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I have some action links defined in module.links.actions.yml which uses a custom "create entity" route. For entity creation I set up some restrictions and at some point the access is denied. The problem is that whilst the access to the page is denied, the action link is still visible until I clear all caches.

Is there a way to tell Drupal not to cache the links or to programmatically clear the links cache? Or some options I can add in the yml file to prevent caching?

Thanks.

I'm new to Drupal dev, I'm messing around creating some custom modules and explore how the env of drupal 10 works... I've created a custom block that i called "Copyright":

<?php declare(strict_types=1); namespace Drupal\plugin_play_module\Plugin\Block; use Drupal\Core\Block\Attribute\Block; use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase; use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup; #[Block( id: 'copyright_block', // id is the internal machine name, admin_label: new TranslatableMarkup('Copyright'), category: new TranslatableMarkup('Custom') ) ] class Copyright extends BlockBase { #[\Override] public function build(): array { $date = new \DateTimeImmutable(); return [ '#markup' => \t('Copyright @year&copy; My Company', ['@year' => $date->format('Y')]), ]; } }

and after I placed it in footer region using UI, I wanted to style it a little... Based on some inspection:

I have added some css:

.block__content{ text-align: center; color: green; }

but at the end, nothing changed here's the config for that custom module :

#plugin_play_module.info.yml name: Plugin Play Module description: playing with plugins type: module core_version_requirement: '>=9' libraries: - plugin_play_module/copyright_block #plugin_play_module.libraries.yml copyright_block: css: layout: css/styles.css: {}

here the tree structure of the web/modules/plugin_play_module

│   ├── plugin_play_module │   │   ├── **css** │   │   │   └── styles.css │   │   ├── **js** │   │   ├── plugin_play_module.info.yml │   │   ├── plugin_play_module.libraries.yml │   │   ├── plugin_play_module.module │   │   ├── plugin_play_module.services.yml │   │   ├── **src** │   │   │   └── **Plugin** │   │   │   ├── **Block** │   │   │   │   └── Copyright.php │   │   │   ├── ...

I am using Image Field Caption module. It provide a image caption field but I don't want any rich text editor appearing for the caption field. How to disable that for any specific field?

UPDATED from earlier:

I am using a simple Drupal form that collect user info before allowing the user access to donwloadable content. NOTE: This is using the form API and I am no longer using a modal; just using a regular page created by a hook. Here is the scenario:

<?php function my_form_menu() { $items = array(); $items['form/userinfo'] = array( //this creates a URL that will call this form 'title' => 'Download Form', //page title 'description' => 'A form that gathers user infomation', 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form', //this is the function that will be called w hen the page is accessed. for a form, use drupal_get_form 'page arguments' => array('my_form'), //name of the form 'access callback' => TRUE ); return $items; } function my_form() { if (!empty($_COOKIE['Drupal_visitor_downloadbypass'])) { drupal_goto('this is where the pdf file will go'); // rest of the page will not execute because drupal_goto ends the request. } $form['name']['first'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('First name'), '#required' => TRUE, ); $form['name']['last'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Last name'), '#required' => TRUE, ); $form['name']['title'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('title'), '#required' => TRUE, ); $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => 'Submit', ); return $form; } function my_form_submit($form, &$form_state) { // $form_state['values']['example'] contains the submitted value of 'example' element. user_cookie_save(array('downloadbypass' => 1)); $form_state['redirect'] = 'this is where the pdf file will go'; }

So here is my question: Now my form page is not showing up and I didnt change the hook except for the form name argument. The form will need to redirect back to the previous page and open the file in a new window upon submission.

Thanks!

phi

I know how to install a single instance of Drupal very well but I want to create a number of sub-sites under my Drupal installation. My file structure is as follows:

drupal7_main -sites --drupal7_sub1 settings.php --drupal7_sub2 settings.php

I'm developing on my localhost and the plan is to duplicate the structure on the production server.

However, only drupal7_main works. When I visit localhost/drupal7_main, Drupal is ready and configurable as usual; when I visit localhost/drupal7_sub1, I get the following error.

Not Found
The requested URL /drupal7_sub1 was not found on this server.

I get the same for drupal7_sub2.

I'm trying to learn this process and would appreciate some help.

I am having a problem and have been wrecking my brain over it...

I feel I might ohh how did I not think of that moment once I find the solution...

Basically, what I need to do is:

For any url containing a string like "abcmytrack" show the page/view/drupal url that is before it in url and ignore the rest. So if I go to node/1/abcmytrack/some/other/stuff/abc then just show node/1, if I go to nodeone/alias/page/abcmytrack/some/other then again just show nodeone/alias, but keep abcmytrack/some/other in the url.

What am I trying to do: there is some referral tracking that I am trying to implement in the form of.

/some/drupal/url/[trackid]/some/other/track/ids/even /any/drupal/url/[trackid]/any/even/number/of/arguments /[trackid]/some/other/set/of/arguments

basically for any url with [trackid] which is a string. It should just ignore anything starting with [trackid] and load the path before it as if [trackid] was not there.

The result is that they basically get converted to a cookie, but the site is behind varnish and akamai caching so on production the code does not run and cookie is not written. Best option at the moment is to use JS to write a cookie, but problem is that adding /[trackid]/some/other/set/of/arguments to some of the site urls like aliased node paths, homepage, etc. breaks the pages.

It might be possible to do it as url rewrites in .htaccess but this is a last resort. I would like to see if there are other options I am not considering.

I have attempted to do use hook_url_inbound_alter but it seems to do redirects and I loose the string from the url or otherwise it url encodes the string.

I have been wrecking my brain on this and cannot make this work. Granted I have some interesting requirements but it is one of those things that should be straightforward but it is not.

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Learning Drupal with the Help of an AI Tutor

TL; DR: Use this prompt and the text from a Drupalize.Me tutorial to experiment with using generative AI as a tutor for learning Drupal.

A while ago, I wrote an article and gave a presentation about why learning Drupal is so hard. One of the key challenges I identified is the “pit of despair”. It's that point in the learning journey where you can no longer rely on the hand holding of step-by-step tutorials. You need to step out into the chasm and come up with your own unique solutions to your specific problems. That point where you know just enough to realize the breadth of what you don’t yet know. And I had said, based on input from many peers, that the quickest way through the dip is real-world experience and drawing on the expertise of others. The advice could be summed up as: if you want to learn fast, get a tutor.

It can be hard to find a mentor. As much as we would love to be able to do so, our small team at Drupalize.Me can't scale personalized individual tutoring. So I've been thinking about how you might be able to use AI to help get at least some of the benefits of tutoring.

joe Thu, 04/25/2024 - 11:29

The Drop Times delves into the dynamics of the Drupal community with a detailed analysis of LinkedIn data, revealing the distribution and growth trends of Drupal professionals worldwide. This comprehensive study sheds light on regional concentrations and potential areas for community engagement.

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