Fixing ‘PHP OPcode Caching Not Enabled’ in CPanel
When installing Drupal 8, you may encounter this message:
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Drupal 8 Tip: How To Patch A Module Via Composer
In my case I was using the Entity Auto Term module, which issued a patch fixing a known issue. The patch i’m trying to apply is https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2018-09-28/no-duplicate-terms-2945343-5.patch and part of it looks like this: To apply it, you have to edit your composer.json located at your website root, pictured here via Filezilla FTP: I right …
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‘The following module is missing..’ Drupal Error Messages After Update To 7.50
After updating your Drupal site from 7.44 to 7.50 you might see this message when you check your status report. This happened to me. Below image explains that the admin should install the ‘webform’ module. On another site, I also received the same message, this time looking for the ‘bestreply’ module. But since the error …
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Drupal 7 Tutorial: Styling Comments Using Views
The default Recent Comments view in Drupal 7 lays out comments in this fashion: Essentially it’s an unordered list (ul) featuring a clickable title of the comment followed by a comma, then a timestamp. But what if you want the comment to include the name of the author and the name of the node as well, …
Drupal 8 Installation On a VPS
This was done on an Ubuntu 14.04 laptop (named groundcontrol). For all intents and purposes it is similar to a VPS. Just like a VPS it has MySQL, Php and Apache running a virtual host, all current versions as of this time. This tutorial assumes you have set up your VPS appropriately, with the proper directories prepared, …
How To Rearrange Drupal Zen Theme Sidebars
Here’s how to rearrange sidebars on any Drupal v7.x website using the Zen theme 7.x. After installing the Zen theme you will need to put some content onto a block and arrange it in admin/structure/block to appear on either sidebar left or right. In this example below I placed the Navigation Menu on the left …
Fastest Way To Batch Change Authors On Drupal 7
Step 1. import ‘batch_change_content_author’ view from here, or cut and paste the code below. Required modules are Views and Views Bulk Operations: $view = new view(); $view->name = ‘batch_change_content_author’; $view->description = ”; $view->tag = ‘default’; $view->base_table = ‘node’; $view->human_name = ‘Batch change content author’; $view->core = 7; $view->api_version = ‘3.0’; $view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit …
How To Upload the Drupal Government Web Template (GWT) Via CPanel
The Government Web Hosting Service (GWHS) requires all government agencies to host their websites on their servers and use a standardized Government Web Template. While there is a helpful User’s Manual the instructions to upload are meant for Windows users which is not applicable because the only way to upload is via CPanel. This How – To aims to help …
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How To Fix the commerce_kickstart directory could not be found within the modules directory Issue
I recently came across this issue whilst trying to update a Commerce Kickstart installation via Drush. Error reads: The commerce_kickstart directory could not be found within the modules directory at [error] /srv/www/carmarket.ph/public_html/profiles/commerce_kickstart, perhaps the project is enabled but has been deleted from disk. There were several modules that needed updating below, so ./drush -u 1 …
Using elFinder Instead Of IMCE Wysiwyg Bridge
I’ve been using IMCE Wysiwig Bridge on all my Drupal sites as it is the easiest to implement. However it is very un user friendly as its UI tends to intimidate users. So I decided to try elFinder which promises to fix that, however it is the exact opposite of IMCE Wysiwyg, being easier to …