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OVERVIEW: Before we get into any of the steps below, I am assuming that you are a web designer or programmer that has been looking for an open source content management platform, and decided to use Drupal. I am also assuming that you are hosting your website with 1and1 on a linux package. If both of these assumptions are correct, then proceed to step 2.
INTRO: Congratulations, you have chosen a really cool content management platform that keeps expanding and growing. I am still learning the system myself, but I wrote this article to help anyone who has run into the same install issues that I had when tring to load drupal onto my 1and1 server linux hosting package. I stress that you need to have a linux hosting package because you CAN NOT install drupal onto a 1and1 MS package. I have tried, and it does not work.
STEP 1: 1and1 Linux hosting package confirmation - Make sure that you have a 1and 1 linux hostig package. I recommend that you have at least a home package, but a business package will really be what you want to help expand the drupal system and to better manage your database. Check your 1and1 control panel settings to make sure you are set up correctly. You should have PHP support and a MySQL database option. If you are on the MS package, you will want to 'upgrade' your package to a Linux package. I had to do this with two of my accounts to get drupal to work.
STEP 2: Download Drupal files to your desktop - Go to the drupal.org site and download the most recent drupal version. At the time of my writing this article, the most recent version is 6.10. Download this to your desktop first so that we can easily work with the files. You will notice that you got a tar.gz file downloaded to your desktop. (link in resources below)
STEP 3: Expand Drupal Files - Now we are going to unzip or expand the files. Since this is a tar.gz file, and not a zip file, I recommend that you download and use a program called 7-zip (an open source file archive program) instead of winzip or other popular programs to expand the files. 7-Zip is a great tool, it is free, and it handles archived files really well. Download this program, then unarchive the drupal files to your desktop. (link in resources below)
Great, now you should have a new drupal folder on your desktop with all of the items fully expanded. If you did it correctly, you will see the following folders contained inside your drupal folder: 'includes', 'misc', 'modules', 'profiles', 'scripts', 'sites', 'themes', and other files below. Many directions will tell you to make changes at this point, but I want to urge you to follow my instructions now to help you visual and check in real-time the changes you are making.
STEP 4: FTP drupal files to your web server - Now take all of these files and FTP them to the root of your website. This would be the www folder or the main directory of your site. For the 1and1 server package, it would be the following www.yoursitename.com/ where you will see the '/' in your FTP client. I recommend that you drop the entire drupal folder into this directory to learn how to install the tool. Once you learn how to install the tool, you can later move all of the files out of the folder and drop them directly into your site's root structure. For this example, just call the folder 'drupal' - so for the purposes of this example and to help you install the program, you will be working with the following directory on your own server: 'www.yoursitenamehere/drupal'
STEP 5: Take a look at the drupal web install guide - The cool thing about drupal is that it has an install guide that you can access using a web browser. It helps you by giving you a checklist of things you need to correct, and it also allows you see that you have put the files onto your website server correctly. In this step, we are going to take a look at the web browser install tool, and proceed with configuring some files to get this to work correctly. If you followed my example, you can now open a web broswer and type in the following URL path to get to the installation of the drupal tool: www.yoursitenamehere/drupalIf you did as I specified, you should a screen that looks like the one attached. This will be the drupal online install guide, and it will immediately show us an error screen indicating that we need to configure our settings.
STEP 6: Disable 'register_globals' on 1and1 server - So as the error message says - we want to disable our 'register_globals' on our server. Doing this is very simple. For the 1and1 server package, to do this, we are going to need to create a file called php.ini and save it to the root structure of our drupal directory. Within this php.ini file we are going to place some code that disables the 'register_globals'. Now you may be wondering, how do I make a php.ini file? You can do it using dreamweaver, textpad, notepad, or any web editing tool you use. To keep this simple, I want you to do this using notepad.
STEP 7: Create a php.ini file - Open notepad or a basic text editor. Save this file to your desktop as php.ini (if it saves as a word file, that is fine, just change the name later to php.ini) copy and paste the following code into the file and save it to your desktop drupal folder:register_globals = false(see picture for reference) That is it!
STEP 8 FTP php.ini file to web server - Now take this file and FTP it to your web server in the root directory right into the drupal folder this means, drop it directly into the following location on your server - 'www.yoursitenamehere/drupal'. Once you do this, go back to your web brwser drupal install screen found here: www.yoursitenamehere/drupal, and refresh the screen. You should now see an error message that speaks to copying a setting.php file. It should look like the same message as the error image attached to this step. This is a common error message because as part of the drupal install process, we need to copy the setting.php file and change its permissions.
