♥ Bianca ♥

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DATE: 31 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. To upload new images on the theme folder, just copy the images on the images subdirectoty. In the Estate Lite Theme’s case, it should be copied in this subdirectory:

C:\Program Files\Plone\buildout-cache\eggs\quintagroup.theme.estatelite-1.1.1-py2.4.egg\quintagroup\theme\estatelite\skins\estatelite_images

2. Learned that you must first need to check if the site is running in the Debug mode. To do this go to Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > portal css > check the Debug mode check box > click Save.

3. Image editing via Adobe Photoshop for the added images of the Estate Lite Plone Theme.

4. Modified the CSS file of Estate Lite Theme through the Zope Management Interface with the help of Firebug Add-on to include the customized images, code for that is:

background:url(&dtml-portal_url;/headermenu.jpg);

5. Further modifications of the page.tpl.php and style.css files of acquia_marina theme for Drupal.

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DATE: 28 May 2010
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TOTAL: 3hrs, 30mins

1. More modifications on the CSS file of the Estate Lite Plone theme via ZMI and with the aid of Firebug Add-on.
Code for the curved border:

-moz-border-radius: 10px 30px;
border-radius: 10px 30px / 15px 25px;

2. Learned that it is not advisable to always restart instance [read from a documentation from plone.org].

3. Searched for images that will suit the Plone site and how to add images on the theme via Zope Management Interface.

4. Edited the theme’s default images using Adobe Photoshop.

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DATE: 27 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. Installed the pythonbrasil theme for Plone by following instructions from pypi.python.org.
○ Unpack beyondskins.pythonbrasil.site package to src/ folder of your buildout 2. Edit your buildout.cfg and add the following information:

[buildout]
...
eggs =
beyondskins.pythonbrasil.site

[instance]
zcml =
...
beyondskins.pythonbrasil.site

○ After updating the configuration you need to run the ''bin/buildout''.
○ Go to the 'Site Setup' page in the Plone interface and click on the 'Add/Remove Products' link.
○ Choose the product (check its checkbox) and click the 'Install' button.

2. Able to use the Python Brasil Plone Theme as preferred by Sir Dione but encountered problems on the design interface of the theme. I uninstalled the Python Brasil and used the Estate Lite Plone theme instead.

3. Modified the CSS file of the Estate Lite Plone Theme through the Zope Management Interface.

4. Managed to add portlets (blocks or box) in the Plone site. On the administrative page of your Plone site, click on the Manage Portlet below any portlet, there you can add and change the location of the portlets, click Save after alterations.

Its better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life....

---rules sa patintero
Make sense hindi ba??

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DATE: 26 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. Started writing the documentation for the On-the-Job Training including the company profile, organizational chart and history.

2. Used the Estate Lite theme for the Plone site.

3. Viewed the Plone Theme Tutorial presentation by TsungWei Hu from prezi.com.
•You could edit the CSS file of a Plone theme through the Zope Management Interface.
•Go to Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > click on portal skins > look for the theme folder > click on the file with a .css fikle extension > edit the CSS and click change.
•You could also use the Firebug Mozilla Firefox Add-on to easily locate the codes in the CSS files.
•To edit default images of the theme, in the Zope Management Interface, look for the images folder of the theme then click on the name of the image you want to alter then Customize. Click on Browse and select for the new image, click Upload.
•Refresh the page to see changes made.
•If in case the changes you made don’t display immediately after refreshing the page, you may need to restart your instance by going to Site Setup > Maintenance > click on restart.
•I’ve encountered this error every time I restart the instance: HTTP Status 404 - /Plone, I just keep on refreshing the page to see the Plone site.


4. Plone Three Theming Basics from weblion.com:
•You need to make necessary modifications to the theme
•Customize the logo
•Customize the footer or another kind of viewlet
•Change the READ me version files
•Customize the CSS

5. Image editing of the default images of Estate Lite theme using Adobe Photoshop.

6. Using Firebug Add-ons, edited some the CSS file of Estate Lite Plone Theme.

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DATE: 25 May 2010
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TOTAL: 5hrs, 30mins

1. Made further modifications with the CSS file of acquia_,marina theme.

2. Tried to use the DIY Plone Style - This product is meant to be used as a base to develop a new theme (style) or skin (in the graphical meaning) for Plone, making use of the CSS and javascript Registries that now ship with the Plone package – but not unluckily not updated for Plone 3.3.

