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Long story short: Not doable with the default permissions (I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true) Drupal 7 has a permission called ‘View own unpublished content’, and it works well when it comes to see the actual unpublished node, but it doesn’t work when you try to build a View with them, even if … Continued
Tagged: drupal, permissions
There are times when you need to manipulate a form via hook_form_alter in Drupal, and you may need to hide/show fields depending on some criteria. You can hide a single field using something like $form[‘field_name’][‘#type’] = ‘hidden’;. But, what if you’re using the ‘field_group’ module and you want to hide a whole group? Well, you … Continued
Tagged: drupal, Drupal 7
If you’re a developer, and have worked with WordPress, you should be familiar with something called “The Loop“. The Loop is the way WordPress handles the display of the content you create. Behind The Loop, there are the Wp_Query class, and the $wp_query object. That way WordPress decides what to output based on the page … Continued
Let’s say you need to consume an API, and you’re using Drupal. In this case, you’ll have to perform HTTP requests to a server, and I’m about to tell you how to do it for both Drupal 7 and Drupal 8. Drupal 7 For Drupal 7, we’ll use the drupal_http_request method to get the job done … Continued
Tagged: DC drupal shop, Drupal 7, drupal 8
I’ve seen the horror! (allow me some drama here) I’ve seen code in Drupal projects, trying to get parameters from URLs in this way: $params = $_GET; or $some_var = $_GET[‘some_var’] Drupal has some functions to deal with parameters coming from a URL. Now, let me be honest, it’s not more secure if you use … Continued
Tagged: agile web development, drupal, Drupal 7
Still using that old WAMP or XAMPP environment for your local instance of Drupal? Have you heard how sexy Docker can be? It’s not easy to be on top of every trend that arises in web development, but there are some that will truly make your life easier, and this is one of those rare trends. In … Continued
Tagged: docker, drupal, web development
I know what you’re thinking. Who in their right mind would want to develop using a remote server when you have Docker and all that other useful stuff? But, trust me, if you come into this unfortunate situation, you’ll be sending me all your love (or a beer, which is almost the same thing). Scenarios: … Continued
Tagged: debugging, php, remote, xdebug
Hi again! If you haven’t read the first part of this article, then you might want to give a look at Continuous Deployment for Drupal 7 (part 1) before moving onto this one. If you already read it, then great! Let’s continue then. At this point you know that to implement your continuous deployment workflow for … Continued
Tagged: continuous deployment, drupal
Working with a CMS such as WordPress or Drupal makes life easier for Web Developers, but once you want to start doing things the right way, a bunch of terms fall into your mind, such as: package managers, development environments, APIs, continuous integration, continuous development, etc. And you start wondering: how can I do this while … Continued
Tagged: continuous deployment, drupal, drupal deployment tutorial
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