STEP 9: Create a 'settings.php' file - This is extremely easy to do and is part of the drupal install instructions that you can find on the drupal site. I will explain how to do it here however to keep you moving along smoothly. I do want to point out that you should use the FTP program 'Filezilla' for this step, as it allows you to change the CHMOD permissions on a file, where dreamweaver and other FTP programs do not. If you need to take a moment to install the free FTP program filezilla, please do that now using the link in the resource section below.
STEP 10: Create a 'settings.php' file - Going back to your local drupal desktop folder, find the folder called 'sites' and open it up. Inside you should see two more folders named 'all' and 'default'. Open up the folder named 'default'. You should now see a file named 'default.settings.php'. Simple copy the default.settings.php file resave it right into the 'default' folder along with the default.setting.php file. Since you can not have two files of the same name in the same folder, you are going to need to rename this new copied file as 'setting.php'. (see image for reference) and CHMOD it to 777, to make it readable (do this using filezilla if your FTP client does not allow permission changes)
STEP 11: FTP and CHMOD 777 'settings.php' file - Now we want to FTP this file over to your website server file directory into the 'default' folder in the 'sites' folder to go right along with the 'default.setting.php' file. So the path you will be using to FTP this file to your server if you are following the steps of this write-up is: www.yoursitenamehere/drupal/sites/defaultNow, I recommend that you use Filezilla to FTP this file, because we need to change the CHMOD (permissions) to 777. This makes this file readable and allows drupal to proceed with the installation on your server. Once you have connected to your web server using Filezilla, right click on the 'setting.php' file and change the 'file attributes' to 777. Then FTP this file to your server. I am assuming that you know how to use an FTP program, and if not, please see my link in the resources section to my article about how to use Filezilla.
STEP 12: Check drupal web install guide - Once you have uploaded this file to the server in the 'default' folder within the 'sites' folder of your websites root file directory, go back to the web browser drupal install view here: www.yoursitenamehere/drupal' and click refresh. If you did this install correctly, you should see a screen similar to the one attached to this step.
STEP 13: Increase PHP Memory - NOTE: please read the Drupal Database Configuration screen that you have in front of you now. There is a key element on here that we must address before we get into the actual database setup. In the yellow box, Drupal recommends that we increase our PHP mempory limit to 16M to help prevent errors. I HIGHLY recommend that at a minimum you increase the PHP memory to 16 MB, but it would not hurt to increase it to 32MB. To do this, we are going to go back to the 'php.ini' file that you created and add another line of code. Below the 'register_global' code you created, add the following:memory_limit = 36M (See image for example). Now FTP this new file back into your web file root folder and overwrite your old php.ini file and you should be done increasing the php memory. Go back to your drupal web broswer installation screen and refresh it, and you will now notice that the yellow box is gone, and we are left with the database configuration fields. (see image).
Excellent job so far! We are now at the fun and easy task of setting up a 1and1 MySQL database, and tieing it to the drupal program that we are installing. If you do not understand anything about MySQL databases, do not worry! This is easy to set up using the 1and1 control panel and we only have to change a few items in the drupal code to get everything to synch up. So lets get started creating our 1and1 database!
STEP 14: Create a 1and1 database for your account - Now we want to create a database in our 1and 1 control panel. Log into your 1and1 account using the customer login, and click on the MyAQL administration toolbar in the control panel. See image for reference.
STEP 15: Create a new database - Within the 1and1 MySQL admin tool, there is a button that says 'New Database'. Click this to get a screen that says MySQL Database Setup. You will be asked to give your database a name. Call it Drupal for now, select the version of MySQL to be 5.0, and then click 'setup'. You will get another screen that shows you your user name, password, host name, etc. Just click Finish. In about 30 minutes, you will have a new 1and1 database setup. When you have done all of these steps, and roughly 30 mintues have passed, you should see that your new database was created and you will also see that you have the following information for your new database:Database name: db#########Host name: db###.perfora.netUser name: dbo#########Password:
****
STEP 16a: Add the database info to your 'settings.php' file - There are actually two ways to do this step. Option A shown here is to use the drupal web install tool to enter in your database info. Option B outilined in the next step is the manual way to do this. I actually prefer to do the manual method in Option B, but you can do this either way. Here is option A: using the drupal web install guide at www.yoursitenamehere/drupalSimply enter in your site database name, database username, and database password into the basic option. Then open up the advanced options and enter in your site database host name. Then click save and continue at the bottom of the screen. (see image for reference)
STEP 16b: Add the database info to your 'settings.php' file - Here is option B: Manual processNow that you have created a database, and you have all the info needed for your database, we will need to manually add this info to the drupal 'settings.php' file that we created earlier and uploade to our web server. Doing this skips using the drupal web install guide. You might wonder why you want to do this. I have acutally had issues using the drupal web install guide during this step, so I do it manually, but try Option A if you are not comfortable doing this. To do Option B, simply open the 'settings.php' file again using the text editor, and change the following information:Search for $db_url =Change the line from this:$db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename';To this, using the info from step 15 above:$db_url = 'mysql://dbo#########:
