Month: November 2015
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Drupal 8: Configure block or Place Block do nothing
In short, clicking on “Place Block” results in a brief loading icon and then nothing, and Configure Block results in a “This website encountered an unexpected error” message. The fix was found here: https://www.drupal.org/node/2597506 Edit the following file – the “core” directory should be in your Drupal 8 root directory: [drupal root]/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Annotation/Translation.php…
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Drupal 8 – How to enable multi image upload
One of the great things about Drupal 8 is that it has multi-image uploading capabilities built-in, unlike Drupal 7. By default, however, it’s a single image at a time. To enable multiple image upload for articles, for example, navigate to: siteurl/admin/structure/types/manage/article/fields Click “edit” next to the Image field type, and you’re taken…
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apt-add-repository: command not found on Ubuntu
Following a tutorial where you’re supposed to add a repository with apt-add-repository but the command isn’t found? You can install it by doing the following: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties Then re-run the apt-add-repository command and it should work!
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How to caption an image – HTML5
How do you caption an image in HTML? One way is using figure tags. Without them, you might use the following: <img src=”image.jpg” align=”center” /> …to create this: So, you have an image using the above. How do you make it into an image with a caption? <figure> <img src=”image.jpg” align=”center”/> <figcaption><center>Caption goes…
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SEO: How many words long to make image alt text?
Image alt text purpose When looking at making sure your image alt text works for your SEO purposes, don’t forget that one of the main purposes of alt text is to provide visually impaired people a description of the content they’re looking at. It can be easy to get carried away filling it up with…
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How to install Drupal 8 – Step by Step
So, you have downloaded Drupal 8 from the downloads page (link here) and extracted it into your web directory. In our example we have used the RC4 release – we’ll update on release day if anything changes in the process. Here’s what you do next: Select your language – here English: Choose your installation profile.…
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Installing Aegir 3 on Debian 8 Jessie/Ubuntu with Nginx
So, after a few failed attempts at installing the Aegir 3 Drupal control system we hit upon this “recipe” as what works for us currently on a fresh install of Debian 8 Jessie or Ubuntu 14.04. This assumes you are logged in as root. First, update and upgrade your system. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade…