Drupal 6

Resetting the ROOT password in a MySql server

Submitted by johnvsc on December 5, 2009 - 10:22am
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If you haven't guessed, this blog contains things I need to remember because I make alot of stupid mistakes. This happens often when your brain is a sieve.

Anyhow, so with my last install of WAMP, I decided to be clever and give my 'root' privilege an actual password because I was tired of seeing that error is phpMyAdmin. LOL, well, so after I set it and tried to get into the phpMyAdmin ... I was locked out.

So, if that happens to you, try this:

  1. use the WAMP task bar manager and select the MySQL console or ...

Setting up SSH / Drush on a Go-Daddy Shared Hosting Plan

Submitted by johnvsc on November 26, 2009 - 11:26am
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Yeah you read that right!

The details surrounding this is quite complicated ... so i won't bore you with history. I will just tell you how to do it (which is all I want when I spent more hours that I can remember looking for a solution!)

Return NID for a Content Type

Submitted by johnvsc on June 24, 2009 - 11:55am
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This little diddy evaluates a content type and, if it checks out, returns the NID for the specific node / page!

Quick Guide to using drupal_add_tabledrag and enjoying jquery drag and drop loveliness

Submitted by johnvsc on March 23, 2009 - 2:47pm
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tom_o_t was working on creating dragable tables in Drupal and found this great tutorial. I am posting it here so that I can find it later :)
orginally posted on computerminds

Replacing strings in a specific table within phpMyAdmin

Submitted by johnvsc on March 22, 2009 - 7:57pm
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  1. In the phpMyAdmin interface for your site, navigate to the correct table
  2. Click the SQL tab, and in the SQL query box...
  3. Using this code and replacing the ** with correct information, test to see if you are replacing the correct string 
    SELECT replace(*rowName*,'*original string*','*new string*'), *rowName* FROM `*table name*`
  4. if this checks out, then use this code to replace the string: 
    update *table name* set *rowName*= replace(*rowName*,'*original string*','*new string*');
  5. Check the results

Nine Splice

Submitted by johnvsc on February 26, 2009 - 11:26pm
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Nine-Splice is a frame work for creating borders that I have been working on for a while. I was on the IRC when a Drupal user was inquiring about a good way to create borders around content. I offered to post it ... as it just my get my arse moving to finish it up. This is teh beginnning stages as I have some ideas to develop it into a module: particularly a "Theming Module".

The attached zip file contains several files. The way this works is this: I use the DREADED table to create a 3 x 3 framework around the content. Why a grid? Well, to be quite honest... it the best framework for our solution. I have three images:

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