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-==Links== 
  
-  * [[cms1|Drupal,​ Day1]] 
-  * [[cms2|Drupal,​ Day2]] 
-  * [[cms_faq|Frequently Asked Questions, CMS]] 
-  * [[drupal-lms||Library Management System as Assignment]] 
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-===Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)=== 
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-==Reset Mysql password== 
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-   /​etc/​init.d/​mysql stop 
-   ​mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables 
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-ctrl + shift + t (For new tab in terminal) 
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-   mysql 
-   ​update mysql.users set Password=password('​password'​) where User='​root';​ 
-   exit 
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-switch back to previous terminal and press ctrl + c 
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-   /​etc/​init.d/​mysql start 
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-==Reset Drupal password== 
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-   mysql -u root -ppassword 
-   ​update d7.user set pass=md5('​password'​),​ name='​admin'​ where uid=1; 
-   exit 
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-==Other Mysql frontends== 
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-   ​apt-get install mysql-query-browser mysql-admin 
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-   * open **Applications** > **Programming** > **Mysql query browser** present in Debian desktop menu 
-   * It Opens a Mysql query browser asking for 
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-Server hostname: localhost 
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-username ​      : root 
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-password ​      : hello 
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-now click on connect. 
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-   * Now the Mysql query browser will open, click on the Resultset 1,a plain text editor appears on top of the Resultset 1. 
-   * on this plain editor write a query "​create database d7" then click on execute. 
-   * open **Applications** > **Programming** > **Mysql Administrator** present in Debian Desktop menu 
-   * It Opens a Mysql Administrator asking for 
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-Server hostname: Localhost 
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-username ​      : root 
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-password ​      : hello 
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-now click on connect.  ​ 
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-   * Now a Mysql Administrator will open click on the option "user administration"​ when we click on it a page will appear on right click on the tab "new user" and give the Login information i.e: 
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-Mysql User: 
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-New Password: 
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-Confirm Password: 
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-   * Click "​Schema Privileges"​ the second tab on the same page      
-   * Here a page appears having the database which you created in Schema List click on the database you created ​ 
-   * Then a List of Available Privileges will appear on right of that page,click on any one of the available privileges and press ctrl A now all the available privileges are selected now press the arrow **<​--** ​ 
-   * Now click on "Apply Changes"​ 
-   * Your Database is created you can use the Username and database name and password given here in your drupal database. 
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-==Check and kill the existing process on the standard port 80(Apache) and 3306(MySQL)== 
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-   ​netstat -nlp | grep 80 
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-   * If you find any service running on port 80 check the pid of the process 
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-   kill -9 [PID you obtained from netstat output] 
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-==How to Uninstall drupal== 
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-   * Just drop the d7 database in mysql and delete the /var/www/d7 folder 
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-==Unable to find php5-gd or any other debian packages== 
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-   * add the following line to /​etc/​apt/​sources.list ​ 
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-    deb http://​ftp.us.debian.org/​debian testing main contrib non-free 
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-put **#** in front of all other lines present in the file 
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-   ​apt-get update 
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-==Php5-gd error== 
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-   ​apt-get install php5-gd 
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-==Creating multiple sites== 
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-   * You can create multiple sites by uncompressing drupal-7.2.tar.gz into folders like /​var/​www/​drupal,​ /​var/​www/​swecha or /​var/​www/​your-name,​ creating a database for each one of them and install the individually 
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-==New menus once create are not visible== 
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-   * When you create a new menu, a block will be automatically created in **Structure** > **Blocks** page. You need to just put the new block in a specific region like **Header**, **Footer**, **first sidebar** or **last sidebar** 
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-==Installing Acquia Marina theme== 
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-To have a theme whose layout or specifications can be changed without getting into code, you can install the acquia_marina theme 
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-   * Download 7 version of acquia_marina & fusion theme from drupal.org and put it under /​var/​www/​d7/​sites/​all/​themes 
-   * Download 7 version of skinr from drupal.org and put it under /​var/​www/​d7/​sites/​all/​modules 
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-==Enable a form in a block== 
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-   * Download 7 version of formblock module and put it under /​var/​www/​d7/​sites/​all/​modules 
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-==Resize images== 
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-   ​apt-get install gimp 
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-   * Download a image, right-click and open with GIMP 
-   * Goto **Tools** > **Transform tools** > **Scale** 
-   * Give required height & width and press **Scale** 
-   * Goto **Image** > **Autocrop Image** 
-   * save and exit GIMP 
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-==For more font related features== 
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-   * Download 7 version of ckeditor or tinymce module from drupal.org and place it under /​var/​www/​d7/​sites/​all/​modules 
-   * Enable the module 
-   * Goto **Add content** and now you can see the editor attached the body field 
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-==Migration of drupal== 
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-   * Get a dump of **d7** database from phpmyadmin or mysqladmin or command line as 
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-   ​mysqldump -uroot -ppassword d7 > /​var/​www/​d7/​mysql-dump.sql 
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-   * Compress /var/www/d7 and take it to your friend'​s PC and put it in /var/www 
-   * Uncompress files, import the .sql file into phpmyadmin 
-   * edit the /​var/​www/​d7/​sites/​default/​settings.php file and update the username & password in a line which looks like 
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-   ​mysql://​root:​password@localhost/​d7 
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-with the mysql username & password of the new system and check using http://​localhost/​d7 
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-==Easiest website hosting for testing purposes== 
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-   * Create a account using dyndns.org 
-   * After logging in, create a dynamic host 
-   * Check your system ip and put it in the configuration 
-   * Whenever anyone request the dynamic host name you created, the apache server will serve the local instances to the host name. 
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-==Links== 
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-  * [[cms1|Drupal,​ Day1]] 
-  * [[cms2|Drupal,​ Day2]] 
-  * [[cms_faq|Frequently Asked Questions, CMS]] 
-  * [[drupal-lms||Library Management System as Assignment]] 
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