September 2011 - support - lists.drupal.org

Store files on different server
by steeph 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

I want to store files from one filefield (or all files from sites/default/files) on a different server to reduce the traffic on my main server. It is a shared hosting so I can't mount a network drive. I found one module (Storage API http://drupal.org/project/storage_api) that seems to be able to help me but I can't get it to work. If somebody knows another module that might do it, I'd appreciate a hint. If not, here is what I've done and what it does now. Using Drupal 6, Storage API 6.x-1.2 and the filefield integration from http://drupal.org/node/1134868. I created a container using the FTP service and a class with only that conainer. Serving is enabled for the FTP container. Now in the FTP directory two new directories were created: objects and files. I chose the storing class on the filefield and checked "Use Storage API for file storage". Now a copy of the files are stored on the FTP server when creating or updating a node. But they are placed in the objects directory and are named 1.bin, 2.bin, 3.bin etc. Also when viewing the node or a view with the files still the old local files are used. How can I make it serve the files from the FTP server? Or, maybe the better question: What would be the usual way to do this in Drupal? Thank you very much in advance for any hint or advice! steeph

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Menu Items w/o Links
by Kenneth Jacker 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

[ Sorry, LONG email ... and more easily read with a monospaced font ... ] I need to use (Drupal 7) a menu where, for the most part, the only menu items that are associated with links are the "leaf items". Say I have a "Family" menu. When completely collapsed, it looks like this (the "-->" I've appended below indicates that the corresponding menu item *is* associated with a link): > Family --> Clicking on "Family" expands the menu to this (as well as changing the page content to "family info"): V Family --> > Parents Siblings Pets Finally, clicking on "Parents" produces this: V Family --> V Parents Father --> Mother --> Siblings Pets Hopefully the above makes sense! So, if the user clicks on "Family", "Father", or "Mother", the content will change corresponding to the linked page. OTOH, clicking on "Parents", "Siblings", or "Pets", causes *no* change in the content, but does expand/contract the menu where necessary. This seems like a very common need. I searched the Internet (maybe not enough!), but didn't find a simple, completely working solution. The "Menu item container" project looked promising, but it appears to be available only for D6. Is the "Special menu items" module the "way to go"? I installed it. But when I click on a non-linked menu item (e.g., "Parents" above), the sub-menu doesn't expand ... the text is there, but is inactive. Your comments/suggestions are appreciated! -- Prof Kenneth H Jacker khj(a)cs.appstate.edu Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj Appalachian State Univ Boone, NC 28608 USA

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changing field tables
by Marty Landman 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

I just ran into a Drupal gotcha. Here's the situation. I coded db queries for nodes and blocks using the hard-coded field file_path which is part of the content-type story-image. My queries referenced content_type_story_image.field_story_file_path_value and it was working fine. However today I added a second content type, fairy-tale-image which as one of its fields uses the existing field file_path. This caused the file_path field to move into its own table, content_field_file_path. Now I've changed the queries but am thinking there must be a more intelligent way I could've done these queries, like going through Drupal's api and not getting caught on this snag. Can anyone point me in the right direction to learn how to do that? Marty -- http://drupal.org/project/personal_notes https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/181910/

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Re: [support] support Digest, Vol 105, Issue 27
by Roger 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

On 15/09/11 13:06, support-request(a)drupal.org wrote: > I 2nd this opinion - drush isn't sure which of your multi-sites you are > trying to target. You'll either need to set up drush aliases or 'cd' to the > specific multi-site you want to affect. > > -Benj Thanks Benj. How do I set up drush aliases? Maybe I could use such a thing to flush without having to change diretories

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Re: [support] support Digest, Vol 105, Issue 26
by Roger 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Thanks Tod and Nancy that did it. I neglected to cd to the particular multisite directory --a trap for new players, I think! Roger > From: Todd<todd(a)savagevenus.net> > Subject: Re: [support] Drush problem > To: support(a)drupal.org > Message-ID:<EB382573-5078-473F-9FF4-2DB77BF055D5(a)savagevenus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Have you tried changing directories to /sites/{multisite}/ and then running "crush cc all" instead of being in the root directory? > > Todd >

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Re: [support] support Digest, Vol 105, Issue 26
by Roger 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Thanks Tod and Nancy that did it. I forgot to cd to the particular multisite directory Roger > From: Todd<todd(a)savagevenus.net> > Subject: Re: [support] Drush problem > To: support(a)drupal.org > Message-ID:<EB382573-5078-473F-9FF4-2DB77BF055D5(a)savagevenus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Have you tried changing directories to /sites/{multisite}/ and then running "crush cc all" instead of being in the root directory? > > Todd >

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Drush problem
by Roger 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

I cd /var/www/html/directory which is the drupal multi site installation I am modifying a Bartik theme drush dl themes and modules works well but drush en modulename and drush cc produces error below; What needs to be done to fix this please? google is not much help here. Thanks Roger Command cache-clear needs a higher bootstrap level to run - you will [error] need invoke drush from a more functional Drupal environment to run this command. The drush command 'cc' could not be executed. [error] Drush was not able to start (bootstrap) the Drupal database. [error] Hint: This error often occurs when Drush is trying to bootstrap a site that has not been installed or does not have a configured database. Drush was attempting to connect to : Drupal version : 7.8 Site URI : http://default Default theme : garland Administration theme: garland PHP configuration : /etc/php.ini Drush version : 4.5 Drush configuration: Drush alias files : Drupal root : /var/www/html/directory Site path : sites/default Modules path : sites/all/modules Themes path : sites/all/themes File directory path: sites/default/files %paths : Array You can select another site with a working database setup by specifying the URI to use with the --uri parameter on the command line or $options['uri'] in your drushrc.php file.

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by Ms. Nancy Wichmann 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

My customer wants to use 1and1 to host his site. I have the all the code and database uploaded. The front page shows up when I use the domain name 1and1 provided. But accessing anything else on the site gives a "500 Internal server error." The site works fine on my PC. 1and1 told me to delete the PHP settings from .htaccess and create a php.ini file with the PHP5 values. I did that and the error persists. Any ideas? Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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strange error token message
by Jim Ruby 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hi, what does this error mean, just notice it and not doing anything? Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in node_tokens() (line 139 of /home/testing/public_html/7/modules/node/node.tokens.inc). Status message shows this is a test show has been created Follow me on: Twitter: http://twitter.com/1rubytweets Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058306793 Join me on: Yahoo: jruby6767 Msn: jruby(a)charter.net

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Google fonts
by tony maciejowski 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Dear all, I have enabled 3 webfonts from google on my site. I don't see them appear in CK editor, as I had hoped. Is the only way to use them in CSS? Tony -- *tony maciejowski** | analyst/programmer | websites | tony(a)tony-mac.com<t_maciejowski(a)hotmail.com> * *Twitter: anntosh* | *Cell: 323.899.6206* | *Linked-In:* *Anthony Maciejowski*

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