****@db###.perfora.net/db#########';Now save this document and FTP it to your server again using Filezilla as CHMOD 777.
STEP 17: Drupal Final Site Configuration - Congratulations! You are now on the last step of your drupal install on a 1and1 server. If you did all of the steps above correctly, drupal will finalize the install, and you will see the attached screen when you go to the drupal web install guide at : www.yoursitenamehere/drupal Now, just type in the last requirements that it asks you for and click save and continue. It will now take you to your new drupal site and you will be logged in as the admin. Now you can set up your drupal site anyway you like. I will try to write some more articles about how to set up yoru drupal site, but there is a lot to do for this, so you you should probably read the drupal forums on the drupal.org site.
STEP 23: Finished.
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Sunday, 21 February 2016
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
How to Upload Fast on MediafireIn Feburary 2016 16,
In Feburary 2016 16,
Wait for files that you are currently uploading to finish transmitting, such as sending emails with large attachments or uploading documents to an FTP server. Quit using any applications that upload data, such as playing an online game.
Quit any applications for making audio or video chats.
Ask other people using computers that share your Internet connection on your network to stop uploading files or otherwise using the upstream bandwidth.
Launch your Web browser, and navigate to the MediaFire website (mediafire.com).
Click 'Login' at the top of the page, and then sign in to your MediaFire account. The 'My Files' page opens.
Click 'More Options' on the left side of the page. Click 'Create a New Folder.' The 'Create a New Folder' dialog box appears. Type a name for your folder, and then click 'Create Folder.'
Drag a file from your computer into the folder in your MediaFire folder on the 'My Files' page. The file uploads, and the 'Upload Complete' message appears. Click 'Return to My Files' to go back to the 'My Files' page.
In Feburary 2016 16,
Wait for files that you are currently uploading to finish transmitting, such as sending emails with large attachments or uploading documents to an FTP server. Quit using any applications that upload data, such as playing an online game.
Quit any applications for making audio or video chats.
Ask other people using computers that share your Internet connection on your network to stop uploading files or otherwise using the upstream bandwidth.
Launch your Web browser, and navigate to the MediaFire website (mediafire.com).
Click 'Login' at the top of the page, and then sign in to your MediaFire account. The 'My Files' page opens.
Click 'More Options' on the left side of the page. Click 'Create a New Folder.' The 'Create a New Folder' dialog box appears. Type a name for your folder, and then click 'Create Folder.'
Drag a file from your computer into the folder in your MediaFire folder on the 'My Files' page. The file uploads, and the 'Upload Complete' message appears. Click 'Return to My Files' to go back to the 'My Files' page.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
How to Make an HTML CalendarIn Feburary 2016 10,
In Feburary 2016 10,
Use a html Calendar code generator. Most site provide free code generating services that provide you with the code already written. One site that provides this service is Waukegan Schools District 60. The district has put together a very effective web editor that generates a calendar code that any novice can use with ease. Once at the site scroll down to find the editor, which is located at the bottom of the page tabbed 'Calendar Tools'. In the Week Day Text Format area, you can choose whether to abbreviate or spell out days of the week, followed with the options of making them bold or italics. You also have the choice to choose the color of the text. After pressing the button to 'Create Calendar', you will be prompted to enter the month of your choice and the year. Completing those tasks will finish the code generation and your calendar is ready for editing. Copy and paste the code in Microsoft word or notepad.
Edit the HTML source code. Change the image source: Starting with 'http', change this present location to the location of the image you want to use.
Edit the days of the week. Change the days to the week by first locating the area needed for editing which can be found here:
Sun
Each line will have a different day of the week. At the word 'Sun' you can change that to whatever date you need. Also inserting the break tag
you can add meeting times, reminders or any other notes on that day. If done correctly it should look like this:
Sun
Don't forget to goto meeting at 6:30
Switch to your web page editor. There are many web editors out there being offered as freeware. One of those web editors is HTML List Editor. This simple editor allows you to write and edit HTML code and to save it as a web page for later viewing. There is also Microsoft Front Page which gives you a plethora of options to edit with, one being web page preview, normal view, and source code view. Even if you choose not to use a web editor this code generator will give you the basic template for creating an HTML calendar.