3. Tried to use the Plone Clean Theme by copying the theme folder in the Plone/products subdirectory then restarting the instance. But this theme did not come form QuintaGroup and it didn’t work. Maybe because of the code name used in the code in buildout.cfg file.

DATE: 24 May 2010
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TOTAL: 3hrs

1. Made more changes with the CSS file of the acquia_marina theme for drupal.

2. Edited the node.tpl PHP file of acquia_marina. Learned that if you delete or disabled the $closure variable in the file, the SimpleMenu and WYSIWYG Modules won’t work.

3. Searched for free download of the Chameleon theme for Plone, but found that it is a premium plone. A premium Plone theme or skin could only be obtained by buying the product through PayPal.

DATE: 22 May 2010
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TOTAL: 2hrs


1. Watched and followed the instructions on the video 'Plone Theme Installation by Quintagroup' from youtube.com:

download a theme from quintagoup.com

unpack and copy the theme folder in the Plone/parts/instance/lib/python subdirectory.

in the etc folder, copy the configure file from the theme folder.
this zcml file should contain code like this



on your Plone site, go to Site Setup > Maintenance > click on Restart

the page will then display 'Zope is restarting'

now go to Add-on Products then select the theme and click Install.

2. Able to use the quintagroup's Estatelite theme.

3. Using the webdeveloper firefox add-on, you can edit the theme's CSS.

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

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DATE: 21 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. Making a Plone Theme: 5 Most Wanted Tips by Denis Mishunov, a Plone integrator from Ukraine [slideshare.net]
1. Centering the design
•Fixed width design CSS:
#visual-portal-wrapper{
width: 980px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
•Liquid design CSS
#visual-portal-wrapper{
margin-left: 20%;
margin-right: 20%;
}

2. Styles for different Internet Explorers
•IEFixes6.css, IEFixes7.css, IEFixes8.css

3. Styles Alteration
•Different sections: News, Products, About Us, Contact
•In XHTML:
o BODY Class: string:${here/getSectionFromURL}
o NEWS section: class=”section-news”
o PRODUCTS section: class=”section-products”
o CONTACT section: class=”section-contact”
o ABOUT US section: class=”section-about-us”

4. Dropdown Menus
•Suckerfish Dropdowns created by Patrick Griffiths and Dan Webb are accessible. Have valid CSS and obviously clean XHTML

5. Rounded Corners
•“Rounded corners in CSS has become sort of a holy grail.”
•Using a pure CSS solution:
•Image based solutions
o The more the radius the more the complex CSS
o Too ugly XHTML
o No hooks in Plone
o People don’t like dealing with Plone if they can change images
•Image based solutions
o You can use sliding doors
o Or the Adam Kalsey technique
o It is pretty simple but not trivial CSS
o Most of the cases use nested HTML elements
o Fixed set of images for the corners
o Inflexible for changes
•JS+CSS solution:
o The most flexible
o Does not require nested HTML elements to be put manually
o Does not require additional CSS

2. Watched a video by quintagroup about installation of an add on theme on Plone,
•Edit the buildout.cfg
Code:
eggs =
...
plonetheme.twinapex
zcml =
...
webcouturier.dropdownmenu
plonetheme.twinapex

•Run the buildout
.bin/buildout
•Restart the instance
./bin/instance restart
•On the administrative page of your Plone site, go to Site Setup > Add/Remove Products > select the theme > Save.
•you will now see the theme folder in the Plone/buildout-cache/eggs subdirectory.

3. To install an old style Plone theme,
•Download and unzip a skin folder.
•Move the skin folder to the products subdirectory of Plone.
•Re-run buildout with the following command:
.bin/buildout
•Restart Zope server.
•Go to http://localhost:8080/Plone/Control_Panel/manage and click restart or by using the code: ./bin/instance restart
•On your administration page of your Plone site, go to Site Setup > Add/Remove Products > enable the new theme > Save.

4. To change the default logo and images of a downloaded theme,
•Go to Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > portal skins > folder of you template > locate the folder of the images < select the image you want to change > click Customize > Browse for thenew image you want > Save changes.
•Repeat these steps for all the images you wish to edit.

