John, Thanks for the link but I had already somehow got hold of the book, hard and soft copy. However, I also came across this site(apparently maintained by a female geek) http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/03/13/building-a-website-with-drupal-6-part-3-configuring-your-site/ Not exactly what I was looking for but I certainly wished I had seen it as I started out into Drupal. It would have made my entry far much less "painful" :-) I would strongly recommend it for anyone starting out into Drupal.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:25 PM, John Kibuuka <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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_websitebut 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). 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