http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Pro-Drupal-Development-2nd-Edition/3811bf63d5e1f56fac88c083c3d5fd2f4460f694fb9a
try this torrent? On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM, George Lule <[email protected]> wrote: > Reinier, > Thanks a lot for the useful insight. > About the book, it receives excellent points in the reviews but with no > access to Rapidshare and Megaupload, I have simply failed to find another > place I can download it. Could you kindly point me to a place I can download > it? Mountbatten? :-) > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> see below >> >> and read this: >> http://www.chris-parsons.com/articles/five-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i- >> started-using-drupal<http://www.chris-parsons.com/articles/five-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-using-drupal> >> >> -- >> rgds, >> >> Reinier Battenberg >> Director >> Mountbatten Ltd. >> +256 782 801 749 >> www.mountbatten.net >> >> >> >> >> On Friday 05 February 2010 12:20:59 Douglas Onyango wrote: >> > Drupal has a pretty solid >> > authentication system in place, i am sure you can work with it for both >> > your apps and Drupal will let you point and click to set permissions >> etc. >> > >> > >> > >> > For your form fields cck will help, just install the module and you will >> > be able to create fields with a click, >> >> if you just need a form, you can also use the webform module, which does >> just >> that, creating forms. >> >> CCK is more if you want to create complex content types on your website. >> >> > although you have the more >> > powerful dirtier option of creating a block, with contenttype=php and >> > directly pasting your already coded php, which will pull up forms, >> > write to db on "submit" and and send the emails for you. >> >> NEVER EVER do this. Drupal is very powerful and can do almost anything you >> want, provided you find the right module. It can not just do that, but >> even do >> it secure, cached and themed. >> >> Inserting your custom php this way is first of all a maintenance >> nightmare, >> secondly due to be insecure, thirdly it is far much more work than using >> CCK & >> views. >> >> And no, your own code is not more powerful than CCK + all the CCK >> extentions >> outthere. You can just not code as fast as the Drupal Community combined. >> >> If you want to code in drupal, create a custom module for your project and >> take it from there. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use the API, NEVER write to the >> database yourself. You will fail at some point, you will fail horribly! >> >> > >> > >Drupal seems pretty stuck in >> > >> > its preset/downloadble themes. I >> > haven't yet found a clear way to override them so as to preserve my own >> > look n feel. Do you know how I can achieve this? >> > >> > There is a module for this.....name skips my head, but i guess you can >> find >> > it. >> >> You might have referred to contemplate >> >> > Alternatively the dirty thing which i probably going to yield more >> > accurate results is go into your theme folder and mess with >> page.tpl.php. >> >> That is not dirty, that is how Drupal Themeing works. >> >> A good idea is to take a base-theme like Zen or Blueprint and create a >> sub- >> theme based on them. >> >> More about Drupal Theming here http://drupal.org/theme-guide >> >> Drupal Themeing is extremely powerful, but has a rather steep learning >> curve. >> (you will have to love it once you are more familiar with it) >> >> If you just need a theme, try http://themegarden.org/drupal6/ >> >> >> > This is where the page structure is made so you can change it here like >> > you can remove somethings like a slogan by commenting the whole ( >> print >> > $site_slogan block) and instead insert your fresh php in the section - >> >> Nope, Drupal themes should not contain php. (at least no application >> logic). >> If you want to mess with code, use template functions. >> >> Just use PHP to print the Array elements that Drupal provides in your .tpl >> file. >> >> >> > remember the feel works with a css so be sure to tweak that to your >> needs >> > as well, this is where you will want to hug the guy who wrote firebug. >> >> Yes yes! Firebug Horaay! >> >> > >> > Happy Hacking! >> >> if you want to really learn Drupal 6, I can recommend getting a copy of >> http://www.drupalbook.com/ It's our bible @ mountbatten. >> >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329 >> > >> > Life is the educators practical joke in which you spend the first half >> > learning, and the second half learning that everything you learned in >> the >> > first was wrong. >> > >> > --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Stephen S. Musoke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > From: Stephen S. Musoke <[email protected]> >> > Subject: RE: [LUG] Porting WAMP apps into Drupal >> > To: "'Linux Users Group Uganda'" <[email protected]> >> > Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 11:52 AM >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > George, >> > >> > Just a word of caution, I am not very familiar with Drupal, >> > but I am familiar with XOOPs and Joomla, but I find their ability to >> handle >> > the creation of forms very complicated, and not intuitive. >> > >> > Also remember that after completing the migration of the user >> > login etc, then you have to move the forms into the Drupal way of doing >> > things? >> > >> > >> > Have you looked into other vanilla PHP frameworks like >> > CakePHP/Code Igniter/Symphony? >> > >> > Stephen >> > >> > >> > >> > From: George Lule [mailto:[email protected]] >> > >> > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:09 AM >> > To: Linux Users >> > Group Uganda >> > Subject: [LUG] Porting WAMP apps into >> > Drupal >> > >> > >> > >> > Guys, >> > I have 2 applications that were developed basing on WAMP. They >> > do perform different jobs but they share the following >> > functionality: >> > - Allowing self registration of users. >> > - Once a user is registered, can log into the system and do a number of >> > things(....very boring details here...) but bottom line, they >> > both verify data, authenticate data against present values, check if >> > fields have been filled and others. >> > - Most forms upon submitting data into the db, immediately send mails to >> a >> > number of groups which the user selects himself and others that are >> > hardcoded. >> > I wish to port these 2 into Drupal, but >> > 1. These applications have a particular look and feel which I don't want >> to >> > change, yet Drupal seems pretty stuck in its preset/downloadble themes. >> I >> > haven't yet found a clear way to override them so as to preserve my own >> > look n feel. Do you know how I can achieve this? >> > 2. I haven't got a proper guide that can help me port both entire >> > applications as they are into Drupal. Could you kindly provide/point >> > me to a guide that can assist in this regard? >> > 3. Finally, I found this step by step >> > introduction http://www.gouncleweb.com/typd_welcome_drupal_website but >> it >> > was designed for 5.x and some of its steps require tweaking to fit into >> > 6.15. Do you know of anyother equally good one but geared towards 6.15? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > George >> > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > LUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> > way. --------------------------------------- >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
_______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
