Five great tips for beginning with Drupal

 Five great tips for beginning with Drupal:
http://friendlymachine.net/posts/2012/tips-drupal-beginner

How to open pages or content node in Drupal 7 overlay.

hello all,

To open normal page or node in Drupal 7 overlay format.
You need to two things
1) add Overlay permissions to all user
2) create custom module.
    Create custom module custom_overlay.info file  and custom_overlay.module file. In custom_overlay.module file we are going to add code under hook_admin_paths_alter function.

In that function we assign TRUE value (i.e 1) to paths variable to open in  overlay format.
e.g. :-
$paths[PATH_TO_NODE] =1;
$paths[PATH_TO_PAGE] =1;

//Add below code in custom_overlay.module
/*
 * HOOK_admin_paths_alter
 */
function custom_overlay_admin_paths_alter(&$paths) {

 $paths['node/*'] = 1; // For all node
  $paths['node/2'] = 1; // For specific node
  $paths['user/*'] = 1; //all user page
  $paths['contact'] = 1; // For Contact page
  $paths['content/*'] = 1; // ALL node or page under content

}

Add Google web font externally in DRUPAL 7

Find the template.php in your custom theme folder edit the template.php and add this function

function mytheme_preprocess_html(&$variables) {
drupal_add_css('http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans:400,700,400italic,700italic&subset=latin,cyrillic', array('type' => 'external'));
}

NOTE:
 change the mytheme with your theme name!.

For more Check this Out...
http://blog.morethanthemes.com/post/9951799439/drupal-7-tutorial-adding-google-web-fonts-as-external

Integrate 9 facebook methods in your website like....

1. How to integrate Facebook Connect in your website
2. How to generate Facebook Login / Logout URL
3. How to get extended permissions from users
4. How to call graph api
5. How to run FQL Query
6. Publish Wall Post using PHP
7. Publish Wall Post using Facebook Javascript API
8. Invite friends using Facebook Javascript API
9. No Facebook Javascript only use PHP SDK

To integrate above Methods refers this website...

http://thinkdiff.net/facebook/php-sdk-3-0-graph-api-base-facebook-connect-tutorial/#more-2279

Import/Export Large MYSQL Databases

Take dataBase
mysqldump -u [USERNAME] -p [DBNAME] | gzip > [/path_to_file/DBNAME].sql.gz

To take structure of database
mysqldump -u [USERNAME] -p [DBNAME] --no-data | gzip > [/path_to_file/DBNAME].info.sql.gz




To Take dataBase withOut caches table
mysqldump -u [USERNAME] -p [DBNAME] --no-create-info --ignore-table=[DBNAME].search_index --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_block --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_content --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_filter --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_form --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_menu --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_mollom --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_page --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_pathdst --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_pathsrc --ignore-table=[DBNAME].cache_views | gzip > [/path_to_file/DBNAME].data.sql.gz;

To learn more follow this link:
http://www.lullabot.com/blog/importexport-large-mysql-databases

List of importance modules

In the interest of discovering automatically which Drupal modules are the most important to know about, I compiled some statistics. I used a google-like method of quantifying importance: I counted the number of times each module was linked to in the descriptions of other modules (including sandbox projects). The data were gathered yesterday, 11/29/11 from drupal.org. Here is the top 200:

