Drupal Tutorials / Lessons

Integrating Disqus with the Drupal

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Sean Reiser used this to create a Howto on integrating Disqus with the Drupal platform. Many Drupal users will definitely find this helpful — thanks Sean!

What Module Do I Use?

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Need help finding the right Drupal module? Drupal Modules is a community-powered Drupal module review system and its finally open to the public!

Here's a brief list of what you can do on the site:

  • Rate and review any module
  • Compare modules to see which has the best features, documentation, etc
  • Check how many downloads a module is getting
  • Easily search modules and reviews for keywords
  • Get automatic recommendations for similar modules
  • And more!

IRC

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What is the drupal IRC channel, and which IRC server should I connect to?

consistent user profile pictures

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If you're using the default Drupal user pictures think about the ideas discussed in Nate's article about user profiles. Lullabot has done work for many large community sites and found that implementing the following system solves a few common problems.

http://www.lullabot.com/articles/imagecache_example_user_profile_pictures

PayPal Donation using CCK

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I know a few non-profit's that might want to give this tutorial a spin. This how to example features a custom CCK donation form that dynamically generates the PayPal button once the donation parameters are submitted. The user then simply clicks the button and is off to PayPal to pay for the donation. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the PayPal developer's requirements to process payments. It is also assumed that the reader is familiar with CCK and computed fields.

http://drupal.org/node/131807

Installing Drupal Themes

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Installing new themes in an existing Drupal installation is easy. You simply copy the new theme to the themes folder, and then enable it.

http://www.roopletheme.com/Tutorial_Installing_Drupal_Themes

Install and Configure Drupal using CPanel

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Many web hosting companies provide a program called CPanel for their customers to manage their accounts. CPanel is simply a web-based administrative interface to a hosted account. In this tutorial, we will install and configure Drupal version 5.1 using CPanel.

http://www.roopletheme.com/Tutorial_Installing_Drupal

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