By stildawn on

Hi All

I think ive found the right forum..

Here are my questions:

- In my website im using the 'aboutpeople' theme... Now I have the user login in block on the left side bar... But I want to change 'user' to 'client' so that it reads "Client Login".... Ive used firefox with firebug and located the lines in the CSS... But there is no 'text' field in which to simply change the word from 'user' to 'client'.... Can you tell me... Where would I find where to change this?

- How would I make the login in block into a 'drop down' block? Like that its a single line and then you click it and the full block appears?

- And lastly... Ive tried the modules - Trigger, Comment Nofity and Notify... But they are all to broad... Is there a module that sends out a email to a user for each update of a specific node?

For example.

Our clients will each have their own personal "Shipment Status" node.. In which their current shipments are listed... I would like for the site to send out a simple reminder email to the client each time I update there Status Node... But only remind them about one node not the whole site.

Thanks

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vm commented

text is not changed in css. css is for display.

The title of the block can be edited by editing the block in administer -> blocks -> edit login block, set the title.

other text strings can be changed with the string_overrides.module

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vsr commented

login tobaggin for a dropdown login block.
http://drupal.org/project/logintoboggan

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stildawn commented

Thanks guys.... Both of those tips worked awesome thanks...

I have three more questions now...

- I am hosting this website on my computer (not live) at the moment using Xampp... Anyway in a few of my nodes... Using CKEditor picture and text template I have made some nice pages... My problem is this... The Picture (image) currently Im using my photobucket account... Is there away for it to source the picture from my website folders? e.g themes\aboutpeople\img etc instead of photobucket?

Heres a pic of the image at the moment... I need to put something in URL (at the moment its the photobucket link)

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu22/stildawn/Imageimport.png

- Using the Logintobbgan etc that you reconmended is great... However in the drop down bow... I get this:

http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu22/stildawn/wtf.png

What is this weird space??? I cant get rid of it and make the "Lost Password" text line up left... Ive tried everything I know how... Editing the CSS to include 'text-align: left;' 'magin-left: X px;' 'font-size: X px;' and many other combinations etc... Ive edited the line in the logintobagan.css too.... I just cant seem to make it right... I can move it up and down and change the size and all that I just cant get that white black space to disappear...

- And my last question is... Im almost ready to go live... How would I transfer the work ive done on this to a hosting service? All my work has been done in 'C:\Xammp\Xampp\' and i think most of it is in 'C:\Xampp\Xampp\htdocs\'

Would I just go to my hosting service and copy the whole xampp folder and host that? Or do I install drupal on the hosting service and then copy in the htdocs folder?

A step by step instruction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all for your wonderful help.

Thanks

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stildawn commented

In regards to moving it to a host...

I just had a thought... When I set it up... I had to make a Msql database? Surely that would also be required to host?

Thanks

vm’s picture

vm commented

instructions on moving from local machine to live host is dicussed in documentation and many other threads on the forums.

yes, the database goes
clear cache tables before move (makes for smaller export and not having to clear them after the move)
all the files and folders go as well.

settings.php would have to be altered to point to the new database where $base_url resides.

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stildawn commented

Ok Im looking through some doc pages... The problem is they all assume some advanced knowledge and half the time I have no idea what they are talking about...

This is my first site, my first time with drupal, my first time hosting a site, my first time in the whole website design thing... I literally have no idea what half the stuff means...

Are there any easy to follow documentation available?

Like one says for drupal versions after 5 (im using 6 i think) that all I need to do is move the drupal folder... but I dont have one... By following the instructions... I extracted the drupal download to: C:\Xampp\Xampp\htdocs\ and the contents of the drupal download are in there not in a drupal folder?

So would that mean that I copy the contents of the 'htdocs' folder to the host?

"clear cache tables before move" I think Ive seen an option somewhere in drupal for this?

"yes, the database goes" How do you export a database? And where do I put that on the host?

"$base_url" Have no idea what that is or means...

Thanks... Sorry for being so useless :)

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vm commented

There are a great deal of tutorials that can be found with google that aren't drupal specific.

where ever you have drupal installed on your local machine you move all of the contents of that folder, not necessairily the folder but you can. I've no idea how you plan to set your site up on a host. In a public root or not, in a subdoimain or not.

clear cache tables is done in administer -> performance, but I highly suggest learning to use a database tool like phpmyadmin so that you can better understand how to work with your database. What your host is using (usually phpmyadmin) is the information you need to seek.

exporting the database = phpmyadmin

$base_url requires you to OPEN settings.php find it and read it.

to learn more open default.settings.php and read it. note that $base_url holds in it the required information to connect to the database. ie: location, username, password. (not related to drupal related to your database)

The host may have a different naming convention. Thus you will likely have to alter $base_url manually to point to the hosts database server with the proper information in that $base_url string.

