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Drupal Site Linked
I finished making the Drupal site accessible from a link in the menu here on the new iteration of my site. I reconfigured a couple of things in the htaccess file for Drupal, changed a number of menu items there, … Continue reading
Starting Over (again)
I just moved this site over to WordPress. I hadn’t updated the Drupal site much since I finished my Master of Library and Information Science degree and started working as a professional librarian a year and a half ago. I … Continue reading
Dealing with Technical Issues
I’ve been dealing with some issues with Drupal, the content management system running this site, and Godaddy, the hosting provider I’m using. It seems there have been longstanding problems with the two systems playing nicely together, but for now I’m trying to … Continue reading
Maintaining IT
Well, I finally got the website about how I want it. At least the backend of things. Through a combination of too many modules I was able to make most of what I wanted to happen on the site work out just fine. … Continue reading
Almost There
So, I finally got back around to messing with my Drupal installation. I think I figured out the blog problem. Thankfully I hadn’t entered much content into the blog module (which is designed to set up multiple blogs per site, rather than … Continue reading
Testing CCK
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make Drupal display only one blog – mine. Evidently the core blog module is set up to create multiple blogs, all of which could be published on the front page, but also … Continue reading
Cataloging Module Improvements
In my Library Technology Systems class today we were talking about Integrated Library Systems. A question came up asking the class what systems they had experience using and what they thought could be improved about the modules they used. I … Continue reading
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Getting Drupal Up and Running
Been working on getting Drupal up and running to manage my very simple site – more for the learning experience than to control many users or a complex data structure. So far I like the features better than Joomla. Hopeful … Continue reading
Expanding Library Online Services
I recently read a blog post from David Lee King titled Doing Stuff at the Library’s Website. He asks what can a person DO at your library website. I have been pondering this, as David encourages us to. Normally our … Continue reading
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New Habits
Creating new habits is always difficult. I hope to add blogging to the list of things I do on a semi-weekly basis, at least, if not daily. Several of my recent classes have had a larger discussion element to them, … Continue reading