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Change that Form Element - Give a fieldset a class

I looked for this a few times and didn't find it so I decided to write a quick blog post for future themers to discover. You see Drupal is full of forms and fields. There are any number of reasons that you may want an element on a form to be identified by a unique class or ID. I ran into this today when I wanted to theme a fieldset, provided by a module, that didn't have a class on the fieldset. Now there are many ways to theme a fieldset by using the divs that contain the fieldset.

It's hook_link_alter over jQuery or CSS alone

Last year I would have tried to approach this problem with some kind of image/text replacement... This year it's a whole new ballgame. The Drupal theming layer is like an onion and I continue to pull back the outer pieces and get to better and better stuff. Maybe it is more like a Parfait (thanks Donkey from Shrek) ;)

So here's what I wanted to do. Drupal gives us a teaser output with comment links.

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Great, awesome, cool... great to have, now I want more... I want an image to replace the word "comments". I'm not going to rely on css alone... I'm not going to rely on some jQuery (which I love)... I'm going to use hook_link_alter and get it done in the code.

Preprocess for some Shortcuts

I came across this little extra nugget while looking for some stuff for preprocessing. How many times have I typed out base_path and path_to_theme... With this little gem I am just a few keys faster, and lovin it.



function themename_preprocess(&$vars, $hook) {

	$vars['theme_path'] = base_path() . path_to_theme() .'/';

}

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.htaccess for PHP Memory Limit Increase

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php_value memory_limit 96M

Edit the .htaccess file in the Drupal root directory. Look for the section:

# Override PHP settings. More in sites/default/settings.php
# but the following cannot be changed at runtime.

and immediately after this add the following line: use the snippet.

IE 6 yuck! Two choices for PNG Fix for not even a buck!

Am I the only one that wants a t-shirt that says "I Don't Support IE6"? Let's face it, not many people would get it, and I would just give the impression that I am a negative person. The fact is... I am a realist, and IE6 is going to be around for a while longer, at least long enough for me to keep finding newer better stronger ways to work around troublesome browser.

No More Coda Envy, I got WeBuilder 2008

I have been envious of my MAC wielding friends since seeing the features and capabilities of the Coda text editor. I have used Dreamweaver, Notepad, Notepad++, and tried software such as Aptana (which I really like), Programmers Notepad, Komodo Edit, Top Style, and Ultra Edit. They all have some good features and do things well, but not quite what I wanted. I have just stumbled upon WeBuilder 2008 and I have to say that so far (it's been about 24 hours) I really like it! So I decided to create a quick blog entry to share this resource would be a good idea.

Unique Class for Cool Drupal Menu Items

I spend the majority of my time around Drupal in the areas of website building and in the theme layer. Anytime I can find things to make my theming life easier in either... I take it.

One of the 'limitations' (using that friendly) is the options for theming. IMPORTANT to note... Drupal 6 ROCKS!! THEMING!!. One of the important 'additions' I try to create when working in the theme layer is to improve my ability to use CSS. Some sites require fancy, creative, and/or custom stuff revolving around menus.

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