In Feburary 2016 25,
Log in to your Drupal admin interface. You will need your username and password to get in.
Navigate to 'Administer, Reports and then Available updates' to view your modules that have updates available.
Backup your database. This can be done in a variety of ways using phpMyAdmin, phpMyAdminToolKit.Dump or the Drupal database administration module or backup module.
Download and save the code files for any modules you are updating using your FTP access software. Any FTP access software, such as FileZilla, Dreamweaver or Internet Explorer, will work. It is a good idea to back up all the module code files. They are located in 'Root folder, Drupal installation (if in a subfolder otherwise your root folder will be your Drupal installation) and then Modules.' Individual modules will have their own folders within the Modules folder.
Navigate to 'Administer, Site Configuration and then Site Maintenance' in your Drupal interface. Select 'Offline' and click 'Save Configuration' at the bottom to place your site in maintenance mode.
Navigate to 'Administer, Site Building and then Modules.' Uncheck the modules that you need to update to disable them. Click 'Save Configuration' at the bottom.
Navigate to 'Administer, Reports and then Available updates.' Click the download link for each module you need to update and follow the provided instructions for downloading the updated module.
Upload the module folder and files to your website using your FTP access software. Place them within the 'Modules' folder and overwrite your outdated files.
Navigate to 'Administer, Site Building and then Modules.' Click the 'Update PHP' link in the text at the top of the page. You can also go to http://YourSite.com/drupal/update.
Follow the prompts to finalize the PHP and database updates. It should automatically detect any necessary updates. If it shows 'No Updates Available' you do not need to update your database.
Check your site on the public side to ensure that all functionality and content is present and working.
In Feburary 2016 25,
Showing posts with label Dreamweaver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dreamweaver. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Monday, 22 February 2016
Easy Ways to Put Together a WebsiteIn Feburary 2016 22,
In Feburary 2016 22,
Think about the message you want to present before you begin. Think about the content you want to include and where it will come from. You might be writing your own articles and using your own pictures. If you are designing a website for your business, you'll need to decide how you're going to take payment for your product or service. Take a look at the websites you like and don't like. Decide why these websites are enjoyable or what about them frustrates you. Design your website accordingly.
Building Your Website
There are several options for building your website. You don't need expensive web design software or a lot of HTML knowledge. You can find a free WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web design program that works like a word processor. These programs allow you to insert your text and graphics, while the program generates the HTML code for you. CoffeeCup is a free HTML editor. Adobe's Dreamweaver is a good choice for complex web design made easy, but the software can be an expensive option for beginners.If you will be posting photos and graphics to your website, photo editing software is something else you want to consider. You can use a program like Picasa, XnView or Photofiltre (see resources). These are graphic editing tools you can use to prepare your images for the web. They each have extensive editing features and are reliable programs.
Web Hosting Services
Another option for putting together a website easily is to sign up for a free hosting account (see resources). These web hosts not only allow you to display your web pages on the Internet free of charge, they feature built-in tools that make it easy for you to design and build your website. When you use web tools built in to your web hosting service, you don't need to worry about additional software to upload your pages. Your changes are saved and displayed immediately.Many paid web hosting services offer a wider range of web tools to help you design your website easily, as well as shopping carts for e-commerce. These features are included in the package price, along with free domain name registration. Startlogic is a reliable company with a long track record and an extensive, easy-to-use design tool set.For users who want to do business from their websites, Paypal is the easiest way. With a business account at Paypal, you can generate HTML code for your website that will add 'Buy It Now' buttons to the products or services you feature on your website. A Paypal account is free and easy to set up.
Blogs
A blog, which is a shortened version of the term web log, is an alternative you can use to create a website. Blog sites are typically free and easy to set up. Rather than use traditional website structures, blogs are usually column based and primarily text. You can use graphics on blog sites, but the primary goal of a blog is to allow users to make a 'log' of the events going on in their lives, their personal opinions, or to promote a business or service. WordPress and Blogger are two reliable blog sites. The tools offered by these blog sites are simple to use and free of charge.
In Feburary 2016 22,
Think about the message you want to present before you begin. Think about the content you want to include and where it will come from. You might be writing your own articles and using your own pictures. If you are designing a website for your business, you'll need to decide how you're going to take payment for your product or service. Take a look at the websites you like and don't like. Decide why these websites are enjoyable or what about them frustrates you. Design your website accordingly.
Building Your Website
There are several options for building your website. You don't need expensive web design software or a lot of HTML knowledge. You can find a free WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web design program that works like a word processor. These programs allow you to insert your text and graphics, while the program generates the HTML code for you. CoffeeCup is a free HTML editor. Adobe's Dreamweaver is a good choice for complex web design made easy, but the software can be an expensive option for beginners.If you will be posting photos and graphics to your website, photo editing software is something else you want to consider. You can use a program like Picasa, XnView or Photofiltre (see resources). These are graphic editing tools you can use to prepare your images for the web. They each have extensive editing features and are reliable programs.
