Category: private

Private files in Drupal 7

In this chapter, we look at the Drupal file system configuration, and we set up our site to give us private file storage. We'll talk about what that means, and the benefits and drawbacks to Drupal...

Setting up private views with access control

Views is great for making listings of all kinds of content for many different tasks and users. You don't always want everyone on your site to see everything you put in a view though. In this video...

Introduction to Site Building with Drupal

Learn how to install, build and launch a Drupal site by configuring modules, content types, permissions, taxonomy, the theme, blocks, private content and a WYSIWYG editor.

Overview of Learning Views

Learn to create listing pages with the Views module and all of its essential features of displays, overrides, arguments, relationships, exposed filters as well exporting and theming views.

Adding file fields and image fields

Shows how to set up private files in Drupal 7 and custom upload path as well as how to set up an image field.

Installing Drupal

Goes through the process of uploading a Drupal installation to a server and filling out all of the default information on the installation screens.

Additional Views Modules

Goes through some of the additional modules in the Drupal contrib repository that are associated with the Views module.

Views Exposed Filters & Search

Shows how to expose searching, sorting and filtering functionality to the user with exposed filters.

Views Attachment Displays

Shows how to add a view to another view through an attachment display.

Introduction and Overview of CCK

Learn to customize content types with CCK by adding and configuring different field types, node & user references, formatters, multi-value & shared fields, permissions & theming.

The Views User Interface

Explains all of the different elements of the views user interface, and how to understand the different components.

Views Arguments

Shows how to enter dynamic variables into a views query through an argument via the URL.

CCK Field-Level Permissions

Shows how to apply access control permissions to specific CCK fields in Drupal 6.

Views Displays and Overrides

Shows how you can copy the configuration of an existing view into a separate output display and override specific settings.

Exporting Views to a Module

Shows how to export views configuration and settings to code so that it can be deployed to a live site in a module without having to keep the settings saved within the database.

File Field and Node References

Shows how to use node references to associate the job posting content type with the job application content type. Also shows how to set up a file field for uploading a resume document.

Access Control for Views

Shows how to limit access control to a view by granting permissions to specific roles.

Creating a View of Users

Goes through the process of creating a view of something other than a node by creating a list of users on the site.

Views Case Study Finishing Touches

Shows some aesthetic improvements made to the job application board to make the theme distinct and unique.

Orientation to a new Drupal site

Takes a tour of a Drupal 6 site and introduces some of the fundamental concepts of a node, region and block as well as a quick tour through the different administrative sections.

Adding taxonomy fields to content

Shows how to add taxonomy free tags to a piece of content by first generating a new vocabulary and then enabling it on the proper content type.

Introduction to Views

Provides a conceptual overview of how to create lists of content with the Views module.

Organic Groups - DIWD '09

Organic Groups is Drupal's answer to Yahoo Groups or Google Groups. Part private/public message board, part mailing list, part MySpace, Organic Groups can be used in many ways to solve many...

Views Performance Tools

Goes through some of the performance scoping tools available in the devel module for being able to look at how fast or slow the final views queries is taking.

Enabling node access and private files

Shows how to provide specific access control to certain nodes, as well set up the private file system.

Organic Groups - DIWD '08

Organic Groups is Drupal's answer to Yahoo Groups or Google Groups. Part private/public message board, part mailing list, part MySpace, Organic Groups can be used in many ways to solve many...

Configuring WYSIWYG and Input Formats

Goes through the process of installing and configuring the proper permissions and input format filter order to set up a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) editor in Drupal.

Views Relationships

Talks about how to use node references and user references to pull in additional information about those nodes and users through views relationships.

CCK Multiple Values and Shared Fields

Shows how to set up a field with multiple values as well as how to share fields between content types.

Configuring cron and search

Shows how to set up your server to automatically run cron in order to flush out the caches and automatically do regular maintenance tasks on your Drupal site.

CCK Options that Change the Database

Goes into some of the shared fields options with CCK in Drupal 6 that changes how information is saved in the database.

Installing custom themes

Goes through the process of downloading free themes from drupal.org, uploading them to the proper place on your sever, and then how to change the look and feel of your site by enabling different...

CCK Multiple Value Widgets

Shows the differences between the different types of multiple-value CCK widgets.

Content Types in Drupal

Takes a tour of the default content types in a fresh Drupal installation.

Text Fields and User Reference

Explains how to associate a user to a node through the user reference CCK module.

Installing and enabling modules

Goes through the process of downloading a module from drupal.org, uploading it to the proper folder on your server, and then how to turn it on and configure it.

CCK Default Values

Shows how to configure and set up default values for a CCK field so that the node edit forms are pre-populated with those default values.

CCK vs. Taxonomy

A brief description of the differences between CCK and taxonomy, and when best to use each one.

Elements of a View

Goes through and describes the major components of a view including the basic settings, fields, arguments, relationships, filters and short criteria.

Creating a View

Goes through the process of creating and configuring a view of content.

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