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DATE: 20 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. Plone-based websites around the world:
•Akamai - http://www.akamai.com; Akamai® is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and applications online.
•Nokia (Qt Software) - http://qt.nokia.com/; the Qt Software part of Nokia (earlier known as Trolltech) makes software frameworks to make the lives of software developers easier.
•KCRW - http://www.kcrw.com/; KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's largest National Public Radio affiliate
•Chicago Art Museum - http://www.chicagohistory.org/; The Chicago History Museum chose Contextual Corporation and its partner SPR Inc. to help it relaunch its website on the Plone CMS platform 2006.

2. Replaced the CSS file of the acquia_marina theme with the old one to fix some settings.

3. Made changes with the menu.inc file regarding the Theme Editor module.

4. Downloaded and installed an older version of Plone – 3.2.3 – for this is compatible with the built in.

5. Read some documentation about Plone themes in plone.org.
•There are two kinds of theme products: newer egg-based products, and older theme products that are in the "magical Products namespace".
•Eggs are Python packages. If your theme is named plonetheme.whatever, or you generate a new theme using the Paster recipe, then your theme product is egg-based. On an even simpler note, if the root folder contains setup.py, it's an egg.
•If your product looks like was created using DIYPloneStyle 3.x (now outdated), it is an old-style Zope product. You can also tell because there is no setup.py file in the root.

http://plone.org/documentation/kb/creating-custom-style

http://plone.org/documentation/kb/creating-plone-themes/tutorial-all-pages

http://quintagroup.com/services/support/tutorials/base-properties/

http://groups.google.com.ph/group/plone-setup/msg/a33a0c64b20259cc

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DATE: 18 May 2010
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TOTAL: 3hrs, 30mins

1. Watched an introductory video from plone.org.
•Plone derived its name from an electronic music producer in UK.
•Plone is an open source content management system.
•It can be used in a portal, company website, news and media site, intranet server, collaborative groupware, web application framework, content repository, document management, e-commerce and many more.

Basics of Plone
•Log In: The first thing you need to do is to log in; Plone has a rigorous security unlike other CMS.
•When you are logged in, you will notice a green and blue bar added on your page.
•Content: You can create and edit content on my folder tab on your Plone site.
•Any folder that you have on the top folder will become a navigation tabs in your Plone site
•To add a new content, go to My Folder > Add new item > Page > enter the page details > Save.
•Search: Plone uses AJAX technology in its search engine. As you type the keyword, it will display a list of related documents where you could choose from.
•You could also use the Advance Search where you can specify if the search text, item type, when was it last modified, and the title and description.

2. Watched more interactive videos from freesmug.com
•To create a new document, go to my folder > add new item > Document > enter the document details > Save.
•To use a structured text, click on edit/view > edit >
o use * for italics,
o _ for underline,
o ** for bold,
o ‘ for preformatted text
•Select structured text > Save.
•To upload image, my folder > add new item > image > browse... > select an image > Save.
•To create links, select a page > edit > enter this “link to facebook”: http://www.facebook.com to get a link > Save.

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DATE: 17 May 2010
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TOTAL: 6hrs, 20mins

1. Made some modifications with the CSS file of the blackblue theme of the SimpleMenu Module for the font style.

2. Searched for some themes and tutorials for Plone CMS.

3. Downloaded Plone themes/skins like Classic Plone Skins, Mirror Dark Blue,Clean Themes and Wilkin theme.

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DATE: 14 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs

1. Made some modifications with the template file page.tpl for the RSS feed icon.

2. Edited the fluid.css file to maximize the width of the main content in the middle.

3. Checked how the theme looks in four different browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Safari and made some modifications with the fluid.css file to adjust settings that will fit the browsers.

4. Edited the style CSS file to adjust the header of the blocks.

5. Modified the default Acquia Marina description by editing the acquia_marina.info file and replaced the screenshot image with a modified one.

6. More modifications with the blackblue.css file of the SimpleMenu module.

7. Downloaded and installed Plone.

Plone is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for in principle any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops and internal websites.

Zope is a free and open-source, object-oriented web application server written in the Python programming language. Zope stands for "Z Object Publishing Environment", and was the first system using the now common object publishing methodology for the web.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/41-nicest-photoshop-photo-effects-photoshop-tutorials/

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DATE: 13 May 2010
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TOTAL: 4hrs, 20mins

1. Downloaded and customized the Simple Menus Module and edited the images and icons using Photoshop.

2. Made some modifications with the blackblue and simple Cascading Style Sheets of Nice Menus for the colors and float location.

