Add Menu Classes In Drupal 7
| Drupal Development | 25 seen
In this Drupal tutorial I'll show how to add menu classes to your Drupal 7 website using template.php file.
Original of this tutorial has been found here.
Add this function to your template.php file:
<?php /** * theme_menu_link() */ function THEMENAME_menu_link(array $variables) { //add class for li $variables['element']['#attributes']['class'][] = 'menu-' . $variables['element']['#original_link']['mlid']; //add class for a $variables['element']['#localized_options']['attributes']['class'][] = 'menu-' . $variables['element']['#original_link']['mlid']; //dvm($variables['element']); return theme_menu_link($variables); } ?>P.S. If you are considering a hosting for your Drupal website check out Bluehost, their shared hosting starts as low as $3.95/mo or read more about cheap Drupal hosting.
Redirect non www to www - Apache .htaccess
| Servers | 4 seen
It has been years since I last time used .htaccess file available in Apache. I'm using Ngnix servers for 99.9 of mine work.
But today I had an opportunity to work on Apache environment, which uses .htaccess file.
So in order to rewrite non www to www in Apache I added following rulles to .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
For Ngnix please read this article:
http://www.reinisfischer.com/ngnix-www-non-www
Da Vinci's Demons Season 2
| Worth to Watch | 13 seen
<p>Da Vinci's Demons season 2 aired on March 22, 2014. </p><p>I really enjoyed first season and was inpatient to see Season 2. </p><p>Maybe of very interesting ending at finale episode in season 1.</p><p>In this season you will meet new characters like Amerigo Vespucci, which in Da Vinci's Demons is portrayed as an alcoholic and con.</p><p>Good, interesting and popular SCI-Fi. Don't rely on this film to much, do your investigation more about Leonardo Da Vinci's work,as I did after watching first season.</p>
Add Viewport in the <head> in Drupal 7
| Drupal Development | 18 seen
In this Drupal Tutorial I will show how to add a new HTML in Drupal 7 head section.
I'm using responsive design to enable my blog work pretty ok on mobile devices, but yesterday looking through Google PageSpeed Insights suggestions I found that there is no viewport defined, so it might not render CSS as I might want, but instead to scale webpage to device.
Your page does not have a viewport specified. This causes mobile devices to render your page as it would appear on a desktop browser, scaling it down to fit on a mobile screen. Configure a viewport to allow your page to render properly on all devices.
What is the solution for Drupal 7?
I did a quick Google search, and found webomelette article with solution.
I added to my Drupal theme template.php following function:
function YOUR_THEME_preprocess_html(&$vars) { $viewport = array( '#tag' => 'meta', '#attributes' => array( 'name' => 'viewport', 'content' => 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1', ), ); drupal_add_html_head($viewport, 'viewport'); }Change YOUR_THEME to name of your theme, save…
A Time Lapse of green wall - Day 1
| Living in Georgia | 7 seen
There is a one really nice looking wall located in Tbilisi, I would like to show it to you, that building is left from the brick wall building opposite to me, and I'm seeing it every day, for the last one year.
The wall is grown with some greens, and in Summer it looks cool green, in Autumn it turns red, in Winter it's naked, and now I'm looking to make a time-lapse of this wall turning from naked into the green.
Here is a Day 1 photo:
I'm not sure how many days I will need, to see that wall completely green, but I promise that at the end I will create a Time-lapse video, like some 30 seconds or like that.
Georgia - Day of National Unity
| Living in Georgia | 6 seen
25 years ago, on April 9th, 1989 in Tbilisi, then Georgian SSR tragic events took place, what later were named as Tbilisi tragedy, Tbilisi Massacre or April 9th Tragedy.
Nowadays April 9th is marked as public holiday and called a the Day of National Unity.
Basicly Soviet Government turned against it's citizens and sent tanks out in streets to dispress opposition. Tbilisi events later turned to Vilnius events and other.
Prelude of Tbilisi tragedy
The anti-Soviet movement became more active in the Georgian SSR in 1988. Several strikes and meetings were organized by anti-Soviet political organizations in Tbilisi. The conflict between the Soviet government and Georgian nationalists deepened after the so-called Lykhny Assembly on March 18, 1989, when several thousand Abkhaz demanded secession from Georgia and restoration of the Union republic status of 1921–1931. In response, the anti-Soviet groups organized a series of unsanctioned meetings across the republic, claiming that the Soviet government was using Abkhaz separatism in order to oppose the pro-independence movement. The protests reached their peak on April 4, 1989, when…
Performing Joomla 1.5 convert to Drupal 7
| Drupal Development | 9 seen
Over past couple of years, I have many times seen a bad Joomla site, which either is hacked or is not working as it should, and I have converted those sites to Drupal.
The most strange things is, there is always some Joomla developer, who has created that site, but when problems occur, that Joomla developer is gone.. Strange right? How can one call himself a Joomla developer, when first problems occur, he is gone?
So I got another Joomla site request to perform a Joomla major Upgrade from 1.5 to 2.5.
I thought, hell, why not - let's fix this site, by not converting it to Drupal (As I usually do), but let's stay on Joomla.
Site works, there has been no hackers yet. So I started to do Joomla upgrade. At first I made a minor upgrade, to update Joomla database to latest stable. I was reading a lot Joomla developer forums and blogs, what are they suggestions. In order to perform major upgrade for Joomla, you have to install some mystic upgrade extension... Ok, I did, I followed to all the best practices from Joomla community for upgrading Joomla site... And then.. It sucks.
