Email notifications

For the site to process notifications of updates the email queue needs to be emptied out. This is usually done by setting up cron jobs. An alternative to cron jobs is poormanscron, a module that emulates cron using a Java script. Additionally, make sure to tick the box: "notofy poster of own posts' and disabel… Continue reading Email notifications

Hiding posts on the WordPress blog

Recently it was pointed out that the blog displayed old vacancies under the catgeory tab jobs: http://icardablog.wordpress.com/category/jobs/ WordPress does not offer a feature to simply 'unpublish' posts, however there are many plugins that can achieve that effect.We don't want to simplky delete old posts, but need to archivew them. The simple and dirty solution is to… Continue reading Hiding posts on the WordPress blog

From development to production environement

A typical website desing process happens on several machines in parallel, particularly when multiple developers are involved. We are not yet following best practices in all these areas and should improve the overall workflow. Particularly drupal featurees module would make versioning and reusing of the code much less time consuming. Developing environment: every developer has… Continue reading From development to production environement

Filedepot: adding a document repository feature to Open Atrium

There are several features available for browsing files. The most interesting one seems to be Filedepot. Steps to enable the feature: 1. Install modules Download and unzip feature: filedepot_feature Add it to atrium_features Download and unzip modules: filedopt, filefield Enable modules and feature: /admin/build/modules 2. Fix .CSS files In the filedepot feature: edit the filedepot_feature.css… Continue reading Filedepot: adding a document repository feature to Open Atrium