3. Made some modifications with the codes of the template file page.tpl to relocate the RSS feed icon of Acquia_Marina.

4. Edited the style.css file of Acquia_marina

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DATE: 12 May 2010
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TOTAL: 6hrs, 20mins

1. Solved the problem with the WYSIWYG Module. Made some modifications with the template file page.tpl to solve the problem.

2. Image editing via Adobe Photoshop for the theme’s logo and header background.

3. Edited the style.css file again for further modifications.

#header-wrapper {
background: url('images/top-gradient.png') repeat-x 0 1px;
}

body {
background: url('images/top-gradient.png') repeat-x 0 1px;
font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; /* web safe fonts */
font-size: 75%; /* 12px */
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 160%; /* 19.2px */
}

4. Downloaded Nice Menus Module. Enabled it in Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable the Nice Menus > Save Configuration. To use it, go to Administer > Site Building > Blocks > place the module > Save Blocks.

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DATE: 11 May 2010
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TOTAL: 5hrs, 40mins

1. Image editing for the logo and header of the templates.

2. Made some modifications with the style.css af acquia_marina theme.

3. Tested the acquia_marina, changes to be made:
Background header.
Check why the wysiwyg module is not working.
Remove the icons.

4. Downloaded new version of acquia marina.

15 Foods That Make You Fat
By Jason Szova

Mashed Potatoes
Candy
Ice Cream
Potato Chips
Processed Meats
Fast Food
Fried Foods
Soda Drinks
High Sugar Cereals
Whole Milk
Gravy
Breads
Sour cream
Mayonnaise
Gourmet Coffee

These are 15 of the most fattening foods you could eat. You can increase your chance of dieting success by substituting these types of food with low calorie and low fat options.

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DATE: 08 May 2010
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TOTAL: 3hrs

1. More modifications with the default images of acquia_marina theme via Adobe Photoshop.

2. Modified some codes of the theme's style sheet using webdeveloper Firefox add-on and Adobe Dreamweaver.

3. Made some modifications with the fluid.css (in the theme settings subdirectory) to alter the width of sidebar-first.

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DATE: 07 May 2010
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TOTAL: 6hrs, 10mins

1. Image (aquia_marina_logo and aquia_marina_favicon ) editing using Adobe Photoshop. Deleted unwanted images and icons from the theme.

2. Made some modifications with the style.css file.

***For two column layouts
body.layout-first-main #sidebar-first {
margin: 24px 14px 0 0;
width: 200px;
}

body.layout-first-main #content-wrapper {
margin: 34px 0 0 0; /* LTR */
width: 800px;
}


***For three column layout
body.layout-first-main-last #sidebar-first {
margin: 40px 20px 0 0; /* LTR */
width: 200px;
}

body.layout-first-main-last #content-wrapper {
margin: 40px 0 0;
width: 800px;
}

body.layout-first-main-last #content-wrapper #content-inner {
}

/* eto un nsa kanan na block*/

body.layout-first-main-last #content-wrapper #sidebar-last {
background-color: #F4F7E7;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 20px; /* LTR */
width: 200px;
}


And other CSS codes including the font, background and layout and margin of the page.


3. Made some modifications with the page.tpl.php file to display the logo and hide the site name.

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DATE: 06 May 2010
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TOTAL: 6hrs, 20mins

1. Finished watching Drupal Essential Training from Lynda.com

XV. Advanced Tips for PHP Programmers
Changing Templates
•Inside a template folder, you could find the page.tpl.php – a page template file, a mixture of PHP codes and HTML codes. You could modify this template though manual coding in a text editor; but be sure to back up this template file first.
•The node.tpl.php is a template file for the layout of the nodes or content type.
•Contemplate or Content Template is a module used for changing templates.
•To enable it, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable the Contemplate module which requires CCK module > Save Configuration.


PHP Content
•Drupal allows PHP codes in its content.
•Turn on the PHP filter module, Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable PHP module > Save Configuration.
•Turn on also the Input format, Administer > Input Formats > PHP code choice > Configure > turn on the PHP evaluator > Save Configuration.
•Now you can use PHP codes in your content, but be careful with the codes you use.

