Drupal Tips

Changes you made to your Web Page are not saving

At the bottom of your web page, look for "Input Format" and change it to FULL HTML

Increase disk quota (Cannot upload files)

Administer > File Uploads >Change ‘Defualt maximum file size per upload’ to 2 MB and ‘Default total file size per user’ to 50 MB

Remove read more

Drupal by default limits the number of characters that appear on a page. If you have a 'Read More' under your content, you get the idea. This is great if you only want to display only the first paragraph of a long story for example. However, you may want to display your entire page. To change this, go to Administer > Post Settings (under Content Management) > Change the Length of trimmed posts to Unlimited.

If you have already created your content, you will need to edit the content and save changes (even if you did not change anything) to view all of your content.

Add a custom footer message

Administer > Site information (under Site Configuration) > Enter your text in the Footer Message textbox. An example would be: Amherst County Public Schools

Remove the Drupal logo at the bottom of the site

Administer > Blocks (under Site Building) > Footer, click configure > Select the 'Hide this block by default but let individual users show it' radio button (under User specific visibility settings)

Customize a themes color

Some themes let you adjust certain things like the header color or the color of hyperlinks. You might like the look of the theme, but the colors are all wrong. For example, you might want to use your school's colors. Administer > Themes (under Site building) > your current theme will have a 'configure' link to the right, click that > If your theme allows it (it may not) you can customize the colors there. Do the hex color codes not make sense? Here is just one of many sites on the Web you can use. Or just enter "html color codes" into your favorite search engine.

Remove or Replace the default Drupal picutre

Administer > Themes > configure (your default theme) > Uncheck the 'Use the default logo' checkbox (under Logo image settings). If you do not want to add a custom logo, click Save Configuration at the bottom. If you to add a custom image, upload your own using the browse button beside the Upload icon image. Your picture should be around 100 x 80.

Create your home page

Create content > Page > Use a Title of Home > Click the Menu settings link > Type Home in the Menu link title > Enter text in the body text box > Click the publishing options link > Check the Promoted to front page box > Click Save

How to create Users

Administer > Users > Add User > enter the username (to keep it standard, use the username that your teacher uses to login into his/her computer), enter their email address, enter a password
(PLEASE use a strong password with a combination of letters and numbers. This will be exposed to the Internet and a weak password might be guessed and all kinds of havoc can ensue),
check the teacher user box under Roles, and strike the Create new account button.