Drupal Theming

There may be times when you want to remove a page title from a page, but leave it as the meta title. By default, Drupal will display the node title in the h1 tag. If you take a look at page.tpl.php, you will see it there.

It is often useful to add a "edit this node" or "edit this block" if a site editor is viewing content on a page that is not the node page itself. This includings viewing content from a "view" page where the normal edit tabs are not present for nodes or blocks.

Out of the box Drupal will display a simple Access Denied message is a user is trying to access content that they do not have permission to. This is not exactly user friendly. A better solution is to redirect the user to the login form and when the user logs in, redirect them back to the content that they want to see. There are two main ways to achieve this.

One of the annoying things about changing the number of characters for teasers in Drupal is that you have to edit and save every single node (page, story etc) for the change to take effect. Thats ok if you only have 10 pages, but what if you have 1000 or even 10,000 pages? Nightmere times.

One of the core features of Drupal is the teaser functionality. This allows you to show a teaser on the home page and category pages, rather the full article. The user has to click through to the full page to see the article in full. I really like this feature as it makes it a lot easier for user to scan through a range of stories on the home page before deciding which one they want to view in detail.

The only problem is, you may end up showing too much or not enough detail in the teaser. It is very annoying when a sub heading is visible in the teaser with the content below it cut off.

Thankfully there is a very easy solution!