453278> Posted by fndtn357 <http://drupal.org/user/255723> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:14pm* *home* is an Alias and *node/33* is in System. "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute." - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453278> ok <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453292> Posted by ludo1960 <http://drupal.org/user/216916> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:19pm* delete that and start again, on the site info page make front page: node Then make you menu path <front> call it anything you want ie Home - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453292> wow! Thanks a lot. <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453380> Posted by fndtn357 <http://drupal.org/user/255723> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:44pm* That worked. Should I leave everything as is now? And moreover how did I get it so confused? Did I not read correctly somewhere down the line? I reset this (I don't remember how now) a few times and every time I ran a major update it changed itself. Do you think this might happen again? "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute." - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453380> If it... <http://drupal.org/node/678758#comment-2453388> Posted by ludo1960 <http://drupal.org/user/216916> on *January 8, 2010 at 9:46pm* ..works, then dont break it! :) - reply <http://drupal.org/comment/reply/678758/2453388> Any help would be greatly appreciated with this issue. -- Best Regards, James R Stone "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute."

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nodereference_url permissions
by ceooph+drupallist＠gmail.com 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi all, Node Reference 6.x-2.8 Node Reference URL Widget 6.x-1.6 Drupal 6.19 I have a content type with a cck field nodereference_url. For non-admin roles, if I configure the field to be a selected list, it's works fine, users can select node's title. But if I configure the field to be an autocomplete widget (Use autocomplete widget), non-admin roles can't select node's title. This role have access to edit_field_xxx. It's works when it's a selected list but not when it's autocomplete widget. Autocomplete widget works fine for admin users. Anyone know what's happend ? Thanks a lot

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Possible to get the "Read More" on a CCK field?
by Neil Coghlan 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I couldn't get the "Read More" link to show in teasers for one of my content types, then realised it was because the main text field in that content type was actually a CCK field, not the default "body" text field. There are a couple of comments on d.o but nothing definite about how to get the Read More link showing. Is there something really obvious I'm missing? this is what I have on my other node types and the link shows up fine: <?php if ($node->links['node_read_more']): ?> <div> <a href="/<?php print $node->links['node_read_more']['href'] ?>"><?php print $node->links['node_read_more']['title'] ?> </a> </div> <?php endif; ?> thanks in advance Neil

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Trouble with a theme
by prothero 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Folks: I hope I can get some help here. The RocketTheme folks aren't responsive. I use the SolarSentinel theme. I want new users to be able to register. I have set, in the "User Settings" admin interface, the "Visitors can create accounts and no administrator approval is required" option. However, I don't see the link to the /user/register node that lets a user create a new account. When I switch to the Garland theme, I do see this link, so it appears to be a problem with the theme. This kind of problem makes drupal very frustrating for a newbie. As in several other issues like making the front page content show and making comments show, which require php file edits, this is probably some interior php file that must be edited. I've searched thru the php files for something obvious, but no dice. Thanks, Bill William A. Prothero http://earthednet.org/

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help to install drupal
by villageeater 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hello I am trying to install drupal but I haven't made any progress. I read through the manuals, I googled for the problem but I haven't found any solution Windows 7 64 bit Apache 2.2.17 PHP 5.3.3 PostgerSQL 8.4 I have even tryed with MySQL 5.X with same behaviour similar error message. While trying to install drupal for first time I noticed that nothing happens. Apache access.log gave me "GET /drupal/ HTTP/1.1" 404 - After googling I set display_errors = On on the php.ini to see what is happening and got the following Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "access" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT 1 FROM access WHERE type = 'host' AND LOWER('10.0.0.1... ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "access" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT 1 FROM access WHERE type = 'host' AND LOWER('10.0.0.1... ^ query: SELECT 1 FROM access WHERE type = 'host' AND LOWER('10.0.0.101') LIKE LOWER(mask) AND status = 0 LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0 in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "users" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid ... ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "users" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid ... ^ query: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = 'q1rjmcal7bumrgjo46p7ntj907' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "cache" does not exist LINE 1: ...T data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHER... ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "cache" does not exist LINE 1: ...T data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHER... ^ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHERE cid = 'variables' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "variable" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT * FROM variable ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "variable" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT * FROM variable ^ query: SELECT * FROM variable in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Notice: Undefined variable: variables in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 558 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "cache" does not exist LINE 1: UPDATE cache SET data = '', created = 1289469500, expire = 0... ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "cache" does not exist LINE 1: UPDATE cache SET data = '', created = 1289469500, expire = 0... ^ query: UPDATE cache SET data = '', created = 1289469500, expire = 0, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = 'variables' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Notice: Undefined variable: variables in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 565 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "system" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT name, filename, throttle FROM system WHERE type = 'mo... ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "system" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT name, filename, throttle FROM system WHERE type = 'mo... ^ query: SELECT name, filename, throttle FROM system WHERE type = 'module' AND status = 1 AND bootstrap = 1 ORDER BY weight ASC, filename ASC in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "url_alias" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM url_alias ^ in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 139 Warning: ERROR: relation "url_alias" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM url_alias ^ query: SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM url_alias in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.pgsql.inc on line 160 If I switch to MySQL as database I get Warning: Table 'drupal.access' doesn't exist query: SELECT 1 FROM access WHERE type = 'host' AND LOWER('10.0.0.101') LIKE LOWER(mask) AND status = 0 LIMIT 0, 1 in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Warning: Table 'drupal.users' doesn't exist query: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = 'q1rjmcal7bumrgjo46p7ntj907' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Warning: Table 'drupal.cache' doesn't exist query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHERE cid = 'variables' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Warning: Table 'drupal.variable' doesn't exist query: SELECT * FROM variable in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Notice: Undefined variable: variables in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 558 Warning: Table 'drupal.cache' doesn't exist query: UPDATE cache SET data = '', created = 1289471532, expire = 0, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = 'variables' in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Notice: Undefined variable: variables in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 565 Warning: Table 'drupal.system' doesn't exist query: SELECT name, filename, throttle FROM system WHERE type = 'module' AND status = 1 AND bootstrap = 1 ORDER BY weight ASC, filename ASC in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128 Warning: Table 'drupal.url_alias' doesn't exist query: SELECT COUNT(pid) FROM url_alias in D:\httpdocs\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 128

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Rating module for user profile
by Nikhil Kala 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hello All, For a client's project we want to provide the rating facility in user's profile page and other users can give rating to him but he can not give rating to him self. Is there any module available for this kind of requirement? -- Thanks, Nikhil Kala Blogs - http://www.nikhilkala.com

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