PHP Snippet
•Small passage of PHP codes, called snippets, enables you to expand your site’s functionality without installing a whole module.
•You could get PHP Snippets in the drupal.org Documentations.
•Drupal.org Documentation provides the snippet codes and tips and instructions of how it would work.
•But before editing any files with the PHP snippet, be sure to back it up just in case the snippet won’t work.

XVI. Launching Your Drupal Site
Launch
•Tips to remember when launching your site
oReview the requirements or contact the Site Administrator for further information.
oCheck all the permissions, switch as a user to see how it interacts with a regular user.
oInvite friends to check your site, their comments and suggestions could help.
oMake sure that you have a back up of the site.

•Steps to move your site on a server
oBe sure that the all and default folders are not Read-only folders.
oExport the database on WAMP or XAMPP.
oAssure the security of your site, assume that people may abuse your site.
oIt is good to include a way that the users could send feedbacks about the site.

Join Drupal
•You could get involved with the Drupal community regardless of your capability.
•On the drupal.org page, click on the Contribute link.
•There you have several options on what you can contribute.
•Create an account to be a part of the Drupal community.

2. Customized the aquia_marina theme based on the color theme of searca.org. Made some modifications with the style.css, icon.css and images of the theme.

Assigned Tasks:

Tasks:
Settle with the aquia_marina theme.
Modify the color theme with searca.org as the basis.
Customize the theme’s CSS file and edit the images and icons.
Remove the unnecessary icons within the theme.
Avoid adding moving images for it can distract the user.

Acquia Marina is an advanced theme developed by TopNotchThemes in partnership with Acquia for their Drupal distribution. It contains the same kinds of features you'll find in our other Drupal themes.

Features
•1, 2, or 3 column layout
•Selectable fluid or fixed width layouts and font stacks
•15 collapsible block regions
•Drop-down primary links menu
•Includes icons for core and Views blocks
•Cross-browser tested in IE6/7, Opera, Safari, and Firefox
•Layered Photoshop PSD files now available!
•Advanced theme settings to customize without coding (for the equivalent in 2.x, see our recommended modules)

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DATE: 05 May 2010
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TOTAL: 8hrs, 30mins

1. Customized the Green, Wabi, Lemontwist, and Amity island themes. Made modifications with the style.css files and the images and icons.

2. Presented the themes to Sir Dione.

Tasks:
Settle with the aquia_marina theme.
Modify the color theme with searca.org as the basis.
Customize the theme’s CSS file and edit the images and icons.
Remove the unnecessary icons within the theme.
Avoid adding moving images for it can distract the user.

Acquia Marina is an advanced theme developed by TopNotchThemes in partnership with Acquia for their Drupal distribution. It contains the same kinds of features you'll find in our other Drupal themes.

Features
•1, 2, or 3 column layout
•Selectable fluid or fixed width layouts and font stacks
•15 collapsible block regions
•Drop-down primary links menu
•Includes icons for core and Views blocks
•Cross-browser tested in IE6/7, Opera, Safari, and Firefox
•Layered Photoshop PSD files now available!
•Advanced theme settings to customize without coding (for the equivalent in 2.x, see our recommended modules)


3. Started to customize the aquia_marina theme (edited images with Photoshop and CSS file using the Webdeveloper add-on in Firefox).

4. Continued watching Drupal Essential Training from Lynda,com

XIV. Building a Navigation Framework

Menus
•There are three built in menus in Drupal: Navigation, Primary links, Secondary links.
•To manage your menu, go to Administer > Site Building > Menus.
•You could also add Primary and Secondary links by going to the Menu Administrative page.

Custom Menus
•You could also customize the default menu. To add custom menu, go to Administer > Site Building > Add Menu > fill up the necessary fields > Save.
•You could also add items in your custom menu, go to Administer > Menus > click that custom menu > fill up the fields > Save.
•To enable the custom menu, go to Administer > Site Building > Blocks > enable the custom menu > Save blocks.
•A clear navigation path makes a site more attractive.
•“Making it easy is hard.”

Books
•A Book is consists of pages that looks like a real book as you go from page to page.
•To create a new book go to Create Content > Book Page > fill up the required fields > Save.
•Remember to allow users to create a book if you desire, go to Administer > Permissions > allow users > Save Permissions.
•You could also add a book as a block, go to Administer > Blocks > place the Book Navigation block > Save Blocks. Just to be able to see the hierarchy of the book.
•Ordering the nook pages and child pages is also possible in the Book Administrative page.

