I wonder, if I install Gallery2 or Coppermine in a folder in the root of a Drupal install, Can I then use the plugin that I am currently playing with (ibrowser) to read the coppermine / Gallery2 directories?
Hmmmmmm…..I should first try a dummy directory and see if drupal will let me read from it first.
used in conjunction with a brige, will the users be able to use both systems with one login?
Note to Self: Go through the masthead pictures and organize.
I did alot of editing to the wren image. The copy that is currently being used is too sharp. I need to replace it with a softer copy. I also was sorking on fading the right side of the image to black or dark gray. I need to go through those and organize them.
Note to self: Create a block for Sue’s quizzes.
Note to self: Compare the epublish module with the article module to see what each one specializes in.
Whichever Module pull the various works together into a Newsletter page is the one I want.
In Structuring the navigation using Categories / Taxonomy, should my approach be based on the assignments themselves or on Topics?
Can I have it both ways?
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essays
Projects
Assignments
Other Homework
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Topic 1
Topic 2
Topic 3
Topic 4
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It seems like the first choice can go into categories / taxonomy and the second choice can go into books.
For that matter, I can use the first choice for private navigation and the second one for public navigation.
I wonder if I can have it all?
Note to self: Look up or try out the views module to see if it can do all of this.
I am in the process of checking / investigating the various options for image uploading and image file storing.
A couple of weeks ago, I was playing around with the Drupal module, img_assist, but I’m afraid I can’t recall just what I did. I might still have that configuration on the ontheinternet.org site.
Note to self: Check and see if you still have the image stuff on the ontheinternet.org site.
Anyway, I found this way cool plugin to use. That is the one that I am currently trying to set up.
Note to self: Since the TinyMCE editor will be part and parcel of all Drupal installs, I should be installling it with each test site as a matter of practise.
Actually, once I have alll the TinyMCE components (plugins, setting, whatever) in place I should jsut keep a copy of the “works” in the zippereddrupal folder. Then I can jsut drag and drop for the isntall. Come to think of it, I could be doing that right now! At least Partially!
Note to self: Finish up with an eniche template.
Perhaps I need to create a checklist for Susan along with a test site and have her go through the site and check off the checklist, or perhaps rate it as to whether or not she will use the feature.
Another question I have has to do with site structure and navigation.
the book module allows the user to browse on book at a time using a book block. can I acheive the same thing with the blocks using either Category or Taxonomy? Is this acheived using the “Views” module?
Note to self: Find out how I can have a navigation block open specfically for the inner content.
Create a test install.
The challenge is to have (by adding) two profiles for TinyMCE. One Profile allow for ALL INPUT FORMATS. this profile is for content creation only. The other profile is for comments. the WYSIWYG isn’t needed for this profile. Only a few (Limited) HTML formats should be allowed. Smileys might be nice. I wonder if Smileys would be a way for Susan to grade her papers or provide feedback. You know- a five “smiley” system.
I have found where you can adjust the TinyMCE settings. All and All, it is one slick program.
Reminder to self: Be sure to document any changes made to the base install for tinyMCE. (This is going to be tough!)
Node creation using CCK or using the “handmade” method–Is one superior to the other?
One thing that CCK allows you to make quite quickly are Nodes containign more than 2 fields. You can have more than just a title box and a content box. This can be a good thing! This will not only answer my needs quckly bu maybe I can use it in conjunction with another module I was reading about. The one that allows you to make charts with your data.
Note to self: revisit the Drupal module that allows you to create charts or table your data or whatever it does. Investigate out in cyberspace, what kind of plugins that might do this for us.
Also, Can CCK work with the category module? If so, then that will be some slick package.
I need to play around with Coppermine and/or Gallery2 bridges. Actually, the image gallery module for drupal works quite nicely. I am really not sure if there are advantages to using Copperming or Gallery2.
Note to Self: Try and find out what sort of advantages exist to using Coppermine or Gallery2 instead of the Drupal image module.
I need a way for users to select their images while in WYSIWYG. I am not sure what approach is the best. I should give Susan Something and just come back to this issue at a later date.
I have discovered a plugin to use with tinyMCE but I sure am struggling with it the first time around install.
First, I put the plugin in the wrong folder. At least I think I did. Second, I simply can’t find the file that the plugin inits are listed. I need to add this plugin to the list. I seems to be quite clear to all the users on the tinyMCE site and to all the users on the ibrowser site but it doesn’t make sense to me. The weblog I originally dicovered the plugin, the instructions aren’t all that clear in this area either.
