DTutorials

To make charts in our drupal sites is not difficult as I imagined before. Simply knowing how to create new content types and views.

* How to create content types I have explained in "How to Create A New Content Type with CCK"
* How to make my Views have also been described in "How to Create A Drupal Views (Grid Style)"

See my live demonstration what I've done in http://dilmilti1-medan.go.id/statistik-perkara/tkpertama

Additional module that is required to make Charts

* Views
* Charts and Graphs
* Views Charts

If you want to change the drupal theme to make it more beautiful or just customize a theme according to your contents, the easiest way is to modify an existing theme. You can select one theme from www.drupal.org/project/themes and then modify.

Another option is to create new theme from scratch, but this requires a long journey and a high skill knowledge of CSS, PHP, Drupal Theming System and Image Editor.

Initially I thought of how to insert Google Adsense block at the node as I saw it on the other people sites. Some of the solutions offered by other bloggers are manipulating the php code. But the suggested action was hard to follow.

Then I found this module: Insert Block

Examples that can be done is as below that I took from the block on the right-sidebar.

Views can be displayed with a variety of styles. This time we discuss Views with Grid style.

After creating a content type with CCK and fill the content, the next task is to display contents with Views. The steps in building the views initially seems complicated and requires a long journey. But if you are already accustomed, the process is only takes about 10-20 minutes.

DDBlock is a slideshow that allows title and preview text displayed along with pictures.

The final result of the tutorial will look like the picture above.

In practice this tutorial, I use garland theme and put DDBlock on the Footer region.

This tutorial is an adaptation of an existing tutorial on http://ddblock.myalbums.biz . But I've been confused following that all steps. I've failed again and again. Perhaps because of the difficulties process and also there is possibility missing of one step. After many tried various methods, it's pretty friendly to me right now.

Imagecache is a module that allows you to resize the image uniformly and automatically, without having to edit them before in image editing software.

For example you have a content type of articles. You will show these articles in three forms, namely a full node (one page), teaser list and a lists (views) on the front page.

On full node page you will display the image with a width of 420px and height follow proporsionally, while at the teaser page with a width of 220px. On your front page it will display images list in the form of thumbnail with a width of 75px.

Attachment Views is a way to combine two or more views on one page. For that, use the block as a technique to display two or more views can be avoided.

Structure of theme usually contains header, menu, sidebar, content / page and the footer. In the screenshot above I use Danland them. This theme offers many regions to where we can put blocks..

"REGION IS SPACE WHERE WE PUT BLOCKS."
The region is part of a theme. Its function, once again, is space where we put blocks. So one region could be placed many blocks.

Look at again on the left picture above, the yellow area represents the region. While blue area on right picture are blocks.

Drupal module provides a forum by default. This means you do not need to install additional modules to expand your website facilities in providing a Forum.

In this tutorial we will create a forum where people can:

* Discussion about Drupal
* Buying and Selling Drupal Services

The two items is called Container, and then from this Container, will be split into sub division which called forum,:

You can install the form on your website to get feedback from visitors, or facilitate a website in order to receive purchase orders online. Feedback or the order will be received via email. One of the modules of the most frequently used form is the Webform.

Drupal seems no shortage of modules to facilitate your website appear beautifully. Want to branching in the drop down menu? Nice Menu module is a choice. But how does the drop down menu that can appear with motion animation? Superfish module is the answer. Plus the ability of this module can display not only the dropdown menu, but also suckerfish.

A detailed tutorial on how to install Drupal with clean URL and image cache enabled on WAMP. For a long time I was using Acquia Drupal. But finally with a lot of googling and read a lot of articles, I finally found out the correct procedure to install and run Drupal correctly with clean URL and Image cache.

One of the most common problems to Drupal Developers: How to embed a view in a custom place in Drupal? How to call it? How to use it? This tutorial will resolve your problem once and forever!

One of the most useful pieces of navigation for a user is the 'breadcrumb' trail at the top of any page on the site they're visiting. It's something that is easy to forget, but so important (and expected) in all but the most simple of sites.

In Drupal, there are a few different ways to get the latter topic-path type of breadcrumb (much more common) navigation working on your site.