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DATE: 04 May 2010
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TOTAL: 7hrs

1. Continued watching Drupal Essential Training from Lynda,com
XIII. Identifying Must-Have Modules
CCK Module
•Content Construction Kit is used to expand your content.
•To add another content type, go to Administer > Content Management > Content Type > fill up the necessary fields > Save content type.
•Be sure to enable the CCK module, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable the CCK module > Save Configuration.
•You should also enable CCK types in the CCK module to be able to add fields in your new content type.
•To add a new field, go to Administer > Content Management > Content Type > add a field In your new content type > fill up necessary fields > Continue > specify settings > Save filed settings.

Spam
•CAPTHCA is useful in avoiding spasm.
•CAPTCHA is a sloppy acronym for Completely Automated Public Touring Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
•CAPTCHA module forces the user to prove they’re humans and not an automated posting bot by challenging them to answer human readable questions.
•Enable the CAPTCHA Module, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable the CAPTHCHA (image and text) > Save configuration.
•Remember to enable the CAPTCHA module in the Permissions Administrative page for the users.

WYSIWYG
•What You See Is What You Get
•This module is used in editing the content instead of typing the HTML codes. It functions like any word processor.
•Turn on the module, go to Administer > Modules > enable fckeditor > Save configuration
•Remember to allow users with this module in the Permission administrative page.

2. Made some modifications with the style.css and edited images of the Green. Wabi and Lemontwist themes.

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DATE: 03 May 2010
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TOTAL: 5hrs, 30mins

1. Downloaded amity_island, wabi and waffles themes from drupal.org and made some modifications with the style.css and page.tpl.php file.

2. Edited the themes’ images using Adobe Photoshop.

3. Continued watching Drupal Essential Training from Lynda.com:

XII. Expanding Your Site's Capabilities with Modules
Finding Modules
•Modules are freely available in drupal.org in the Modules page.
•CCK – Content Construction Kit – is for the content management.
•Organic Groups allow users to create their own groups.
•The Paging Module enables the user to change the way the page is displayed.
•Views offer multiple ways to display information for multiple nodes in an organized way.
•Drupalmodules.com can help you find modules that are most popular.

Unpacking Modules
•You should install modules in the sites/all/modules subdirectory.
•Modules could be in Dev or still in development stage, Alpha, Beta, or RC(Release Candidate).
•Remember to download only needed modules, don’t overload your site with unnecessary modules.

Configuration Process
•Sometimes, to use the module installed, you need to enable it in the Blocks Administer page.
•While other modules require installation of other modules to be available for use.
•Some might also need configuration outside the Drupal Administration interface.
•So remember to read documentation for proper configuration of modules.

More Modules
•Google Analytics – allows you to keep track of who’s visiting your website and what pages they’re going to.
•Path autho adds user friendly URLs to the nodes you created.
•Ezmlm is a module that requires tweaking outside the Drupal interface.

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DATE: 02 May 2010
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TOTAL: 5hrs

1. Downloaded Theme Editor fro drupal.org.

Theme Editor offers an interface for for the editing of theme files within a Drupal site. Some of the features include:
•Editing of CSS, .info, and Template Files
•Simple back up and restore functions
•Adding and deleting of files
•Fine tuned permissions for different themes and file types

Theme Editor offers a Wordpress inspired editing interface for Drupal themes allowing users to edit themes from within Drupal. –drupal.org

2. Downloaded a Firefox add-on called Web Developer http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/. It is a tool used for editing CSS files.

As recommended by Caleb G - the author of “Drupal how to: Editing your theme colors, stylesheets” from highervisibilitywebsites.com.

3. Watched How To: Drupal Theme Makeover from gotdrupal.com.

•Content and Arrangement, Colors and Fonts, Images and Icons
•Remember to change the .info file to change the name of the theme and other information
•You could modify the images in Adobe Photoshop or even make replacements with the images and icons.

4. Downloaded the colorpaper theme and made modifications with the css file and the page.tpl.php file. Edited images using photoshop.