Rank	Module	Frequency
1	Views	265
2	Content Construction Kit (CCK)	145
3	Ubercart	118
4	Drupal Commerce	117
5	Webform	94
6	Feeds	87
7	Rules	82
8	Embedded Media Field	81
9	Libraries API	78
9	Chaos tool suite (ctools)	78
11	Token	75
12	Features	72
13	Context	62
14	ImageCache	60
15	Media	58
16	Services	56
17	Wysiwyg	53
17	Organic groups	53
17	jQuery Update	53
20	ImageField	50
21	Drush	49
21	Domain Access	49
23	FileField	45
23	Apache Solr Search Integration	45
25	Search API	44
25	Panels	44
27	Date	39
28	jQuery UI	38
29	e-Commerce	35
30	Entity API	33
31	Pathauto	32
31	Image	32
33	Views Bulk Operations (VBO)	31
34	Location	30
35	Flag	29
36	OpenLayers	26
36	FeedAPI	26
38	User Points	24
38	Display suite	24
40	Voting API	22
40	SMS Framework	22
40	Link	22
43	Workflow	21
44	Internationalization	20
44	Devel	20
44	Content Profile	20
47	Simplenews	19
47	Signup	19
47	Notifications	19
50	Relation	18
50	Migrate	18
50	Debut	18
50	CAPTCHA	18
54	Quiz	17
54	Nodequeue	17
54	Lightbox2	17
57	Gallery Assist	16
57	Content Access	16
59	Node Gallery	15
59	Search Lucene API	15
59	GMap Module	15
62	Views Slideshow	14
62	Privatemsg	14
62	Pay	14
62	Menu block	14
62	jCarousel	14
62	Insert	14
62	Feed Element Mapper	14
62	Administration menu	14
62	ACL	14
71	Twitter	13
71	Support Ticketing System	13
71	SOAP Client	13
71	References	13
71	Nodewords	13
71	Modal Frame API	13
71	FileField Sources	13
71	Case Tracker	13
71	Admin	13
80	Version Control API	12
80	User Relationships	12
80	Media Mover	12
80	Field group	12
80	Boxes	12
80	Bibliography Module	12
86	Universally Unique IDentifier	11
86	Taxonomy Access Control	11
86	Strongarm	11
86	Project	11
86	Profile 2	11
86	Messaging	11
86	ImageAPI	11
86	Diff	11
86	Commerce Shipping	11
86	Coder	11
86	Advertisement	11
97	Transliteration	10
97	Thickbox	10
97	OAuth	10
97	jQ	10
97	IMCE	10
97	Fivestar	10
97	Drupal for Facebook	10
97	Facet API	10
97	Facebook-style Statuses (Microblog)	10
97	E-mail Marketing Framework	10
97	Email Field	10
97	Deployment	10
97	Content Taxonomy	10
97	Browscap	10
97	Bot	10
97	Boost	10
97	Bad judgement	10
114	ThemeKey	9
114	Taxonomy menu	9
114	Salesforce Suite	9
114	Resource Description Framework (RDF)	9
114	QueryPath	9
114	Mailhandler	9
114	Hierarchical Select	9
114	Google Analytics	9
114	Geofield	9
114	Faceted Search	9
114	Country Icons	9
114	Colorbox	9
114	CKEditor - WYSIWYG HTML editor	9
114	Google chart API	9
114	CDN	9
114	Auto Assign Role	9
114	Activity Stream	9
131	Yahoo YUI	8
131	XML sitemap	8
131	Vote Up/Down	8
131	UC Recurring Payments and Subscriptions	8
131	Scheduler	8
131	Node import	8
131	Mobile Tools	8
131	Mime Mail	8
131	LDAP integration	8
131	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol	8
131	Instant Operating System	8
131	Invite	8
131	Geo	8
131	FileField Paths	8
131	Feeds XPath Parser	8
131	Event	8
131	Drush Make	8
131	Drupal Queue	8
131	Backup and Migrate	8
131	Autoload	8
131	Utilities	8
131	Advanced help	8
131	Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation	8
154	Views Bonus Pack	7
154	Taxonomy Image	7
154	Taxonomy Access Control Lite	7
154	Tabs (jQuery UI tabs)	7
154	Storm	7
154	Spaces	7
154	Shadowbox	7
154	Service links	7
154	Printer, e-mail and PDF versions	7
154	Prepopulate	7
154	Popups API (Ajax Dialogs)	7
154	Piwik Web analytics	7
154	Page Title	7
154	OpenCalais	7
154	Node clone	7
154	Nodeaccess	7
154	MERCI (Manage Equipment Reservations, Checkout and Inventory)	7
154	Memcache API and Integration	7
154	Kit	7
154	GeSHi Filter for syntax highlighting	7
154	FriendList	7
154	Facebook Connect	7
154	DraggableViews	7
154	Bbcode	7
154	Actions	7
179	Zend Framework	6
179	VoIP Drupal	6
179	Views Datasource	6
179	Video	6
179	Vertical Tabs	6
179	Usernode	6
179	Twitter Pull	6
179	Table Wizard	6
179	TinyMCE	6
179	Spam	6
179	Secure Pages	6
179	Revisioning	6
179	RealName	6
179	Project issue tracking	6
179	Profile Privacy	6
179	Node access user reference	6
179	Nice Menus	6
179	Derivatives API	6
179	Magento	6
179	Linkit	6
179	Keyword Research	6
179	Javascript Tools	6
179	Job queue	6