I will try again with a clean install all the way around.
Bare-Bones Objectives
- Means of posting content to the site
- Student Content
- Teacher Content
- Site Content
- Means of uploading and maintaining files
- For viewing
- For downloading (rightclick?)
- Means of uploading and maintaining images
- For viewing in a library
- For inserting into content.
- For downloading / sharing (rightcklick?)
- Means of deploying quizzes
- Means of keeping private content private. As well as a means of changing private-public.
- Means of organizing content
- Means of navigating.
Additional Objectives
- Means of keeping content fresh.
- Means of creating a variety of content–Or additional content besides the student essays and articles.
- Blogs?
- Discussion boards? / Forums?
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I think I need to create a checklist for Sue and a test site so that she can test through her needs a step at a time.
1. create emails fo rthe students
- Finish my eniche template
- Take notes and make comments.
- Working with TinyMCE
- Create a test install
- The challenge is to have (by adding) two profiles for TinyMCE. One profile allows for all input formats. This profile is for content creation only.
- The other profile is for comments. The WYSIWYG isn’t needed for this profile. Only a few (limited) HTML formats should be allowed. Smileys might be nice however.
- An aside: I wonder if smileys would be a way for Susan to grade her papers! Or at least offer feedback using a five smiley score card of some sort.
- I have found where you cand the TinyMCE settings. All and all, it is one slick program.
- Reminder to self: Be sure to document any changes to the base install fo TinyMCE.
Image Issues
I need to play around with Coppermine and / or Gallery2 bridges. Actually, the image gallery module for Drupal works quite nicely. I am really not sure if there are advantages to using Coppermine or Gallery2.
I need a way for users to select their images while in WYSIWYG. I am not sure what approach is the best. At the very least, I should give Susan something for now and re-visit and address this issue at a later date.
Node creation using CCK or using the “handmade” method? Is one ssuperior to the other?
- One thing that CCK allows you to make quite quickly are nodes containing more than 2 fields. You can have more than just a title box and a content box. This can be a good thing! This will not only answer my needs quickly, but maybe I can use it in conjuction with another module I was reading about–the one that allows you to make charts with your data. I need to revisit that module. Also, can CCK work with the Category module? If so, then that will be some slick package.
Another question I have has to do with site structure and navigation. The book module allows the user to browse one book at a time using a book block. Can I acheive the same thing with the blocks using either Category or Taxonomy?
Drupal Install from cPanel is very easy. Far more easier than most folks realize I think. Here are my steps to a basic install. There are various ways to install Drupal, this is just my preferred way.
- Log into cPanel and navigate to your public_html or www directory using File Manager.
- From the www directory, upload your zipped copy of drupal.
- Unpack your zipped copy of Drupal.
- Delete your zipped copy of Drupal.
- Rename the unpacked Drupal folder whatever you want.
- While you are already here, go into the Drupal folder you just renamed and create another folder named ‘files.’ Give it 777 permissions.
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MY Base install for Drupal includes:
Modules
- tinyMCE
- This module turned out to be quite nice. Lots of buttons. It integrates nicely in Drupal. I haven’t tried the other wysiwyg editors. Well, I tried them all at one point but they all suffer from the inability to handle images in a convenient manner. Drupal has a couple of image modules that can help tinyMCE in this regard. They are listed below.
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I am in the process of installing and, hopefully, using a Drupal powered site. There is an incredeble assortment of modules that can be added to the base install. It is overwhelming! Thus the need for me to post my Drupal related notes here.
Doing so will give me the freedom to uninstall and reinstall Drupal when I screw it up.
Such a time has come to re-install. I installed the module called categories. This module comes with an assortment of ’sub’ modules that you can use. I am totally mixed up as to what I can do with this module and how to use it.
In Drupal, when you install a module, there are often multiple steps to configure the thing. Not that I am complaining. The learning curve to figure out what each module does and if it is in fact what you want is very steep.
With Wordpress, you can either create a post or a page. This arrangement works extremely well. I hav used both of these features and like them both. In Drupal, you can have a page, a blog post, a story, a book, ectera When to use what can take some time to get used to.
Anyway, I can go on and on. Needless to say, I should have been keeping notes way before now. I have alot of extra work ahead of me in order to document what I have done.