There…
Father's David church, Mtatsminda pantheon and other
| Tourism objects | 18 seen
What to do in weekends when in Tbilisi? Grab your camera, and make some scenic views.
This time - photos from Tbilisi, taken in April 5th, 2014, visiting Mama Daviti church, Mtatsminda pantheon and other.
6 month of blogging each day has passed
| Blogging | 5 seen
I started this blog on October 4th, 2013, and I started my blogging experience with a promise to blog 365 days in a row (including Christmas, New Years day and other)
I'm half way there. So I decided to give some insights how I'm performing for now.
My blog traffic stats has raised from very modest to decent modest, in January I even experienced my first traffic spike, when someone posted link to my blog, on highly popular site.
I'm experiencing traffic gains step by step, last month (March) I got 542 unique visitors which of course is pretty modest number. My plan by end of September is to get stable 6000 unique visitors per month. Pretty much to grow, right? I must increase my traffic by some 12 times.
Top 10 articles
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As you can see, some economical articles are more popular over other types of articles. I like economics and statistics, so for now, it seems, pretty ok.
My AdSense earnings for my blog is really modest, it might me some $3 over last 6 months. So I decided to work with my sites layout, to get higher CTR.…
My online income report - March 2014
| Blogging | 11 seen
My online income in March dropped by half, and totalled to really modest $5.51.
In average I earned about $0.177 a day, what is significant drop compared to previous month, when in daily average I earned $0.34
- Highest earnings per day: $1.06
- Days making more than $1: 1
- Days without making earnings: 7
Blog statistics March 2014
| Blogging | 7 seen
March was pretty good month in terms of visitors from search engines. My blog managed to attract more than 500 visitors this month.
500 is pretty modest result, but still it's growing number, compared to little more than 300 in previous month.
This month I'm aiming between 750-1000 unique visitors. I believe I will manage this, thanks to organic search results.
My aim is to get about 6000 uniques by end of this September/October.
Living in Georgia already 3 years
| Living in Georgia | 5 seen
Today it has been already three years, since I have been living in Georgia. My first arrival to Tbilisi was at night from April 1st to April 2nd.
I knew little, not to say, nothing about Georgia, before then. I knew that Georgia once was part of the USSR, I have heard something about war in 2008. I feel much more educated about Georgia now!
The reason I decided to come to Georgia, was an article on Forbes, covering Georgia, and saying that Georgia is fast reformer and it has one of best business environments in the World. (Yes, I was a bit naive back then)
The driven force was economic changes in Georgia. So I decided to see them, and so I have been living here for already 3 years. Nice, right?
I have been living in Tbilisi, with 6 month period living at the Black sea resort town of Batumi (2012).
What can I tell about Georgia 3 years latter?My feeling are ambivalent, there are so many things I like, and there are few things which I would like to be different.
In overall Georgia is small nation with small nation complex and prides. Georgians are warm welcoming, but they are…
Video Parody: President Obama Calls Vladimir Putin to Discuss the Situation in Ukraine (2014)
| Documentaries | 7 seen
In recent years, the use of video parodies as a form of political satire has become increasingly popular. With the rise of social media and the availability of sophisticated video editing tools, it is now easier than ever for anyone to create and share their own political parodies. One such example is the video parody of a hypothetical phone call between President Obama and Vladimir Putin, in which the two leaders discuss the situation in Ukraine.
The video opens with a simulated phone call between President Obama and Vladimir Putin. In the call, President Obama expresses his concern about the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and Putin responds with his own perspective on the situation. Throughout the call, the two leaders engage in a humorous back-and-forth, poking fun at each other's positions and making light of the political and military tensions between the United States and Russia.
One of the standout moments of the video is when President Obama jokingly asks Putin if he has seen the latest Hollywood blockbuster movie, to which Putin responds that he is more of a fan of Russian films. The exchange is a nod to the cultural differences between the United…
10 Reasons to Choose Drupal for Your Website Development
| Drupal Development | 8 seen
Drupal is a popular open-source content management system that is known for its flexibility, scalability, and security features.
With a vast community of developers and users, Drupal offers a wide range of modules and themes that can help you create and manage your website easily. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced developer, Drupal offers numerous benefits that make it an ideal choice for your next web project. Here are 10 reasons why you should choose Drupal for your next website.
Scalability and Flexibility: Drupal is a highly scalable and flexible platform that can handle large amounts of data and traffic, making it perfect for large enterprise websites and high-traffic blogs.
Open-Source: Drupal is open-source software, which means that it is free to use and that the source code is publicly available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute. This also means that there is a large community of developers working to improve the platform and to provide support.
User-Friendly: Drupal has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for users to…
Educating North Korea (2014) - Unlocking the Secrets of Elite University: A Panorama Documentary
| Documentaries | 11 seen
The documentary "Educating North Korea" from British BBC Panorama sheds light on one of the world's most closed and oppressive societies.
North Korea is ruled by the young and ruthless leader Kim Jong-un, who has threatened nuclear war against the United States and recently executed his own uncle. In the heart of this absolute dictatorship, there is a remarkable university that is attempting to change the minds of the nation's future elite.
The university, which is paid for by the West, offers a unique opportunity for students to learn from foreign lecturers and gain exposure to new ideas.
The university is located in the heart of North Korea and is unlike any other academic institution in the world. It is designed to educate the future leaders of the country and is exclusively for the sons of some of the most powerful men in the nation. The aim of the university is to give these young men a chance to broaden their horizons and see the world from a different perspective. The university is a rare window into North Korea, offering a glimpse into a world that is otherwise off-limits to outsiders.
Reporter Chris Rogers gained unprecedented access to…
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