Drupal

[SOLVED] [Drupal Views] How to scroll to the top of a View after using a pager to load the page

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Drupal Technical | 1 min read
The Drupal Views module provides pagers that lets you browse the items in the View via AJAX. Most of the time using the pager to view the next page will leave you at the bottom of the page when you expect to go to the top. This usually turns out to be a nuisance. Views currently does not provide a way to fix that. But there is a workaround to let you scroll to the top of a View after using a pager to load the page in your Drupal site. Read on to find out more.
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[Drupal] How to add a custom admin settings form to accept variable values in Drupal?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Sometimes the best way to handle variable value changes on a Drupal site, would be with an admin settings form to show/edit the value. For example, while implementing a "send test mail" functionality on a Drupal site, we might want to set the recipient address at testing time. It would be easy to create an admin settings form instead of changing the addresses each time in code. Code:
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[SOLVED][Drupal Views] Views Admin interface suddenly stops working

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Drupal Views is an incredibly useful module for Drupal users. This means that it will be a frustrating experience if it breaks by any chance. You might encounter a situation where the Views admin interface suddenly stops working leaving you with a broken UI with a flat set of lists with no AJAX and no theme. If you are experiencing a broken Views in your Drupal site and want to know the fix, read on to find out.
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[Drupal Views] How to add an additional div tag inside a table in a Views gird view?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Drupal Views allows you to output results in a variety of formats including a grid view. There might be a situation where you would want to insert an additional div tag inside the td tag of the grid view to bring in additional styling like having a custom background color and spacing between the grid elements. You can implement this in two ways in your Drupal site. Read on to find out more.
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[Drupal Webform] How to add an attachment to the confirmation email of a submission in a webform.

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Drupal Webform can be used to create forms and track the results of submissions in your Drupal installation. Drupal Webform can also be used to send confirmation emails to users when they have successfully completed submission. There could be instances where you might want to send an attachment along with confirmation email. Read on to find out how to add an attachment to the confirmation email of a submission in a Drupal Webform.
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[SOLVED][Drupal Views] Missing Node: Author Name in Views Fields

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
You have created a View for a custom content type and wanted to bring out info related to the node author. However you failed to find the Node: Author Name in the list presented by the Views Fields while all the other relevant fields for this content type are available there. So what could be the wrong and where is the missing field in the View? The fix is pretty simple. Read on to find out more.
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Solution for Drupal View working in preview but fails to show up in the actual page

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
You have created a Drupal View as a page and the View is working correctly as intended in the preview section in the View settings page. However when you visit the actual page it throws up a 'Page cannot be displayed' error after you had clicked on the View button on the Views settings page. So what is causing the problem and what could be the fix? Read on to see the solution. -->
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[SOLVED] Drupal Views bypassing hook_node_access permissions

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
If your Drupal site has some content which is restricted to certain users using hook_node_access you might find that the Views you create might bypass these hook_node_access restrictions granting unauthorized users complete access to view the content. The permissions might come into place only when the users click on the title of the node. If you need to know how to fix this, read on.
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[Drupal] How to implement multiple color switches in Drupal theme?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Implementing multiple color mode switching is so simple! In HTML we can easily add the switching color style sheets as alternative style sheets. But when it comes to Drupal there is a slight change. Here is how we can implement multiple color switches in Drupal theme. We normally include style sheets in .info file and we cannot specify 'alternative stylesheets' just like in HTML. So here we need a module called Drupal 'Styleswitcher'. By enabling this Drupal module you will get the option 'styleswitcher' to add alternative style sheets. For more details just follow these steps.
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How to start using Git on an existing Drupal project

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Drupal Technical | 5 min read
Git is one of the most versatile opensource version control systems out there. If you have not already started using Git for your Drupal Development projects, this article should help you get started with it. Please note: I have been using Linux as my development environment, and almost all my illustrations would be for Linux. Still, the commands for using git should be the same for git implementations on all OSes. Please add in a comment if you have any doubts.
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How to have multiple nid filters in Views similar to "Is one of" for Taxonomy

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Drupal Technical | 5 min read
If you are creating a View using the Drupal Views module and if you want to filter nodes based on nids (Node > NID filter) then Views gives you options to filter it based on a single argument of the nid. Currently there is no direct way to have multiple nid filters in Views similar to "Is one of" for Taxonomy. However there is a workaround to achieve that. Read onto find out more.
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[SOLVED] Conflict with external Jquery script and Views Ajax

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Some Drupal users have reported that there was a conflict with an external Jquery script and the Views Ajax. This occured when the Drupal user wanted to use the external script for some specifc purpose. The conflict was causing the Views UI to break. If you are experiencing this issue in your Views read on to find out the solution.
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