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Submitted by dorien on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 14:09
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1. book code

Submitted by mangaan on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:19.

Hi Dorien,

Love your book although it's not for drupal beginners,
is there a place where I can get the book code ?

thanks !

-Peter

2. book code

Submitted by mangaan on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:46.

Stupid me !

I can copy paste it from the pdf file.

sorry for the bored

3. That's ok. Be sure to retype

Submitted by dorien on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 19:36.

That's ok. Be sure to retype the " or you will get strange messages.

4. Thanks everyone!

Submitted by dorien on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 08:38.

Thanks everyone!

5. Drop the "Donate" and offer paid support options?

Submitted by dfshrek on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 15:47.

Hi Dorien,

I think you're an absolute star, with what you have done, with the book (which as you know I bought), and the sample code (which I am already in the process of installing and adapting).

I have a suggestion though: to drop the "Donate" thing, and if you've got time, to offer paid support options!

I'm all for open source, free, and all that. But I also think that some people would be willing to pay to get a higher level of service.

Concretely, I would suggest:
* still offer the "whenever I get time" free service in the forums
* offer a paid support option for those who want something more professional

This is a model used by, for example, http://www.mysql.com. When I last looked they offered you the chance to buy support by "tickets", either 1 ticket or (say) a bunch of 10 tickets, or unlimited support! There ticket price was something like $100 for a single ticket!! Maybe you could agree to give email support per ticket for a lot less, and experiment to find something which was a good level (start with $10 a ticket?).

For info, I have just come from http://www.skadate.com where they are offering a support service where you have to pay $95/month for their support. OK, maybe you don't want to offer per month, but this is another option. There are a people who want to set up some sort of networking/dating site, and would be willing to pay for support of a clear expert like yourself!

Anyway, as a user of your stuff, I'd like to see you able to invest more time in this project. I don't hold out much hope for the "Donate" button, but I do think that you could try and make a win-win situation where you make enough money when people want your help that you could do it commercially.

Incidentally, I'm in Brussels, and I see you're from Belgium, so next time you're in town, email me, and I'll buy you a drink!

6. Hi, Thanks for your message!

Submitted by dorien on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 18:40.

Hi,

Thanks for your message! I like the idea.

I am going to think about implementing this. Perhaps I can set up something with Drupal :-) or otrs.

Have a good weekend!

7. cuppafoffee

Submitted by chosig on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 12:01.

One thing that I've tried, and worked like a charm, is the karma style approach.

"Client" asks a question
"Supplier" responds

Then "client" gets a:
Q: How much was this worth to you? {paymentprovider link}
A: Money!

If you're working against other freelancers (or what you want to call them), make so that they can pay/donate/give/whatever after a time - if they get paid, you'll get paid.

What goes around, comes around fits quite snuggly here, but not everybody have monetary funds to pay at once.

If in a community-style you can exchange "time". ie. scratching backs - I owe this or that for asking for this or that, I suck at Drupal but I've got a knack for front end development... so I return the favor to somebody that needs a theme/banner whatever.

8. DRUPAL 6- BIG PROBLEM, NO AUDIO MODULE!!!

Submitted by Drupalstar on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 13:31.

Hey there,

I am in desperate need of an "audio module-type solution for drupal 6... does anybody know if there is something pretty straight forward or must i go with drupal 5?

I would like to create a site for musicians and dj's to post music on their profiles, audio module is exactly right for me but in drupal 6 the audio players don't show... and that sucks! help!!!

thanks ;)

9. book pdf format

Submitted by Davidis on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 15:42.

Hello Dorien,

I just purchased the ebook and it would really help if you could reformat it so the page stretches across the whole A4 format.
Right now it's about 60%

Thanks :)

10. Hi, It'll print best and most

Submitted by dorien on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 16:57.

Hi,

It'll print best and most efficient if you set your print options to "print 2 pages per sheet".

11. Your Drupal Book

Submitted by Frank W. on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 21:39.

Hello Dorien,

i have buy your Book an have a some problems in the understanding.
Where have I to palce this code? :

Site 50:
node/
<?php print $node->nid ?>">

sites/default/files/profilebutton.jpg" />

Site 51:

<?php
global $user;
$myuid = $user->uid;
$node = content_profile_load(profile, $myuid);
//profile above = the name of our content type
$profileid = $node->nid;
print l(’My profile’,’node/’.$profileid);
//l() is a function provided by Drupal that creates a link.
//l(link display text, path after main path)
?>

I am new in Drupal so maybe iam a little bit stupid...

Thanks a lot!

Frank

12. This just goes in a new

Submitted by dorien on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 07:42.

This just goes in a new custom block, as explained in the book.

13. Can you explane it a little

Submitted by Frank W. on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 14:10.

thanks for your answer...can you explane it a little bit more? I have search the dokument for the keyword "block". The first site where the search found the word "block" is on site 59. But the code is written on site 50 an 51. And must bothe code set on the same place? maybe iam missunderstod something in your book...

thanks a lot..
frank

14. so the first thing i have

Submitted by Frank W. on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 23:01.

so the first thing i have found out is, that I have to change the setting in "admin/content/node-type/profile/profile" from "Display the content's teaser" to "Display it as link to the profile content" to have a link 2 the Profile. But where have I paste this code?:

" node/
<?php print $node->nid ?>">

sites/default/files/profilebutton.jpg" /> "

Have I to change ist here "/admin/content/node-type/profile/template" ?

And where have I to place this code:

<?php
global $user;
$myuid = $user->uid;
$node = content_profile_load(profile, $myuid);
//profile above = the name of our content type
$profileid = $node->nid;
print l(’My profile’,’node/’.$profileid);
//l() is a function provided by Drupal that creates a link.
//l(link display text, path after main path)
?>

Have I change something in this code? You say that i have to create a block for this. Should I do this here "admin/build/block" ?
And when I had create a block where shoud I place the code? should It place in the "Block body:" I test it an it doesn't work for me...have I misunderstood the description in this book?
I'm very confused and frustrated...

Frank

15. Hello,I solve one of the

Submitted by Frank W. on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 23:10.

Hello,

I solve one of the problem:
here:

"print l(’My profile’,’node/’.$profileid);"

I have to change " ’ " to " ' " .....

But the problem with this code:

node/
<?php print $node->nid ?>">

sites/default/files/profilebutton.jpg" />

still exists.

I hope you can help me..
Thanks a lot

16. How?

Submitted by iConnectCursos on Sun, 11/25/2012 - 21:34.

How?