XAMPP on 64 Unix Operating Systems

hello all,

If you have a 64-bit unix like operating system you cant run the Xampp because Xampp currently doesn’t have a 64-bit compiled version. Now what will you do in this condition ?
When you are trying to start a lampp from terminal you might be getting this kind of error:: XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system. Dont worry this is just a simple validation code in /opt/lampp in lampp file on line number 86. Now we will run the xampp under 64-bit operating system even though it is not supporting the 64-bit compiled version.
Please follow the steps in order to start your xampp with 64-bit operating system.

1) Comment the lines in /opt/lampp lampp file from 78 to 90.

     which will now look like this

# XAMPP is currently 32 bit only
#case `uname -m` in
#    *_64)
#    if /opt/lampp/bin/php -v > /dev/null 2>&1
#    then
#        :
#    else
#        $de && echo "XAMPP gibt es zur Zeit nur als 32-Bit Applikation. Bitte verwende eine 32-Bit Kompatibilitaetsbibliothek fuer Dein System."
#        $de || echo "XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system."
#        exit
#    fi
#    ;;
#esac


2) Open your terminal (if it is ubuntu 10.10 go to Appllication>>Accessories>>Terminal enter this command sudo apt-get install ia32-libs if it is asking for root password then enter the password, wait till it downloads all of the 32-bit libs.

3) Once it is done just enter the following command at the terminal /opt/lampp/lampp start

Thats It!!! now you are free to use the xampp under 64-bit operating system.


Enjoy & be open.
long live linux

working with Curl PHP

  <?php
 //login start
        set_time_limit(0);

        //$php_userid = "admin";//$_POST['login'];
        //$php_password = "dD82slk7!";//$_POST['passwd'];


        $cookie_file_path = "cookie.txt"; // Please set your Cookie File path


        $fp = fopen($cookie_file_path,'wb');
        fclose($fp);
        $agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)";
        $reffer = "http://127.0.0.1/example/user/";
        $LOGINURL = "http://127.0.0.1/example/user/";

        $POSTFIELDS = 'name=admin&pass=htpass123&op=Log in&form_id=user_login';       
    

/* Initialize the cURL session*/

     $ch = curl_init();

/* Set the URL of the page or file to download.*/

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$LOGINURL);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $agent);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$POSTFIELDS);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, $reffer);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, $cookie_file_path);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, $cookie_file_path);

/**

* Execute the cURL session

*/

//$contents = curl_exec ($ch) or die(curl_error());

        $result = curl_exec ($ch);

      // echo curl_exec ($ch);
    $response = curl_getinfo($ch);
    //print_r($response);

/**

* Close cURL session

*/

    curl_close ($ch); 
    print_r($result);
            //login ends

Download file or web page using PHP cURL and save it to file

The below PHP code is a slight variation of the above code. It not only downloads the contents of the specified URL but also saves it to a file.

