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How to fix "Access Denied" for visitors?

Drupalace — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:08:37 -0800

Just as I earlier had a problem with admins unable to access a Drupal site, I had a problem with visitors unable to access a new site. That is, I could see everything fine as admin, but checking from another (non-logged-in) browser, only the default "Welcome to Drupal" content would show up. (Blocks were visible, but links to nodes in those blocks wouldn't reveal anything. In short, visitors could not access any node.)

How to change a node's type?

Drupalace — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:05:20 -0800

Hide your eyes, conservatives: it's a node-change operation, the shocking switch from Blog Entry to Page, or Story to Review, whatever your desires demand. Call it a miracle or call it a travesty, modern Drupal science makes it possible... and seductively easy.

How to fix "Access Denied" message locking out admins?

Drupalace — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:21:30 -0800

Yikes! A client's site suddenly turned up "Access Denied" for admins – up, down, and all around. Attempts to log in as almighty User ID 1 would simply spit the login screen right back again, or appear to "take" momentarily, yet return "Access Denied" for any following admin action.

Some horrible flub-up with user permissions? Can't even check and troubleshoot when the site won't let the admin in! And playing with cache, cookies, and other browser fiddly bits wasn't doing the job.

How to display date and time?

Drupalace — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:50:37 -0800

How does one display the current date and time on a Drupal site?

How to encourage readers to share content?

Drupalace — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:10:16 -0800

I am creating a new site whose topic will encourage readers to "share" specific pages' content with other people, by means such as:

* forwarding the page content to others
* pasting the page content into email (or into other sites' forums, comments, etc.)
* pasting the page URL into email (or into other sites' forums, comments, etc.)

I'll also encourage readers to leave comments on pages.

That's all nothing special so far, and nothing that a reader can't do from any generic Drupal page.

What options to check when exporting database from phpMyAdmin?

Drupalace — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:06:47 -0800

Benevolent correspondent Jason asks:

Which is appropriate to be 'checked' under "structure", when backing up a Drupal database in phpMyAdmin, from the options below?

-Add DROP TABLE
-Add IF NOT EXISTS
-Add AUTO_INCREMENT value
-Enclose table and field names with backquotes
-Add CREATE PROCEDURE / FUNCTION

Why doesn't Google web search work?

Drupalace — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:31:06 -0800

(I asked and answered this question elsewhere on my site, before creating the Question Bank. I'll repeat it here in the Bank for completeness.)

Recap

As described earlier, I've placed many a Google web search block into Drupal sites, using Google AdSense for Search.

https://www.google.com/adsense/search-settings

All to a single end: the blocks don't work. (Hey, consistency counts for something, right?)

How to fix "Access Denied" for admins?

Drupalace — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:41:23 -0700

How to hide a node title?

Drupalace — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:30:16 -0700

So a client wants a site with a custom front page. After struggling with Panels and a number of options, I decided the easiest way to go about this particular request was a regular node, with blocks turned off.

One problem: the node's title was also appearing at top, messing up the graphic look needed. I wanted no title to appear, but Drupal doesn't allow a node without a title, and there's no built-in way to have a node appear with its title invisible.