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[Drupal] How to set a default theme for each site in a Drupal multisite installation?

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Drupal Technical | 1 min read
When we have a multi site Drupal installation, we might have to set a default theme for each site. The easiest way of setting a default theme for each Drupal site is by setting the theme from the settings.php file. If you are having a Drupal multistie installation and want to know how to set a default theme for each site in a Drupal multisite installation the continue reading.
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The History of The Modern Calendar - Infographic

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Did you know that year 2013 is the first year after 1987 which had all its digits as distinct. Did you know that Oct 1582 had 10 days removed from the month to adjust for the shift in the year? Did you know that Sumerians had calendars way back in 4000BC?. Here are some interesting pieces of information about the history of calendars.
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Zyxware Technologies conducts work shop on GIMP in partnership with Indian Dental Association (IDA)

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Announcements | 4 min read
Zyxware recently conducted a session on GIMP for dentists. The workshop was conducted on the 17th of December, 2012. This was as part of a workshop organised by Indian Dental Association for their members on photography and photo editing. Zyxware conducted a 4 hour session on photo editing using GIMP, a Free Software Tool. Photography and photo editing are important skills for the modern day dentist given the requirements of documentation and research and communication with patients. Recognising the need for training for dentists in these areas, the IDA has taken an important step by organising this workshop. That they have chosen Free Software Tools like GIMP is commendable.
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Shell script to rename a specific-directory present under all sub-directories in a specified parent folder

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Technical Solution | 2 min read
The function of the script is to rename a specific-directory present under all sub-directories of a specified parent folder. Consider, you have a particular folder under all sub-directories of a folder and you want to rename all of those occurrences. Doing it manually would take much time. Here is a script to make it easy for you. The script takes the following inputs: 'path' is the absolute path of the parent folder, and 'foldername.txt' is a text file which contains the names of the subdirectories under each of which the specific directory has to be renamed.
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[Drupal] How to theme a node in Drupal 7 website?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
If you are a beginner in Drupal your might be wondering what a node is. The concept of a node is very simple. All you have to understand is that each and every content in Drupal is treated as a node. A page is a node, an article is also a node. If you want to add custom styles and formatting to the nodes of a specific content type then you have to theme a node. Read on to know how to theme a node in a Drupal 7 website.
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[Drupal] How to alter urls in a Drupal 6 website?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
One of our Drupal sites we had worked on required us to implement region based content filtering and it was to be done through a value stored in a session. The Drupal site was also using Boost to enable static page caching. Boost stores pages as HTML files inside a cache folder and each page is served from the cache for anonymous users. To implement the filtering process successfully for anonymous users, we had to find a way to alter the URLs for the selected region. Read on to know how to alter URLs in a Drupal 6 website.
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[Drupal] How to create a Facebook App for posting published content from a Drupal site on Facebook Wall?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
We were requested by a client to create and integrate a Facebook Application on their Drupal site which would post the published content automatically on Facebook. For publishing a content from our Drupal site to Facebook Wall, we need to create a Facebook App. If you want to know how to create a Facebook App for posting published content on a Drupal site on Facebook Wall, then continue reading.
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[SOLVED][Drupal] Quicktab cookie is not persisting after closing and re-opening browser.

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
On one of the Drupal projects we had recently worked on, the client wanted us track the last active tab. We had used the Drupal Quicktab module to create the tabs. However we noticed that the quicktab cookie used to track the last active tab is not persisting after closing and reopening the browser. If you are facing the same scenario in your Drupal site and want to know the solution then continue reading.
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How to test Ubercart recurring fees and subscriptions - From a drupal tester's perspective

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Testing | 3 min read
Suppose we have a Drupal website which uses Ubercart module and Ubercart recurring fees functionality for handling payments and the website has two subscription products one which renews on a monthly basis and another which renews annually. We have to ensure that these two products will be renewed when the next billing date occurs. The following test cases will help you test this.
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[Drupal] How to display items in table listings with checkboxes on each row, on a Drupal 7 site?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
This is a description of how you can display table listings with checkboxes on each row on a Drupal site. The requirement in one of my projects was that "Admin can select multiple checkboxes against the details of a user, and can run an update query when update button is clicked." To implement this, I made use of Drupal 7's table_select() function which saved my time and made my code less complicated. Now, if you want to know how you can make use of this functionality in one of your projects, you may read on.
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[Drupal] How to filter the text in the comments in a Drupal website?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
Drupal provides a number of contributed modules to filter the text in comments. One of the most notable examples of such a module is Mollom which can be used to filter out spam comments from genuine ones in a Drupal site. However if we need an extra level of control over the filtering options, we need to write a custom module. Read on to know how to filter the text n the comments in a Drupal website
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[Drupal] How to rewrite the output of a view using hook_views_post_render?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
If you are searching for a way to alter the output of a View after it has been rendered, you may find this article to be helpful. We had recently come across a situation which forced us to rewrite the rendered output from a View and we managed to find a useful hook - hook_views_post_render. It helped us to rewrite the output of the view. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site and would like to know how to rewrite the output of a View using hooks_views_post_render. then continue reading.
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