May 2011 - support - lists.drupal.org

Node import
by Joel Willers 27 May '11

27 May '11

I’m looking to import nodes. Node import and Feeds are both pretty close, but I have to allow the User to select an optional entry for population. Here are specifics: I have a file full of just email addresses. I want to import this list and allow the user to fill out certain fields. So, let’s say I have user1(a)email.com user2(a)email.com user3(a)email.com I want the user to be able to say, map this to email, and mark Department as (select list)… HR department. Or even text area. Select the field from the content type, and type in, “HR Dept.” Suggestions? Joel Willers

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Extra measures to take before upgrading?
by Jorge Biquez 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hello all. Excuse in advance for the question, maybe too simple... This will be my first upgrade after the security advice I received. I am on Drupal 7.0. I have read in detail the instructions and I have a full backup in my hard disk now (local) I will do the same wit5h the database in a few moments. I understand correctly what they say to do (I guess). A couple of questions 1) It is no the same if I upload ALL the content of the upgrade without deleting all folders before? 2) Any extra advise you have for newbie people in Drupal before doing with the upgrade? Thanks in advance. Jorge Biquez

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change in format of security advisories
by Ivan Sergio Borgonovo 26 May '11

26 May '11

Once upon a time security advisories came with a link to: a) new drupal releases b) patches Direct link to patches was quite useful to evaluate the changes and the security treat quickly. security emails are in plain text so the increase in risk to trick users to download trojaned software should be minimal. Could this feature be reintroduced? thanks -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it

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Multi sites and /etc/hosts
by Roger 26 May '11

26 May '11

What alternatives are available for establishing drupal multi site if I cannot get the ISP to change /etc/hosts to include new sites? Thanks Roger

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Blogs and RSS feeds
by Roger 26 May '11

26 May '11

We have Drupal 6.19 working with a highly modified theme, its basically a data entry for calendars of events. I have blog module turned off and RSS removed (Commented out) from the page.tpl.php I've been asked to build a youth fourm on the site with Blog, and RSS feeds. Can a new application such as the youth forum use another theme in the existing installation and have the desired modules without it affecting the primary use of the site or would it be more desirable to use multisite and start the youth forum in a new database/installation. I hope I've expressed this right, I'm at a bit of a loss with explanations. thanks in advance Roger

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Conditionally display (menu) block in node view?
by toon severijns 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hello again, Suppose i have 2 view on my page listing projects. When i go to project detail from one view i need to (continue) displaying a menu block. When i go to project detail from another view i don't. Both project detail URL's are identical. Is there a way to remember from which view i entered into the item's detail page? Best, Toon

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uploading files to Open Atrium
by Tina Williams 25 May '11

25 May '11

I set up Open Atrium (along with Drupal) the other day and love it for a project management program. However, I've somehow messed up the file upload part. When I first set it up, I could and did upload files and they showed up correctly. However, now I cannot. I click the "browse" button, locate a file, click to upload it, the little ribbon deal moves, and then the file just isn't uploaded. I've read all sorts of info on both Drupal.org and openatrium.com and I've fixed the file permissions for the file folder to 0777, I've tried both public and private for the file types. I've done everything I can think, and it still won't work. Does anyone here have any exp with Open Atrium with Drupal who could offer some ideas? Thanks! Tina

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Vendor Directory using drupal
by Mutuku Ndeti 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hi, I am planning to create a vendor directory for events using drupal where - vendors can create their profile(or I can create the profiles them vendors "claim ownership" of their profiles) - people looking for events can contact the vendors after signing up on the website. the people looking for the events can also pan the events on the website and request different vendors for proposals on the website. Anyone who has created a similar site with drupal? what modules did you use? -- Tel:254722490994 www.agile.co.ke | www.zetu.co.ke

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drupal 7 versus drupal 6
by Alok Singh Mahor 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hi all, earlier I was using Drupal 6, that was working nicely. few days ago I switched to drupal 7 that is very fast. but giving me some trouble. I am unable to create the content sometimes when I created new blog type content and saves I am getting the editor page again. its not saving the content. and sometimes I am getting error *PDOException*: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in*lock_may_be_available()* (line *165* of */home/alok/public_html/includes/lock.inc*). is drupal 7 buggy? I think its new so may have some bugs. is there a way to downgrade drupal7 to drupal 6? and lot of modules are not available for drupal 7 please suggest me. should I switch back to drupal6?? thank you all -- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Alok Singh Mahor │ http://alokmahor.co.cc │ Join the next generation of computing, Open Source and Linux/GNU!! └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Hiding Nodes Only Shown In Views
by Steve Kessler 25 May '11

25 May '11

I often come across times that I want to hide nodes that are only shown in views. For example a listing of services that do not need their own page and are only shown on the services listing page. What is the best practice for hiding those nodes. Currently I give them a very specific path with pathauto and change robots.txt file and hope people do not stumble on them but I would like something better. I have also written PHP that just put a link to the aggregated view. Are there other things that people like to do? Thanks, Steve -- Steve Kessler Like Us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/denverdataman>!

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