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Ok - I have been a web developer for years, and have used all sorts of apps - so when these folks wanted me to take over their drupal site, I knew it would just be a matter of getting my bearings and figuring things out, i am very handy that way!
I dont know where to start changing the homepage! It is going to the default of 'node'
can anyone point me in the right direction?
womenhelpingwomen.com
I want to move some things around, and add a section on the bottom of the page, but i cannot even find where to start with the basic setup
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What version of Drupal? What environment Linux..winblows? Do you have direct access to the Drupal application server or is it hosted? What Drupal theme are you using?
Linux dedicated server Not
Linux dedicated server
Not sure which version -where do i find that?
Site is using a custom theme -
site is here
https://womenhelpingwomen.com
i have full access to everything - to edit the front page do i edit page-index.tpl in the theme directory, looks like that might be the ticket?
Linux dedicate server not
To find the Drupal version go to Administer > Reports > Status Report it should be at the top.
Yes you should have custom folder in "default" or "all" folder under "themes" if you go to Administer > themes you can find out what theme the site is using if your not sure.
If you havent already, I would setup a wamp environment and load your current version of Drupal and test your changes there.
You can use vi edit your file unless you have pico but thats the correct file.
Re: "i have full access to
Re: "i have full access to everything - to edit the front page do i edit page-index.tpl in the theme directory, looks like that might be the ticket?"
Pages in Drupal are generated from a database and you do not edit them in the same way as static html site. Files that end in tpl.php are template files and used to control the structure of an element. page.tpl.php for example controls the default overall look of a page. Note though they do not include the contents of the page, simply a line like
print $content;with $content varying depending on the page you are on.ok
Ok, so this is the page that does have content for the home page (page-index.tpl.php)- i the source of it shows what i was looking for - if you dont edit them directly, is there an online editor within the program? i dont see that
it is within the template directory
/public_html/sites/all/themes/womenhelpingwomen
there are many template pages there for different areas of the site page-wshlist, page-manufacturer etc-
Added: version Drupal 5.7 -it says to update, but since i dont know the system will i dont want to chance a blind upgrade!
Update
Woah 5.7 is pretty behind. There have been a couple of security fixes so you really should adress that quickly. In the documentation is a chapter about this. Note that you have to stay in your branch (5.x) and that you cannot use the 6.x version.
You really should clone your site to start experimenting and one of the first things should be to learn updating your site.
Looking at the site that is a
Looking at the site that is a non-standard page (it does not have any "normal" markers to suggest where it comes from).
On your site visit /admin/settings/site-information, what is "Default front page" set to (I am guessing 'node')? If thats the cases there are overriding the normal content in page-index.tpl.php.
i figured it out, it is the
i figured it out, it is the page i posted- i made a cloned template and edited it a a secondary page -
now, what sort of implications are there going to be updating from 5.7? i dont want them to have that old of a version...