A Couple of Views Solutions: Record Counts and Checkboxes

We recently launched the Member Directory at AASHE. The directory is powered by Views Exposed Fliters, Location, Migrate, and Better Exposed Filters. The data for our directory is coming via Salesforce into a separate MySQL database.

When working on the directory, I ran into a couple of unique requirements for Views.

Including a Count in the View

Moving to a Content Management System: NCTech4Good Presentation and Resources

It was a pleasure to present on moving from a static website to a content management system at the 2011 NCTech4Good Conference this past Friday. I had the opportunity to meet lots of great people doing work in the North Carolina nonprofit community. Although I intended to keep my presentation CMS-agnostic, I ended up talking about the many advantages of using Drupal throughout the day.

You can find my presentation and a selection of recommended resources below.

Building Drupal Forums at AASHE

The idea of building a Campus Sustainability Forum has been kicking around my organization for years. When the organization was choosing a CMS about three years ago, one of the major reasons we went with Drupal was the forum integration.

Downgrading MacPorts PHP from 5.3 to PHP 5.2

Submitted by Julia on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 02:58

I ran into the same problem as bangpound when I wanted to downgrade from PHP 5.3 on MacPorts to Drupal 6. Although Drupal 6.14 supports PHP 5, when I set up a new install, install.php became a sea of "function ereg() is deprecated."

I don't have Macports in SVN and instead just do "sudo port install ." I was able to switch back to PHP 5.2.11 with the following:

1. sudo port deactivate php5
2. sudo port install php52 +mysql5 (this probably wasn't available when he wrote the initial blog post)

Drupalcamp Atlanta Presentation: Why do Drupal Projects Fail?

As co-organizer of the Triangle Drupal group, I've met some great people who have had some terrible experiences with Drupal. At the same time, I have become increasingly frustrated by my inability to accurately predict what Drupal projects will succeed and which will fail.

How to Move a Drupal Site to a New Host Without Going Crazy

Preparation

A. Upgrade modules and Drupal core code

Although it’s tempting to move your files and database quickly, I strongly recommend doing some preparation first. Before I move Drupal site, I always first check for any new Drupal core and module updates. If there are modules that need to be updated, I do the update before moving my site. The advantage of this is that it is easier later on to debug any problems that arise during the migration if you are already using the latest version of all Drupal code.

Drupal: A Love Story

I presented on Drupal at UNC's An Introduction to Content Management Systems workshop last week. The presentation is geared to people trying to decide between Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress. I hope that I swayed a few to the Drupal camp!

Drupal: A Love Story

Taxonomy, Folksonomy, Linked Data Confusion

I came back from Drupalcon excited about adding RDF into the AASHE website and making some decisions about how to tag content on the website.

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