Drupal Technical

How to set up HTTP password protection / basic authentication for your Drupal site on AWS server (bitnami image)

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Drupal Technical | 1 min read
Some times we need to protect our site from public users and make it available only to selected number of users. For examply you might want to protect your alpha site from the public and from search engine bots. In such situations we protect our site with HTTP password. Follow the below steps for protecting your Drupal site with HTTP password. This was written for an Amazon AWS server but should work on most GNU/Linux servers.
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[Drupal] How to create a custom token in a Drupal 7 site and set a custom value for it?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
If you are a Drupal developer you must have noticed that there is very little information on the web regarding how to create a custom token in a Drupal site. We needed to create a custom token for one of our Drupal clients. If you are facing a similar situation in your Drupal site and would like to know how to create a custom token in your Drupal 7 site and set a custom value for it then read on to know the complete solution
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[Drupal] How to limit a text field to accept only numbers as input?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
When developing a website we might often come across situations where we have to limit the entry into each text fields to a certain type. One of the common scenarios we run into when developing Drupal websites is to limit text fields to accept only numbers as its input. If you want to know how to limit a text field to accept only numbers as input then read on to find out more.
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[Drupal] How to get the nid from a newly added node using node_save()?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
If you are a Drupal Developer you will often encounter situations where you have to use the node_save() function to add a new node to your Drupal site. Drupal does not need you to specify the nid in the standard node object. However there will be situations where you need the nid of the saved node for performing additional operations. If you are looking to know how to get the nid from a newly added node using node_save() then read on.
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[Drupal] Drupal 7 image field support for TIFF images

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Drupal Technical | 4 min read
In Drupal 7 Image module offers an image field which makes available an image widget for file fields that can be added to content types. This will allow for upload of images to the image field which can then later be processed by the image module and be presented using the different image styles as configured. This means that image module should have the ability to process files uploaded using this field.
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[SOLVED][Drupal Pathauto] Double-quote (“) character is retained in the URL alias

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Drupal Technical | 4 min read
A Drupal user using running a Drupal website in another language encountered a situation where the Double-quote (“) character is retained in the URL aliases generated by the Drupal Pathauto module. If you happen to be running a Drupal website in a language other than English and encountering such characters in the alias generated by the Drupal Pathauto module then proceed down below to know the solution.
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[Drupal] How to set up and configure multiple sites using multisite in a single drupal 6 installation?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
Multisite concept allow us to run multiple sites in single drupal core installation . Each site in the multisite will have it's own modules and themes as well as files folders. Setting up multiple sites like this will save on patch administration, permissions administration, setting up APC etc. Follow the below steps for running multiple sites in single drupal installation.
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