/**
* Initialize the cURL session
*/
$ch = curl_init();
/**
* Set the URL of the page or file to download.
*/
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,
'http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&topic=t&output=rss');
/**
* Create a new file
*/
$fp = fopen('rss.xml', 'w');
/**
* Ask cURL to write the contents to a file
*/
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
/**
* Execute the cURL session
*/
curl_exec ($ch);
/**
* Close cURL session and file
*/
curl_close ($ch);
fclose($fp);
?>

How To Guide : Tata Docomo 3G on Ubuntu 11.10

It's pretty straight forward and follow below steps.
1. Connect your 3G stick and boot up Ubuntu.
2. Select network connections and click on the New Mobile Broadband Connection.
3. Now select continue in the dialog box and select India as country & then click continue.
4. Now it wil show list of service providers and DON'T select "Tata Docomo" as it's for Photon+ not for 3G. Instead select, I don't know my provider option and enter "TATA DOCOMO UMTS", click continue.
5. Under billing dialog, select "My plan is not listed" option and enter "tatadocomo3g" as APN, just click confirm and save your settings.
6.  Now under Network Connections, you could see "TATA DOCOMO UMTS connection" option and you can click on it. If it doesn't connetc to internet then just unplug & then re-plug you 3G stick.
That's it, you can use Tata Docomo 3G stick with your Ubuntu 11.10 :)

How to Make Optionally Hidden Node Titles in Drupal (Using CCK)

To Make Optionally Hidden Node Titles in Drupal (Using CCK)
http://addoa.com/blog/how-make-optionally-hide-node-titles-drupal-using-cck

           -------------OR-------------
Now  to do this functionality  we have Drupal Module.
This module handles a very simple functionality, decide whatever to exclude a node title from full node page or node teasers.
http://drupal.org/project/exclude_node_title

Step By Step Instructions To Enable Clean URLs in Drupal

By default, Wamp Server doesn't support clean url feature of drupal cms.
To enable Clean URLs we need to manually edit the httpd.conf file of Apache server to support this feature.

1. Start WAMP Server. Click on the WAMP Server icon in the tray. Go to Apache -> httpd.conf as shown in the image below.
2. Find the following line in the httpd.conf file
   #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
3. Just remove the # symbol in the beginning of that line. Now it looks like in the below line.
    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
4. Now save the httpd.conf file and Restart your Wamp Server. Then open your browser and enable Clean URLs in your drupal cms.
   Enable Clean URLs From admin -> siteconfiguration.

sort an associative array by one of its keys

In case you need to sort an associative array by one of its keys, this function might be useful:

<?php
function sortByOneKey(array $array, $key, $asc = true) {
    $result = array();
       
    $values = array();
    foreach ($array as $id => $value) {
        $values[$id] = isset($value[$key]) ? $value[$key] : '';
    }
       
    if ($asc) {
        asort($values);
    }
    else {
        arsort($values);
    }
       
    foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
        $result[$key] = $array[$key];
    }
       
    return $result;
}

?>

Consider the following example:

<?php

$users = array(
    1 => array('name' => 'John', 'age' => 35),
    2 => array('name' => 'Alice', 'age' => 23),
    3 => array('name' => 'Bob', 'age' => 26)
);
       
$sortedByNameAsc = sortByOneKey($users, 'name');
$sortedByNameDesc = sortByOneKey($users, 'name', false);
       
echo "Sorted by Name in ascending order: ";
echo "<pre>" . print_r($sortedByNameAsc, true) . "</pre>";
echo "<br /><br />Sorted by Name in descending order: ";
echo "<pre>" . print_r($sortedByNameDesc, true) . "</pre>";

?>

The output will be the following:

Sorted by Name in ascending order:
Array
(
    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Alice
            [age] => 23
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [name] => Bob
            [age] => 26
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => John
            [age] => 35
        )

)

Sorted by Name in descending order:
Array
(
    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => John
            [age] => 35
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [name] => Bob
            [age] => 26
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Alice
            [age] => 23
        )

)