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Drupal - Load user's Content Profile, given the UID

· konordo
There are so many reasons to use Content Profile instead of the user's core profile. For once, profiles are created as separate nodes and therefore the full flexibility of CCK and VIews come in the game. This way it is possible to build some really sophisticated profiles, which is usually what is needed for any website. I had to look around for an easy solution on how to load the user's content profile programmatically, so the following might come in helpful.

How to test cron in Centos

· konordo
Here you can find some simple tests that would confirm the smooth functionality of your crontab.

Test if cron is running

Type the following command: 
ps ax | grep cron
Make sure that cron shows up. Expected output should be something like 

[konordo@konordoserv]# ps ax | grep cron
 1185 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep cron
 1771 ?        Ss     0:00 crond

Test if cron is working

Add the following entry to your crontab. To do so, enter the command 
crontab -e

Drupal: How to add another recipient in personal user contact form

· konordo
Drupal's core contact module comes with the feature that allows users to have their own personal contact forms. We were asked to provide a way so that User 1 would receive a copy of any message exchanged between users via the forms. Our first thought was to use Rules, but it seemed that creating an event for contact form submission was the long way to go. The solution was quite simple: Using hook_mail_alter.

Reset drupal statistics - The Read counter

· konordo
Here is a quick and easy way to reset the drupal statistics stored in the database with a couple of SQL queries. You can reset the Total counters with: UPDATE `node_counter` set `totalcount` = 0; And the day counters with: UPDATE `node_counter` set `daycount` = 0; Important: You should keep a backup of the database before performing any actions. Another suggestion is to use the Statistics Advanced Settings module that comes with this setting.

Drupal: Accordions in custom module - How to

· konordo
If you'd like some fancy accordion on your module's output, here is a short recipe: 1.Download jquery_update. Make sure that your jquery version is minimum 1.3.+ after the installation. This is required for the jquery_ui 1.7.x in step 2. An easy way to check the jquery version is to visit the drupal status report page under /admin/reports/status 2. Download jquery_ui. Install it according to the instructions in the documentation.

Translate <Any> in Views Exposed Filter

· konordo

While trying to translate the <Any> string in Views, locale returned the error "unsupported HTML".

A quick workaround is to switch from <Any> to -Any-; There is an option available under the Views Tools tab just for that.

The string "-Any-" is translatable, so from this point on it is easy to search for the string "-Any-" in locale search. If it is not found, you would probably need to check that you typed Any in the search form (case sensitive!).

Once found, it is easy to enter the required translation.

Draw circle overlay in all points in gmap from Radius in a CCK field | Dynamic gmap Macro in Views

· konordo
Lately I needed to add a circle in every marker in a gmap provided by Views. So in order to achieve this, I filled in the Macro textarea of the Style:Gmap settings of the View with the following code. But first, I added the field that contains the Radius value and excluded it from Display, to make the value available in the view result set. This value was in miles, so I made the conversion from km as well.