Posted by: Amit Nazare on: March 26, 2009
If you are not running your latest version of Drupal you need to upgrade it to the latest stable version. Here are some steps for upgrading your drupal version from 5.x to 6.x 1. Take backup of the sites and files directory. 2. Place your site in the Offline mode. 3. Switch your theme to [...]
Posted by: Amit Nazare on: March 26, 2009
One you are done with Drupal core files installed, you can start adding third party contributed modules the basic instructions are as follows. 1. Download the Module : Download the module and make sure that it matches with your drupal version. 2. Extract Files and Upload through FTP: Extract the compressed file and upload the [...]
Posted by: Amit Nazare on: March 18, 2009
These are some of the Drupal Modules that can be of use. 1. Panels Panels allows the website administrator (or sometimes the end-user) to manipulate the layout of individual pages, sidebars, and content pieces, as well as easily dictate what content is displayed in the layout. This module allows you to create pages that are [...]
Posted by: Amit Nazare on: March 18, 2009
Drupal is one of the strongest and toughest CMS. Before knowing about the importing of Joomla to Drupal first we need to know about the terminologies of both. 1. Joomla “Template” is called “Theme” in Drupal. 2. Component = Module. 3. Module = Block. 4. Mambot/Plugin = Input filter. 5. Menu-Horizontal = Primary Links 6. [...]
Posted by: Amit Nazare on: March 17, 2009
It is a common practice by web developers to make separate header and footer files. As there wont be any changes in these section in any of the pages. So now the question arises how to use these HTML pages inside another HTML file. There is a solution for this that is <!–#include VIRTUAL=”/common/header.htm” –> [...]