Working on a server is not only knowing how to work with Drupal but also with working within the underlying software like phpmyadmin, and your hosting panel which may differ entirely with your localmachine setup.

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stildawn commented

Ok I understand all the first part I think... I have exported my database ready to sent to Host using phpmyadmin...

In my settings.php I have found a line saying:

# $base_url = 'http://www.example.com'; // NO trailing slash!

Would I change that to ready the exact URL of the host folder where my druapl is? Correct? I think thats what it ment when I read it?

Thanks again for your help...

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vm commented

sorry sorry sorry. I meant $db_url

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stildawn commented

No problem :)

Ok at the moment is saying:

$db_url = 'mysqli://admin:admin@localhost/madigan+freight';

Now... I would simply change that to whereever I upload the database to correct? When I host it? (The hosting company should tell me where they have their databases correct?)

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vm commented

yes.

Though the hosting company may not "tell you". You set up the database on their server, thus you choose username password and the like.

localhost, may indeed work as the location on your host. It does on many. Therefore you only have to worry about database_name database_user_name and database_password which are all created by you, on the host.

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stildawn commented

I remember when I made this Database using Xampp... I setup the user and password etc... If I import this database to the host will I need to setup them up again on host or will it come with the imported database?

Other than that I think Im already to go...

Any ideas with my other two questions?

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vm commented

yes they need to be set up on the host. No they aren't included in the export of the database. Only the data contained in the database where it pertains to drupal.

Questions should be asked separate from one another. It also aids in maintaining the original categorization of the forum post. As this thread has walked beyond the line of "before you start" I've moved the thread to post installation.

When asking about css issues, it's better to post a link to the site rather than an image. Noone can use firebug to try and debug a theme issue with a static image.

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stildawn commented

Ok So go and post the questions separately?

And I guess Ill have to wait till it goes live before I can fix that damn white space...

Thanks for all your help though... Cheers :)

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stildawn commented

Hey Guys...

Just thought Id run this past you experts before I sign...

This is what my web host sent me... Ill be getting the 'Signature Starter' Package...

http://www.domainz.net.nz/info.asp?menu=web_hosting&content=small_office...

Does that cover all my bases/needs?

Thanks

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vm commented

seems expensive for the amount of bandwidth. Understand that bandwidth is everything an account does. FTP, running drupal, email .. everything.

http://drupal.org/requirements is what should be compared with your host.

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stildawn commented

Ah looking at that I think it will be ok.

Yeah prices are expensive in NZ but what you gonna do..

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stildawn commented

Ok a few problems..

Have gone live here... http://www.madigan.co.nz/

So... As you can see the home page works fine, however when you click on any of the links it doesnt work... Now I think this is cause they go to http://Localhost/node/XXXX....

Also I cant login to my admin account etc...

What I have done is this:
1. Exported my database.
2. Enabled Mysql and myphpadmin in the host control panel. Made the users etc.
3. Using the host myphpadmin I created a database called Madigan Freight and then imported my exported database... All good.
4. Changed the settings.php to include the new user:password in the '$db_url =' line. (now looks like this "$db_url = 'mysqli://madiga:XXXX@localhost/Madigan+Freight';"
5. Uploaded using filezilla... All the files from htdocs to htdocs on the host.

Thats basically it... But as you can see the site is not working at all really... Just the homepage is showing, but neither any other pages nor the client login or anything else is working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

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mcfilms commented

Hey! I thought we had an understanding. Didn't you agree to: "Questions should be asked separate from one another"? I hesitate to add to this thread because it has spider-ed away from the original "3 questions" as new issues pop up. Not trying to be rude... the point of searching and then asking new questions allows other searchers to get the info in the future.

Anyway, further down in your settings.php file, what is $base_url = set to?

Please don't be afraid to use the search field for any follow-up questions. And feel free to start a new thread.

A list of some of the Drupal sites I have designed and/or developed can be viewed at motioncity.com

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stildawn commented

Oh Sorry...

I find that different forums have different rules of etiquette... Most forums Im a member of dont like massive amounts of threads... but ok...

Heres the new thread...
Thanks

http://drupal.org/node/808368