Drupal

Disabling PHP Globals When Installing Drupal In Shared Hosting Environments

Submitted by kaharris on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 21:20

Add the following line to .htaccess in order to allow installation of Drupal in shared hosting environments that complain of php register_global variable being set to on.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

Essentially this runs all php as php5 which defaults to disabling the register_global variable.

You should now be able to finish installation with no further issues.

Drupal

Views Cache Can Crash MYSQL

Submitted by kaharris on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 18:54

User contributed module views does not clear on cron runs. This is by design. The cache must be cleared manually through the views UI using the views --> tools menu.

Views queries and pages cached for months or years can wreck havoc on your MYSQL database. Recently a client had enabled views caching and reported intermittent MYSQL crashes.

The culprit was the servers database backup process dying every night it tried to backup a particular Drupal database. This DB was over 5GB all due to a cache_views_data table that was 7.7 GB.

Drupal

WSOD Installing Drupal With Poorly Written Modules

Submitted by kaharris on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 21:46

A recent routine Drupal installation revealed a terrible bug that's easy to fix but takes hours to pinpoint. Recently what should have been a 10 minute install turned into a 4 hour job.

The complications arose while installing a fresh instance of Drupal into a multi site configuration. Drupal.org advices that contributed modules may possibly prevent a successful install.

Drupal

Upgrading From Drupal 5x to 6x Anomalies

Submitted by kaharris on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 12:05

Recently upgraded cruelgamer.com from drupal 5x to pressflow 6x

Following the recommended upgrade procedure was problematic. Several modules threw errors and many had dependencies that also needed to be updated. Through selectively updating modules eventually the process produced a working installation.

Drupal

Modules For Mass Uploading Images In Drupal 6

Submitted by kaharris on Thu, 09/16/2010 - 11:15

Few would argue that when it comes to uploads an internet application that provides the ability to upload in bulk is superior to one that doesn't. Drupal lacks this feature and must rely on contributed modules to accomplish the task.

The following have been evaluated for inclusion in recent projects.