Drupal: .htaccess Access Deny
August 21, 2014 – 7:59 am | No Comment

In this article I will tell how to forbid access to certain resources for some clients. The instructions will include descriptions of different directives.

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A template lover. Do send me all your fantastic templates, I would love to review them!

Drupal: How to Set Date Format
November 22, 2010 – 8:54 am | No Comment
Drupal: How to Set Date Format

This article will tell you how to change the standard date output in templates files (*.tpl.php) of a theme.

How to Change PHP 5.3 to РНР 5.2 in Ubuntu 10.4
November 19, 2010 – 5:14 am | No Comment

Some modules work incorrectly with PHP 5.3. Many hosters have PHP 5.2 and you need to use environment similar to the server’s environment for the development works. So you need to dpwngrade php package and …

Drupal: update.php themization
November 17, 2010 – 1:45 am | No Comment
Drupal: update.php themization

Solution
Attention: the text should use utf-8 encoding

Open update.php file (in site root)
Replace update_access_denied_page() function:

Drupal 5 (line 575)
Drupal 6 (line 385)

with this code:

How to Automate MySQL Database Backup
November 15, 2010 – 5:53 am | No Comment
How to Automate MySQL Database Backup

In the previous article, I told you how to create My SQL database backup using a special software (mysqldump). And here, I would like to tell you how to automate MySQL database backup.

Back up of MySQL Databases
November 12, 2010 – 7:59 am | No Comment
Back up of MySQL Databases

If you are working on a web-project that uses MySQL, you might need the following tips. Every project supposes that you will create a backup copy. This is standard method. It is very simple to …

Migrating from Joomla to Drupal
November 10, 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Migrating from Joomla to Drupal

This article will guide you through migration from Joomla! to Drupal . Before you do migration you must understand some differences between both to make sure your migration to be successful:

Drupal: Searching for Unused CSS Selectors
November 8, 2010 – 8:25 am | No Comment
Drupal: Searching for Unused CSS Selectors

There is a perfect Firefox add-on letting you search used CSS selectors: Dust-Me Selectors. In this article I would like to tell you about this.

Drupal: How to Turn Site to "Read Only" Mode
November 5, 2010 – 8:50 am | No Comment
Drupal: How to Turn Site to "Read Only" Mode

I would tell you how to disable the ability to add/change content on your site. This is temporary solution! This could help you when you change NS-servers and move data to other server; when you …

Drupal: How to Return Your Site to Online Mode
November 3, 2010 – 8:15 am | No Comment
Drupal: How to Return Your Site to Online Mode

When you finish execution of technical works on your site (updating Drupal core, modules etc.) you should return your site to online mode to allow visitors working with it. Below you can read how to …

Drupal: How to Login Once You Have Turned Your Site Off-Line for Maintenance
November 1, 2010 – 8:12 am | No Comment
Drupal: How to Login Once You Have Turned Your Site Off-Line for Maintenance

I would like to tell you about logging in to the site that has been turned off. You may often need this for execution of technical works.