Newbie questions
My first Drupal installation is for a private family website. I have it set so all users need to be approved. But I just signed up a test user, and it said if I already had a Drupal ID, I could log in. Does that mean anyone with a Drupal ID can see the website, or do they need to be approved first?
How can I set it to notify me by email about new signups who need to be approved?
How do I customize the welcome email? Right now it says account details for Drupal and the from name is Mail Daemon. I want it to say welcome to mywebsite and come from mywebsite admin.
How do I modify the page titles? Currently the tab for my website has the Drupal logo and says Drupal. I want it to have mysite logo and say mysite.
Is there documentation that explains these issues plus others I should set but haven't thought of yet?
Thanks!
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admin/user/settings
Yes.
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i thought that the "drupal" module (core optional) is the piece that allows existing drupalids to authenticate automatically. not a required module for private sites, i would think. could be wrong.
for notification, the user status change notification module might work for you, especially since it notes that it has been rolled into core in d6.
customize the mail message under the aforementioned administer > user management > user settings.
"page titles" meaning the header text and logo? the logo is usually in your theme (administer > site building > themes), and is usually theme-specific. the header text itself is in administer > site configuration > site information ("name").
documentation is under the "documentation" tab at the top of this site; you should "wander the aisles" a little to see how it is organized, and they do "move the shelves" around, occasionally. core is under "getting started," the other stuff in "beyond the basics" and "theming." site search can be useful, too.
good luck!
I'm going through the
I'm going through the handbook but I don't even know what to search on for this.
When I have many pages open in my browser, they each have their own tab. For my website, I want to change the little blue Drupal teardrop guy to a red S, and I want the tab to say mysite instead of Drupal.
I assume it's pulling the text from
<title>Drupal</title>How do I change the title on my home page?
Do I replace /misc/favicon.ico by renaming my "S" graphic?
You set the name of your
You set the name of your site under administer > site configuration > site information
I found that one,
I found that one, thanks!
Major problems now though. I went to themes, configure and tried to configure Garland. All I did was add /misc/ to the box that said path to custom icon, and now have a whole list of errors.
The color has gone from Mediterrano to the standard blue, the errors start with:
# The selected file themes/garland/images/menu-collapsed.gif could not be uploaded, because the destination is not properly configured.
# The selected file themes/garland/images/menu-expanded.gif could not be uploaded, because the destination is not properly configured.
# The selected file themes/garland/images/menu-leaf.gif could not be uploaded, because the destination is not properly configured.
# warning: imagepng(): Unable to open 'files/color/garland-0355744f/body.png' for writing in ../modules/color/color.module on line 415.
I tried to chmod the colors folder to 777, still no difference. I reset to default, still the same. What to I do now?
I've searched through, found
I've searched through, found others with a similar problem but the only solution I've seen is to try 775. Tried that, no difference. I tried enabling and changing to a different theme, then back. Still getting the above error messages in Garland.
How do I fix this?
you can fix it by moving
you can fix it by moving away from Garland and going to another much nicer theme such as salamander ;-)
Seriously: I never encountered the problem you just had and played around with themes quite a bit. Are you sure your problem is related to the theme change?
Hope you can find a way out.. Most importantly: Hang in there and do not give up on drupal too fast.. it really is a nice system just takes some getting used to...
title, logo, favicon
the title text is changed in administer > site configuration > site information. should be the first box labeled "name". hey, seems you found that one...
the favicon and logo are changed in the theme settings; the logo in the "logo image settings," and the favicon in the "shortcut icon settings." uncheck the "use the default" boxes. use the upload tools in each section to get your images in; it just seems a little easier.
It is showing the title on
It is showing the title on the top area, next to the logo. It is actually on top (covering up) the navigation. Is there a template file I need to edit?
guessing
not being able to see what you are seeing, this is a guess.
covering up the navigation: in garland, you are looking at the primary/secondary links on the right side? wondering if the text wrap is not wrapping correctly...have you tried forcing a refresh in the browser window? or, are you working in a small screen?
the template file you are probably looking for is page.tpl.php (the div with the logo_floater id). however, your issue may be involve css; have you made any changes to header padding or margins there? it may also be a browser-related issue; have you tried this in multiple browsers?
if you have not done so yet, consider using the firefox browser with the firebug add-on; very useful for troubleshooting theming issues.
oh, and
<title>Drupal</title>is the text in the browser's title bar. should not have to touch that.i agree with the other responder; i love garland as a "ooh!" starter theme, but once i have to start tweaking, i move to something else. zen and box_grey have been good to me for simple overhauls.
good luck!
I fixed the extra title,
I fixed the extra title, turns out I had "show title" checked. All of the above issues are now fixed. Until I break them again adding something else ;-)
On to the next problem.
I want a calendar with everyone's birthday, anniversary etc. I started by installing module calendar. Does that or does that not require CCK? Anyway, I realized Event was what I wanted.
By this time I had 4 separate calendars that I could turn on in blocks, but the one I needed was calendar to browse events. It's up on the right hand column where it's supposed to be, all looks good in my admin account.
I use Seamonkey btw, but considering adding Firefox because a lot of cool webmaster add-ons don't work in Seamonkey.
So then I go into IE6 and log into the user account I use for testing. The calendar is at the bottom of the left hand column. Why? I verified this on another computer, in Seamonkey it is in the right hand column where I told it to go, in IE6 it's low man on the left.
Most of the relatives are using IE in various flavors, so it needs to work there.
yuck
ie does that to me all the time...maybe http://drupal.org/node/141705 can help