A Introduction to the Drupal 7 Media Module
The Media Module is one of the most hyped new modules for Drupal 7. It is often talked about as the best option for handling…
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Who is Drupal User 1?
Drupal User 1 is a deity. Drupal is fairly unique in that it has this one user who towers over every other user on your…
How to Enable or Clear Cache for Drupal 7 sites
Caching increases the apparent speed of the website by storing copies of the pages on the server on the browser and keeping the copies in…
Change the Database Connection in Drupal’s Settings.php
The settings.php file in Drupal is actually a very short and simple file with just a few settings, but they are critical settings. If you’re…
Joomla, Drupal and WordPress Conferences in 2012
Every year now brings us a major new Joomla, Drupal or WordPress conference: In 2010, the Joomla community created a European conference called JandBeyond. In…
How to Find Your Drupal Version Number
This short tutorial will show you how to find out which Drupal version your site is using. We’ll cover both Drupal 6 and 7 as…
Drupal Commerce – eCommerce for Drupal
Drupal Commerce is currently the leading solution for building Drupal e-commerce websites. We’re going to give you a first look over Drupal Commerce, showing you…
Creating a Photo Gallery in Drupal 6
This tutorial will show you how to create a photo gallery in Drupal 6. It won’t create the world’s flashiest or most impressive gallery, but…
Drupal’s Backup and Migrate Module
There is nothing quite so important to a developer as backups. Backup and Migrate makes the task of backing up your Drupal database and migrating…
Create a Staff Directory Listing in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 has a new core module called “Fields”, which replaces the CCK module in Drupal 6. To show you how it works, we are…
Finding Block Regions in Drupal 6 and 7
Regions are important in Drupal because they control where you can place blocks and thus create a layout for your site. However, each theme has…
Updating Drupal 7 to the Latest Version
Updating a Drupal site is vital for security. In this tutorial we’re going to show you how to update your Drupal 7 site from one…
Drupal 6 and 7: Author and Date Information
There was one small little feature in Drupal 6 that would routinely drive students in our classes mad. It wasn’t a major feature but it…
Drupal 7 Uploading Modules and Themes
In Drupal 6, uploading modules and themes was often troublesome for beginners. They would have to follow a confusing process: Download the files Uncompress them…
Drupal 7 Taxonomy Changes
Drupal 7 introduced many new changes. One of these involves Taxonomy, Drupal’s way of organizing content. Let’s see what’s changed with Taxonomy and what you’ll…
How to Turn On the Drupal Search Module
Drupal’s search module allows your site’s users to search both the content on the site and also the registered users. In order for your users…
How to get your Drupal Site Back Online after Setting it to Off-line
Perhaps one of most frightening things for novice Drupal adminsitrators is finding out they forgot to set the site back to Online before logging out.…
How to Update a Drupal 6 Module
This tutorial will walk you through, step-by-step, how to update your Drupal module to a new version. Please make sure you have fully backed up…
How to Install a Drupal Module
This tutorial will show you how to install a module in order to add new functionality to your Drupal site. Modules are user contributed add-ons…
Placing a Drupal Block Inside a Node
This tutorial will show you how to take a block and place it inside a Drupal node. Often this is done through one of two…