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Drupal 7 – Enable forum topic view count in Advanced Forum

We know that we could enhance the core Forum module in Drupal 7 with the help of the Advanced Forum module.
Drupal 7 – Strengthen the core Forum module by Advanced Forum

Today, i would like to share how to add the forum topic view count on the forum topic listing page.
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Drupal 7 – Strengthen the core Forum module by Advanced Forum

I am now working a new website project which includes a forum. With the Forum module bundled in the Drupal core. It is easy to build a forum based Drupal site. In the coming days, i would like to share suggestions when working on forum site.

First of all, you could equip your Drupal website with the basic forum features by enabling the core Forum module. However, that may be not enough for meeting the client’s requirements or it is difficult to customize it. That’s why we need the Advanced Forum module.
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Drupal 7 – Default comment subject with Token

Previously we talked about reply Drupal node or comment with quote.
Drupal 7 – Quote post or comment on reply

By default, Drupal will make use of the beginning text of the comment body as the comment subject if it is not filled. This leads to a confusing subject title when using the Quote module. A workaround is to automate the comment subject title using the Re: Comment subjects module.
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Drupal 7 – Update multiple nodes at once in a Views

Sometimes we may want to update multiple nodes at once. Views Bulk Operations may help if you want to set the same value for a field of multiple nodes. But if you want to set different values among a set of nodes, then Views Bulk Operations could not help.

In Drupal 6, the Editview module may help but unfortunately there is no Drupal 7 version. An alternative solution could be done by editablefields module.

1. Download and enable the module. (I used the 7.x-1.x-dev version)

2. Create a view with table format. (This is not necessary but better user interface)
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Drupal 7 – Create Newsletter for specific role

Simplenews is a great module for newsletter feature in Drupal. You can find more info about it below.

 

QPon has been launched for more than a month but still not attractive to the shop owners in Hong Kong. Currently i have around 20 business users but only a few of them have uploaded their coupon. So i am thinking to create newsletter specific for them. This could be done easily by the Simplenews Roles module.
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