Web Hosting Services
Another option for putting together a website easily is to sign up for a free hosting account (see resources). These web hosts not only allow you to display your web pages on the Internet free of charge, they feature built-in tools that make it easy for you to design and build your website. When you use web tools built in to your web hosting service, you don't need to worry about additional software to upload your pages. Your changes are saved and displayed immediately.Many paid web hosting services offer a wider range of web tools to help you design your website easily, as well as shopping carts for e-commerce. These features are included in the package price, along with free domain name registration. Startlogic is a reliable company with a long track record and an extensive, easy-to-use design tool set.For users who want to do business from their websites, Paypal is the easiest way. With a business account at Paypal, you can generate HTML code for your website that will add 'Buy It Now' buttons to the products or services you feature on your website. A Paypal account is free and easy to set up.
Blogs
A blog, which is a shortened version of the term web log, is an alternative you can use to create a website. Blog sites are typically free and easy to set up. Rather than use traditional website structures, blogs are usually column based and primarily text. You can use graphics on blog sites, but the primary goal of a blog is to allow users to make a 'log' of the events going on in their lives, their personal opinions, or to promote a business or service. WordPress and Blogger are two reliable blog sites. The tools offered by these blog sites are simple to use and free of charge.
In Feburary 2016 22,
Thursday, 18 February 2016
How to Make a Hit Counter in DreamweaverIn Feburary 2016 18,
In Feburary 2016 18,
Navigate to your Web host's homepage and see if they offer free hit counters. If they don't, go to another Web host that does. Bravenet, for example, offers free hit counters and other Web tools even if you don't have a host account with them (see Resources).
Click the link to the hit counter tool. You may need to register with the Web host in order to download the code, but the registration should be free. If not, look elsewhere. Bravenet's hit counter is free.
Click the button to create a new hit counter. You will be prompted to enter a name for the counter and provide the URL of the page you want to add the counter to.
Choose settings and then the look for your counter.
Select (highlight) and copy the Javascript code the Web host puts on the screen for you.
Open Dreamweaver and open the Web page you want to add the hit counter to.
View the HTML code for your page by clicking the 'CODE' button at the top of the window, then click at the location where you want the counter to appear. Usually counters are placed at the bottom of the page above the closing 'BODY' tag.
Select 'Paste' from the Edit menu and the code for the hit counter will be inserted. Save changes, upload the page to your Web server and view it in your Web browser to test.
Use a Free PHP Script
Use your Web browser to download a free PHP hit counter script from the Internet, such as the one at phpjunkyard.com (see Resources).
Go into your site in Dreamweaver and create a new folder in your local files list called 'counter.'
Place the PHP script and any files that came with it in this folder and read the instructions that come with the script for any special customization steps you need to take. Sometimes this information is on the Web page before you download, or it's a 'readme' file included in the download.
Open the hit counter PHP file in Dreamweaver. Change to 'CODE' view if necessary. There should be very clear instructions from the programmer at the top of the file about what variables you need to customize.
Make any necessary changes to the PHP code following the programmer's instructions. Save and close the file.
Open the Web page you want to add the counter to and save it with the extension .php instead of htm or .html. To run PHP on your page, you need this file extension or the commands will be ignored. View the HTML code on this file.
Click at the location where you want the hit counter to appear (anywhere above the closing 'BODY' tag), and paste in a PHP call to the hit counter file according to the instructions that came with your script. The code would look something like:
</script'>http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/counter/gcount.php'><!--//--></script>.
Add a link back to the programmer's website under the counter (it's the considerate thing to do if you're using someone else's script for free), save changes to the file, then upload the php Web page and the counter folder to your Web server.
View the files on your Web server in Dreamweaver by selecting 'Remote Site' from the top of the site files box on the right. If the instructions for your hit counter script say to change file permissions on any of the script files, right-click the file name and choose 'Set Permissions' from the pop-up menu.
Make the changes to the 'Set Permissions' screen and click 'OK.'
Return to 'Local View' in your site files list and double-check the Web page that will have the hit counter to make sure you have the PHP command correct, then save, upload the file to the server and use your Web browser to view the page and test the hit counter.
In Feburary 2016 18,
Navigate to your Web host's homepage and see if they offer free hit counters. If they don't, go to another Web host that does. Bravenet, for example, offers free hit counters and other Web tools even if you don't have a host account with them (see Resources).
Click the link to the hit counter tool. You may need to register with the Web host in order to download the code, but the registration should be free. If not, look elsewhere. Bravenet's hit counter is free.
Click the button to create a new hit counter. You will be prompted to enter a name for the counter and provide the URL of the page you want to add the counter to.
Choose settings and then the look for your counter.
Select (highlight) and copy the Javascript code the Web host puts on the screen for you.
Open Dreamweaver and open the Web page you want to add the hit counter to.
View the HTML code for your page by clicking the 'CODE' button at the top of the window, then click at the location where you want the counter to appear. Usually counters are placed at the bottom of the page above the closing 'BODY' tag.