In Feburary 2016 10,
Use a html Calendar code generator. Most site provide free code generating services that provide you with the code already written. One site that provides this service is Waukegan Schools District 60. The district has put together a very effective web editor that generates a calendar code that any novice can use with ease. Once at the site scroll down to find the editor, which is located at the bottom of the page tabbed 'Calendar Tools'. In the Week Day Text Format area, you can choose whether to abbreviate or spell out days of the week, followed with the options of making them bold or italics. You also have the choice to choose the color of the text. After pressing the button to 'Create Calendar', you will be prompted to enter the month of your choice and the year. Completing those tasks will finish the code generation and your calendar is ready for editing. Copy and paste the code in Microsoft word or notepad.
Edit the HTML source code. Change the image source: Starting with 'http', change this present location to the location of the image you want to use.
Edit the days of the week. Change the days to the week by first locating the area needed for editing which can be found here:
Sun
Each line will have a different day of the week. At the word 'Sun' you can change that to whatever date you need. Also inserting the break tag
you can add meeting times, reminders or any other notes on that day. If done correctly it should look like this:
Sun
Don't forget to goto meeting at 6:30
Switch to your web page editor. There are many web editors out there being offered as freeware. One of those web editors is HTML List Editor. This simple editor allows you to write and edit HTML code and to save it as a web page for later viewing. There is also Microsoft Front Page which gives you a plethora of options to edit with, one being web page preview, normal view, and source code view. Even if you choose not to use a web editor this code generator will give you the basic template for creating an HTML calendar.
In Feburary 2016 10,
Monday, 8 February 2016
How to Emcee a Talent ShowIn Feburary 2016 08,
In Feburary 2016 08,
Do your preparation. If there are announcements to be made before the show, familiarize yourself with the list so that you can briefly reel them off before the show instead of reading and sounding like a robot. If you don't know the acts, ask them to give you a maximum of three things that you can use for their introductions. Find out if they'll allow you to spice up the intros with funny anecdotes they might reveal about themselves. Be sure you know the proper pronunciation of the act names and that your own material is memorized so that you can really sell it and keep the energy up.
Take a cue from Hugh Jackman at the Oscars and open the show with your own showstopping number. If you are sure your number will be fantastic then go for it! This will set a positive tone for the night and put the audience in a fabulous mood, making them more receptive to the rest of the acts,
Segue from the thunderous applause of your opening number to the introduction of your first act. If you are naturally funny then be funny, if no--no worries, just be yourself. Things are bound to come up that are funny anyway. Try to personalize your jokes without insulting anyone. This will ensure that those in the crowd who know the performers will feel included and will enhance their enjoyment of the show because they will feel 'in on' the joke.
Be prepared to fill time. A performer may not make a costume change, or simply get stage fright. In any case, use the time to interact with the audience. Knowing the crowd will help. If all else fails, ask if anyone is celebrating an anniversary. Congratulate the couple, and segue into finding the couple who has been married the longest. Ask them for advice, or make your own jokes about marriage. You can also use these bits if a performer has frozen on stage.
Seize opportunities for humor. Every live show inadvertently has unexpected moments, most of which can be used for improvised jokes if you pay attention. A baby in the audience that will not stop crying, or an extremely loud ambulance heard echoing throughout the theater, even an audience member getting up to use the bathroom while you are emceeing are all gifts. Use them for fodder and stay alert!
Have fun and stay calm. Breathe and just remember if you are having fun, the audience will be having fun. Your mood will be contagious. Remember too that when things go wrong, they are not really going wrong, they are providing you with funny material! With that mindset you should have no worries. Keep loose!
In Feburary 2016 08,
Do your preparation. If there are announcements to be made before the show, familiarize yourself with the list so that you can briefly reel them off before the show instead of reading and sounding like a robot. If you don't know the acts, ask them to give you a maximum of three things that you can use for their introductions. Find out if they'll allow you to spice up the intros with funny anecdotes they might reveal about themselves. Be sure you know the proper pronunciation of the act names and that your own material is memorized so that you can really sell it and keep the energy up.
