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--- drupal_notes [2008-03-19 17:05] – 81.188.78.24
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 ==== setup on debian ====
   * http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/544
+  * creating the database user: http://drupal.org/getting-started/5/install/create-database/mysql
 === multisite setup on debian ===
 the drupal5 package installs drupal in /usr/share/drupal5, with config files in /etc/drupal/5. with a multi-site setup, this is the codebase that will be used by all of the sites. in theory it will be updated by the package-manager.
+the following is based on http://drupal.org/getting-started/5/install/multi-site
 to make a new site:
-  * make a vhost in /etc/apache2/sites-available/new_site
+make a VirtualHost in /etc/apache2/sites-available/new_site
 <file>
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         ServerAdmin admin@example.com
         DocumentRoot /usr/share/drupal5
-        ServerName 127.0.0.1
+        ServerName new-site.example.com
         <Directory "/">
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 </VirtualHost>
 </file>
+then symlink this VirtualHost from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
+<code>
+cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
+ln -sf ../new-site 001-new-site
+</code>
 also you need to make a new site config directory in /etc/drupal/5/sites. the easiest way to do this is to copy the "default" site:
 <code>
-cp -r /etc/drupal/5/sites/default /etc/drupal/5/sites/new-site
+cp -r /etc/drupal/5/sites/default /etc/drupal/5/sites/new-site.example.com
 </code>
-make sure that both the dbconfig.php and settings.php files are writeable by www-user.
+the name of the directory needs to be the domain under which the site will be accessed.
+make sure that both the dbconfig.php and settings.php files are writeable by www-data.
 <code>
+chown .www-data /etc/drupal/5/sites/dbconfig.php /etc/drupal/5/sites/settings.php
 chmod g+w /etc/drupal/5/sites/dbconfig.php /etc/drupal/5/sites/settings.php
 </code>
+before you have a real domain setup, you can edit your /etc/hosts file on your local machine and add an entry that points the domain at the ip address of the server. eg:
+<code>
+.46.38.135 new-site.example.com
+</code>
+//possibly you also need to add this to the server /etc/hosts file???//
+now if you visit the new-site.example.com, it should run the installation script and set up the database.
 ==== themes ====
   * overviews
+    * http://themegarden.org/drupal50/
     * http://alldrupalthemes.com/
     * http://drupal.org/project/Themes
-  * theme constructatron >> http://drupal.org/project/atck
+  * theme construction >> http://drupal.org/project/atck
+  * A collection of 'How-to' articles on subjects relevant to theme developers >> http://drupal.org/node/22803
+  * Neem-tree tutorials on themes & theming.. .
+    * http://neemtree.com.au/drupal-theming-designers
+    * http://neemtree.com.au/drupal-theming-designers-continued
+  * theming a particular content type: http://drupal.org/node/17565
+==== modules ====
+  * timeline http://drupal.org/project/timeline
+    * development 5.x release http://drupal.org/node/77900/release
+  * views_multiblock: http://drupal.org/project/views_multiblock
+    * allegedly allows blocks to take arguments from the currently viewed node (eg, taxonomy)
+  * http://drupal.org/project/imagecache
+==== tutorials etc ====
+  * some screencasts on CCK/nodereference (building a node out of several other nodes)
+    * http://geoffhankerson.com/drupal
+  * drupal api
+    * http://api.drupal.org/api/5
+  * creating new node types in 5.x: http://drupal.org/node/132845
+    * node_example.module: http://api.drupal.org/api/file/developer/examples/node_example.module/5/source
+    * node_example.install: http://api.drupal.org/api/file/developer/examples/node_example.install/5/source
+==== things to find out ====
+  * flickr integration?
+    * special arrangements like our frontpage picture selection idea?
+    * http://www.lullabot.com/articles/how_to_build_flickr_in_drupal
+    * module that uploads to flickr and drupal at the same time: http://drupal.org/project/flickrup
+      * how to get the flickr filter working?
+  * how to do lists of related links
+    * will they be made manually? or based on tags? or...
+    * views?
+    * and only have them show up on the correct pages
+      * block configuration? if the pages have urls that can be selected with a wildcard, then it will be easier.
+    * about tags: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/taxonomy/
+    * "Displaying related nodes using Views and Contemplate" > http://drupal.org/node/134320
+  * what is cck? ;)
+    * http://drupal.org/project/cck
+    * for making structured kinds of content... but what is the structure of our content?
+  * can you link to the page of a paged view that contains a particular node?
+    * looking at the code in includes/pager.inc it looks like no.
+    * would this work with an image gallery?
+      * seems to use the same pager code. finding this out would require an extra query from the database.
+  * how do you use imagecache?
+    * it normally seems to need custom theming, but you can access the generated pics at /files/imagecache/NAMESPACE/FILENAME
+  * can a normal image_gallery work with a non "image gallery" tag?
+    * yes, /gallery/tid/XX where XX is the id of the tag.
+    * but since galleries can't really be included in anything else (views, panels etc) they are kind of useless.