Select 'Paste' from the Edit menu and the code for the hit counter will be inserted. Save changes, upload the page to your Web server and view it in your Web browser to test.
Use a Free PHP Script
Use your Web browser to download a free PHP hit counter script from the Internet, such as the one at phpjunkyard.com (see Resources).
Go into your site in Dreamweaver and create a new folder in your local files list called 'counter.'
Place the PHP script and any files that came with it in this folder and read the instructions that come with the script for any special customization steps you need to take. Sometimes this information is on the Web page before you download, or it's a 'readme' file included in the download.
Open the hit counter PHP file in Dreamweaver. Change to 'CODE' view if necessary. There should be very clear instructions from the programmer at the top of the file about what variables you need to customize.
Make any necessary changes to the PHP code following the programmer's instructions. Save and close the file.
Open the Web page you want to add the counter to and save it with the extension .php instead of htm or .html. To run PHP on your page, you need this file extension or the commands will be ignored. View the HTML code on this file.
Click at the location where you want the hit counter to appear (anywhere above the closing 'BODY' tag), and paste in a PHP call to the hit counter file according to the instructions that came with your script. The code would look something like:
</script'>http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/counter/gcount.php'><!--//--></script>.
Add a link back to the programmer's website under the counter (it's the considerate thing to do if you're using someone else's script for free), save changes to the file, then upload the php Web page and the counter folder to your Web server.
View the files on your Web server in Dreamweaver by selecting 'Remote Site' from the top of the site files box on the right. If the instructions for your hit counter script say to change file permissions on any of the script files, right-click the file name and choose 'Set Permissions' from the pop-up menu.
Make the changes to the 'Set Permissions' screen and click 'OK.'
Return to 'Local View' in your site files list and double-check the Web page that will have the hit counter to make sure you have the PHP command correct, then save, upload the file to the server and use your Web browser to view the page and test the hit counter.
In Feburary 2016 18,
Sunday, 7 February 2016
How to Create Host a WebsiteIn Feburary 2016 07,
In Feburary 2016 07,
Start with a pen and paper and sketch out a site map. The map should begin with the website's home page and branch out from there. It is similar in structure to an organization chart that shows the hierarchy of a corporation. The home page is the CEO and the other pages on the site are employees.
Still using pen and paper, sketch out what the web pages will look like. Decide what elements, such as text, images and video need to be on the pages and where each element will go.
Gather the images, text, video and other elements to be placed on the page together in one place in one folder.
Choose web design software. Adobe Dreamweaver is the industry standard for professional web page design, but there are many free or inexpensive web design programs, such as NVU Open Source Web Builder and WYSIWYG Web Builder Five, which can be downloaded at no cost. These programs are fine for building personal websites.
Working from the initial sketch, lay out the web pages that comprise the site using the web design software. Start with the home page of the site, which must be named 'Index.html.' Other pages on the site can have any name the creator wants.
Using the site map as a guide, make sure the pages of the site are linked together so that users can get from one page to another.
Preview the site in multiple web browsers. The site should appear as it looks when viewed with the web design software. If any page does not look the same in a browser as it does when viewed with the web design software, edit the page until the problem is solved.
Hosting a Website
Register a domain name at Register.com or a similar service.
Decide what kind of web hosting package is needed. Prices range from around seven dollars a month for basic service to thirty dollars a month for multiple website hosting with unlimited storage.
Purchase a hosting package.
Follow the instructions provided by the hosting company to move the completed website to the host servers.
In Feburary 2016 07,
Start with a pen and paper and sketch out a site map. The map should begin with the website's home page and branch out from there. It is similar in structure to an organization chart that shows the hierarchy of a corporation. The home page is the CEO and the other pages on the site are employees.
Still using pen and paper, sketch out what the web pages will look like. Decide what elements, such as text, images and video need to be on the pages and where each element will go.
Gather the images, text, video and other elements to be placed on the page together in one place in one folder.
Choose web design software. Adobe Dreamweaver is the industry standard for professional web page design, but there are many free or inexpensive web design programs, such as NVU Open Source Web Builder and WYSIWYG Web Builder Five, which can be downloaded at no cost. These programs are fine for building personal websites.
Working from the initial sketch, lay out the web pages that comprise the site using the web design software. Start with the home page of the site, which must be named 'Index.html.' Other pages on the site can have any name the creator wants.
Using the site map as a guide, make sure the pages of the site are linked together so that users can get from one page to another.
Preview the site in multiple web browsers. The site should appear as it looks when viewed with the web design software. If any page does not look the same in a browser as it does when viewed with the web design software, edit the page until the problem is solved.
Hosting a Website
Register a domain name at Register.com or a similar service.
Decide what kind of web hosting package is needed. Prices range from around seven dollars a month for basic service to thirty dollars a month for multiple website hosting with unlimited storage.
Purchase a hosting package.
Follow the instructions provided by the hosting company to move the completed website to the host servers.
In Feburary 2016 07,
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