Drupal

A Drupal Views "Date Trap"

Submitted by Bevan on Sun, 19/07/2009 - 19:30

Here's a oddity that caused me a bit of grief this weekend - blogged in the hope that search engine goodness will save someone else some hair pulling.

New date formats configured through the Date module aren't made available through Views immediately.

To reproduce the problem:

  1. Log onto your site as user with administration rights.
  2. Go to Administer|Site Configuration|Date and Time|Formats
  3. Add a new format type
  4. Go to Administer|Site Building|Views
  5. Edit your view of choice

Upgrades that (mostly) Work

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 07/02/2009 - 22:55

Recently, I upgrade the version of Drupal that I use for this site – a process that went completely smoothly, to my relief. (Yes, I tried out the upgrade on a test system that mirrored production first, but I always get nervous when tinkering with a production system, even if it’s a tested process).

Tonight, I upgraded Windows Live Writer from the beta version I’ve been using for a few months to the release version now available from Live.com.

Drupal APIs

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 07/02/2009 - 19:55

Over the past couple of weeks, I've started working on understanding Drupal theming.

My first goal was to change the presentation used for downloading attachments on both this site and on another that I maintain. Each site required different changes, and in fact runs a different Drupal version (sigh!).

I'm going to blog later on how the process evolved, but some initial observations are worth making.