Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 10 - Views exposed filters
<p>Remember at start of this tutorial <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/building-drupal-site-scratch-part-1-planing">we created a tour types taxonomy</a>, by allowing…
Drupal & Servers
The Drupal & Servers section covers practical insights, tutorials, and notes from over 15 years of experience working with Drupal and web infrastructure.
Alongside Drupal development, this includes hands-on work with server environments such as Ubuntu, Nginx, and tools like XTRF, as well as broader topics around deployment, configuration, and performance optimization. The focus is on real-world solutions, debugging, and maintaining production systems rather than theory.
More recently, there has been a shift toward “vibe coding” — rapidly building and iterating on tools with the help of AI. This approach has led to the development of several practical applications for financial markets, including options scanners and other data-driven utilities.
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 9 - adding menu
<p>To add a menu to your Drupal site, you should enable menu module from your modules page:</p><p><img src="http://reinisfischer.com/sites/default/files/enablemenu.JPG&…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 8 - Theming subtheme CSS
<p>In part 2 of series how to build a Drupal site from scratch, I'm talking about how to create a subtheme from Bootstrap theme.</p><p>Today I would like to speak how to…
Drupal views archive page
<p>Today I decided to give some face-lift to my blog page. I wanted to add an archive function to filter blog posts by month. If you have views enabled, you can use default view archive, which…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 7 - Theming views
<p>In <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/building-drupal-site-scratch-part-5-custom-fro… 4</a> in tutorial series how to build a Drupal site from scratch, I am showing how to build…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 6 - Working with blocks
<p>In <a href="http://reinisfischer.com/building-drupal-site-scratch-part-4-creating-v… 4</a> of this Drupal tutorial series we created a view with block - Features tours. Now is…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 5 - Custom fronpage
<p>By default Drupal comes with frontpage set to display latest 10 nodes from your site:</p><p><img src="http://reinisfischer.com/sites/default/files/frontpagedrupal.png…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 4 - Creating views
<p>Let's move on with our tourism companies website tutorial.</p><p>In part 1 we created a custom content type - Tours, now it's time to make a few views which will…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 3 - Better administration
Recently I started a tutorial series - How to build a Drupal site from scratch. In part 1 I'm talking about planing a site. In part 2, I'm showing how to make a subtheme from Bootstrap…
Building a Drupal site from scratch - part 2 - Applying a subtheme
Recently I started a tutorial series - How to build a Drupal site from scratch. In part 1 I'm talking about planing a site. In this tutorial I'm giving a real example for building a tourism companies…
Display YouTube videos on Drupal site with YouTube field module
Recently I started a new topic series - documentaries, where I publish documentaries I have watched and recommend to watch others. I write a brief description of what each documentary is, and then I…
Getting Started with Building a Drupal Site from Scratch: Content Types, Fields
Building a website, whether it's using Drupal or not, requires careful planning and consideration. It's important to determine what the purpose of the website is, who the target audience is, and what…
Upgrading Your Drupal 7 Site: Tips and Tricks for a Smooth Transition (Minor Upgrade)
Upgrading a website can be a daunting task, especially if you're not familiar with the process. But upgrading your Drupal site is necessary for security, bug fixes, and new features. In this article…
Spellchecker for TinyMCE WYSIWYG Drupal
TinyMCE is a popular WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor used in Drupal and many other content management systems. It is a powerful tool that allows users to easily create and edit rich…
Filtering Popular Posts on Drupal: How to Filter by Time Frame with Views
In a previous tutorial, I showed how to use Views to filter popular posts on a Drupal site. Today, I will demonstrate how to filter popular posts within a specific time frame, such as a week or a…
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