Show And Tell 2012-8-20 (Drupal)

By Zack

Email Sending Webform

node_load

• node_load function takes the nid and returns the node object, which can be displayed using dsm($node);
• get nid from GET data

Feeds

• Creating importer
  • Periodic Import
  • Content Type
  • Mapping
• Import
  • delimiters

Rewriting Results In Views

• Turn off linking to node
• can use tokens such as [title], [body] to link or rewrite
  • review available tokens in replacement patterns

Editing Module

• Uses hook_form_alter to change redirect and display various options for editing and changing position

Templates

• Copy from base theme
• Changing header in branding
  • Image map
• Clear cache

Profile Styling

• Style settings in view
  • wrapper and element type
• global.css
  • page name is in the body class

Calendar

• View for calendar should be built from template
• Date Contextual Filter

Gallery

• Cant use pager
• HTML list
• Format slideshow of fields
  • Arrange body below image and hide title
  • Text styled in global.css
• Global:Randomize sorting

Browser Emulator

http://browserling.com/