Take a cue from Hugh Jackman at the Oscars and open the show with your own showstopping number. If you are sure your number will be fantastic then go for it! This will set a positive tone for the night and put the audience in a fabulous mood, making them more receptive to the rest of the acts,
Segue from the thunderous applause of your opening number to the introduction of your first act. If you are naturally funny then be funny, if no--no worries, just be yourself. Things are bound to come up that are funny anyway. Try to personalize your jokes without insulting anyone. This will ensure that those in the crowd who know the performers will feel included and will enhance their enjoyment of the show because they will feel 'in on' the joke.
Be prepared to fill time. A performer may not make a costume change, or simply get stage fright. In any case, use the time to interact with the audience. Knowing the crowd will help. If all else fails, ask if anyone is celebrating an anniversary. Congratulate the couple, and segue into finding the couple who has been married the longest. Ask them for advice, or make your own jokes about marriage. You can also use these bits if a performer has frozen on stage.
Seize opportunities for humor. Every live show inadvertently has unexpected moments, most of which can be used for improvised jokes if you pay attention. A baby in the audience that will not stop crying, or an extremely loud ambulance heard echoing throughout the theater, even an audience member getting up to use the bathroom while you are emceeing are all gifts. Use them for fodder and stay alert!
Have fun and stay calm. Breathe and just remember if you are having fun, the audience will be having fun. Your mood will be contagious. Remember too that when things go wrong, they are not really going wrong, they are providing you with funny material! With that mindset you should have no worries. Keep loose!
In Feburary 2016 08,
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
How to Have a Dodgeball FundraiserIn Feburary 2016 03,
In Feburary 2016 03,
Select an organization or cause that your fundraiser will benefit. A fundraiser can be used to raise money for a charity that is not involved in planning the event or can be run by an organization, such as a sports team, to raise money for the organization or a specific cause.
Calculate the costs to host and run the event as well as the amount of money you expect to raise, and determine what percentage of the funds will go toward overhead costs and what will go to the organization.
Select a location for your fundraiser, being sure it will accommodate an event of your desired size. Attempting to force a large event into a small venue will lead to cramped spacing and a hectic atmosphere.
Pick a date for the event, making sure that your desired location is available on that date.
Establish the rules for the tournament, including the number of players on a team, the type of balls to be used and the format of the tournament.
Set an entry fee for teams to help build the amount of money you want to raise from the event.
Contact local stores and inquire about sponsorship through gift donations. The gifts donated can then be raffled off during the event or awarded as prizes, based on achievement, during the event to encourage enrollment and spectator attendance.
Advertise the event with posters that clearly detail who or what the fundraiser will benefit, how teams can register, as well as the cost and obligation of participation.
Collect registration forms and fees from all teams prior to the event so you know how many teams for which you must plan.
Schedule the matches in the fundraising tournament, including both time and court numbers if multiple courts are used.
Assign roles to volunteers helping to run the fundraiser. Common needs for a dodgeball tournament include referees, score keepers and other individuals to work the doors if admission is charged or to sell snacks and drinks.
Record the results of all matches as the tournament progresses.
Distribute the funds to the charity or organization benefiting from the event.
In Feburary 2016 03,
Select an organization or cause that your fundraiser will benefit. A fundraiser can be used to raise money for a charity that is not involved in planning the event or can be run by an organization, such as a sports team, to raise money for the organization or a specific cause.
Calculate the costs to host and run the event as well as the amount of money you expect to raise, and determine what percentage of the funds will go toward overhead costs and what will go to the organization.
Select a location for your fundraiser, being sure it will accommodate an event of your desired size. Attempting to force a large event into a small venue will lead to cramped spacing and a hectic atmosphere.
Pick a date for the event, making sure that your desired location is available on that date.
Establish the rules for the tournament, including the number of players on a team, the type of balls to be used and the format of the tournament.
Set an entry fee for teams to help build the amount of money you want to raise from the event.
Contact local stores and inquire about sponsorship through gift donations. The gifts donated can then be raffled off during the event or awarded as prizes, based on achievement, during the event to encourage enrollment and spectator attendance.
Advertise the event with posters that clearly detail who or what the fundraiser will benefit, how teams can register, as well as the cost and obligation of participation.
Collect registration forms and fees from all teams prior to the event so you know how many teams for which you must plan.
Schedule the matches in the fundraising tournament, including both time and court numbers if multiple courts are used.
Assign roles to volunteers helping to run the fundraiser. Common needs for a dodgeball tournament include referees, score keepers and other individuals to work the doors if admission is charged or to sell snacks and drinks.
Record the results of all matches as the tournament progresses.
Distribute the funds to the charity or organization benefiting from the event.
In Feburary 2016 03,
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