We could add location information to node using the Location module. If the GMap module is enabled, we could even show the location with Google Map in Views.
1. Download and enable the GMap module.
2. Edit the Locative information of any content type. Make sure the Coordinate Chooser is set to Allow. Continue reading Drupal – Show a node location with Google Map in Views
We have talked about using Views Custom Field which really makes Views more versatile. In the custom PHP field, you can get the data of other fields from $data. But the field names under the $data may changed later as you modify the view.
A workaround is to get the field data from $data using the field_id. Continue reading Drupal – $data->field_name problem in Views Custom Field
We can create a CCK selection list or checkboxes field with a list of allowed values in key|value pair. normally when you retrieve a node content, what you get is only the key instead of the value.
Suppose we have a content type called Silly Question(silly_question) with a field called Option(field_option) which has the following allowed values. Continue reading Drupal – Get CCK Allowed Value Label
Let’s create the admin settings page base on the example module we used in
Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 3
In order to add the settings page, we need to add a new menu in in hook_menu() and the corresponding callback function which is ykyuen_admin() in this example. Continue reading Drupal – Create Custom Module Admin Settings Page
1. Go to <drupal>/admin/build/views/tools
2. Select – Any – for Label for “Any” value on optional single-select exposed filters: Continue reading Drupal – Translate Views Exposed Filter Label
If you encounter this error in Drupal
It is caused by PHP settings, you can either modify the max_execution_time in php.ini or add the following lines in the Drupal settings.php. Continue reading Drupal – Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded
During the Drupal development, sometimes you may find the white screen of death(WSOD) and you have no idea what’s happening. To tackle the WSOD, add the following lines in the index.php located in the Drupal webroot. Continue reading Drupal – Tackle the White Screen of Death WSOD
We could get the flagged items by making the flag_get_user_flags() call. Assume we have setup a user flag called connect, the following example will return a list of a “connected” users which are flagged by a specific user (uid = 29). Continue reading Drupal – Get flagged items of a specific user by PHP
Sometimes we may want to render a data without the theme page template. This is useful when we want to retrieve data through asynchronous call such as Ajax.
So let’s create a page content only .tpl.php in the theme folder called page-ajax.tpl.php. Continue reading Drupal – Render a page without page template for Ajax
You can convert the content type which you created manually into a Drupal module using Features. First, download and enable the module.
1. Go to Administer -> Site building -> Features and click Create feature. Continue reading Drupal – Create a Content Type Programmatically by Features
Eureka! 