5. Downloaded the lime twist theme and made modifications with the css file and the page.tpl.php file.

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DATE: 01 May 2010
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TOTAL: 7hrs


1. Continued watching Drupal Essential Training from Lynda.com
Blogs
•Drupal allows members to keep blogs. But you can allow only specified users.
•To turn on, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable the Blog module > Save Configuration.
•To allow users to create and edit blogs, go to Administer > User Management > Permissions > enable users > Save Permissions.
•Blogs allow comments.

Forums
•Forums are like conversations in bulletin boards. It is a threaded, open discussion among users.
•To turn on forums, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable Forums module > Save Configuration.
•Remember to alter Permissions if you want users to allow them to create forums.
•Drupal’s Forum Hierarchy
oForum Module
•Containers
•Categories
•Topics
•Comments


Polls
•Polls give you an option for multiple questions.
•To turn on polls, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable Poll module > Save Configuration.
•Remember to alter Permissions, Administer > User Management > enable users > Save Permissions.
•To create a poll, go to Create Content > Poll > fill up the necessary fields > Save.
•In Poll, once you voted once, you cannot vote again.
•You could also change the position of the Poll, go to Administer > Site Building > Blocks > position the poll > Save Blocks.

X. Managing Site Content
Categories
•To start categorizing contents, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable Taxonomy module > Save Configuration.
•To administer taxonomies, go to Administer > Content Management > Taxonomy > Add Vocabulary > fill up the necessary fields and specify settings > Save.
•Go to Administer > Content Management > Taxonomy > Add Taxonomy > fill up necessary fields > Save.

RSS
•Really Simple Syndication is one way that websites exchange information. RSS is a format for publishing serial material.
•Turn on Aggregator, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable Aggregator > Save Configuration.
•Remember to alter Permissions for the users to see the Aggregator.
•To add a feed, go to Administer > Content Management > Feed Aggregator > Add feed > fill up the fields > Save.
•You could also change the block where the feeds would appear, go to Administer > Site Building > Blocks > position the feed > Save Blocks.

Filters
•Drupal includes three input filters, go to Administer > Site Performance > Input Formats > we have Filtered HTML and Full HTML activated > you could configure them to alter permissions > Save Configuration.
•One more filter is the PHP, to turn on go to Administer > Site Building > Modules > enable PHP module > Save Configuration. It is turned off by default for security.

Comments
•You can control who can create comment, how the comment looks, or even delete and hide comments.
•Go to Administer > Content Management > Comments > there you could unpublish or delete unwanted comments.
•You could also go to Administer > User Management > Permissions > alter permissions > Save Permissions.
•To position the comments, go to Administer > Site Building > Blocks > change the position of Recent Comments > Save Blocks.

XI. Customizing Your Site’s Appearance With Themes and CSS
Configuration
•To change the current theme, go to Administer > Site Building > Themes > select a Theme and set to default > Save.
•You could also configure the theme, go to Administer > Site Building > Themes > click configure beside the theme you want to modify > make alterations on the settings > Save Configuration.
•But remember that your site looks different in different browsers.

Graphic
•You could also change the graphics in the theme. Go to the drupal folder itself and replace the image in the theme folder.
•Or even make some changes in the CSS file.

New Theme
•New themes are installed in the sites > all > themes subdirectory in your Drupal folder. Drupal automatically recognizes that newly installed theme. But remember to install only compatible themes, 5.x themes work for Drupal 5.x and 6.x themes are for Drupal 6.x
•The most common format is a two-column theme with a left sidebar or a right sidebar.


CSS
•CSS is responsible for the text font, column widths, colors and other styles.
•In Drupal, style css is the main CSS file.
•You could play around and make some changes with this CSS file but remember to keep a back up copy in case something would not turn out right,

2. Customized the Green Theme with Artisteer for more modifications. Downloaded images for the theme and made some changes.


3. Modified the style.css file of the Green template and the pge.tpl.php file.

Added codes in style.css:
div.art-Header-gif
{
position: absolute;
z-index:-1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 850px;
height: 125px;
background-image: url('images/Header.gif');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right right;
}

Added codes in page.tpl.php:


These codes would add a rotating earth.gif image on the right side of the header.

4. Modified some Site Information:

Slogan: Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

Footer: Copyright © 2010 SEARCA. All Rights Reserved.

Added the About SEARCA, Graduate Scholarship, Short Term Training, Research and Development and Knowledge Management Primary Links

Added Vision and Priorities, Organization, Fund, and History pages under the Secondary Links.