Monthly Archives: September 2012

Event Views

Creating Events – Views Event Calendar View Setup Home » Administration » Structure Click on Views Structure > Views > Calendar Then click on Edit button to the right of the Calendar view   Figure 27   Admin_StructureViewsCalendarMonth1.jpg   From … Continue reading

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Install Key Drupal Modules – Part 4 – Calendar and Events

Installing Calendar Module http://drupal.org/project/calendar Under DATE/TIME in Module list activate Calendar. There is a good video on this here: http://vimeo.com/26853285   Creating Events Content Type Now we are finally ready to setup our event content type. Also note – debugging Calendar / … Continue reading

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Install Key Drupal Modules – Part 2

Follow the same steps you did in Part 1 for the other modules and install the following modules: Remember to pick the 7.x releases that end in gz and to not use Development releases. Advanced Help http://drupal.org/project/advanced_help Tokens Tokens are … Continue reading

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How to Set Up Your Church or Group Site Using HostGator and Drupal – Index

This is a work in progress from notes I took when setting up my first Church site with Drupal. Contents How to Set Up a Professional Church or Group Web Presence and Website What is your Web site for? How … Continue reading

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How to install Drupal from HostGator cPanel

Install Drupal core 7.x HostGator has good Drupal hosting capability. Here are the step by step instructions for installing Drupal from cPanel (the main dashboard used by HostGator). The menu to all cool features at HostGator and many other hosted sites … Continue reading

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How to fix Drupal error “the directory sites/default/files does not exist” for HostGator Drupal sites.

If you run the Drupal status report and see the following error: The directory sites/default/files does not exist It means the directory in your HostGator (or other hosting) does not have the correct permissions to allow Drupal to allow access … Continue reading

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Install Key Drupal Modules – Part 3

Date Module http://drupal.org/project/date (At time of this article the current version of Date was date-7.x-2.6.tar.gz) After installing the Date module activate all the Date/Time features you can. Some like Date Context and Date Migration cannot be activated because they are missing additional modules … Continue reading

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Install Key Drupal Modules – Part 1

How to Install a Drupal Module You need to login as admin to your drupal site (the admin and password would have been sent to you after you installed Drupal with your hosting company). Open a new window (so you … Continue reading

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Drupal Setup

Make the home page look like yours Change the Name and Logo of your site. Click on Appearance Figure 1 – Site Settings Click on Settings next to Bartrk. Un-check the check box next to “Use the default logo” to allow you … Continue reading

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Site map and Navigation

Step 1 – Build the foundation and rooms – Site map and Navigation In the same way you design a house, for a web site we want to lay down the foundations for each room and once the structure and … Continue reading

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