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Mollom: Protecting 10th Century Bloggers from 21st Century Spammers Since 2008

One of the many language options for Mollom is Old English (you have to scroll through a giant list to select English, which is not pre-set, and right there next to it is English, Old).

Update a Debian user's password and passkey and grant sudo access

For a user named agaric:

sudo passwd agaric
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully

From a different server with working id_dsa public key that had been cat'd into authorized_keys:

scp authorized_keys ben@example.org:~

Then back on the server to which we're updating this user, from your own home directory to which you just uploaded the authorized keys file.
sudo mv authorized_keys /home/agaric/.ssh

Configuring Global Redirect and Path Redirect

The modules in question:
Global Redirect: http://drupal.org/project/globalredirect
Path Redirect: http://drupal.org/project/path_redirect

Download and place your modules in the sites/all/modules directory of your site using your chosen method. Agaric recommends Drush.

Reset your Drupal checkout so that it is clean and ready to try more patches

$ cvs update -C
(Locally modified node.admin.inc moved to .#node.admin.inc.1.24)
(Locally modified node.module moved to .#node.module.1.974)
(Locally modified taxonomy.admin.inc moved to .#taxonomy.admin.inc.1.27)
(Locally modified taxonomy.module moved to .#taxonomy.module.1.425)
(Locally modified taxonomy.test moved to .#taxonomy.test.1.3)

[... and a ton more stuff]

cvs update -C will move all the files you have changed to a renamed file and bring down the originals again.

Resolution

EOL Taxonomy Sprint: Encyclopedia of Life's own taxonomy plans

Schema for Data Objects

in any given data object I have to make use of at least two taxonomies

<taxon>
...
<ScientificName>Argiope aurantia</ScientificName>

Major participatory thrust: Drupal multisites (eventually standalone) called LifeDesks

concentrating on expert taxonomists now
our goal is vetted content for EOL

lots of features in core taxonomy that we will want

canonical name
common name
hierarchical XML import

using APIs listed

Taxonomy Management

Installing XSL for PHP

The Hard Way

This link covers almost any kind of server or PHP setup, but it's very complicated:

Configuring and Testing PHP Servers for XSL Support
http://flex.sys-con.com/node/200299
Other notes on "Recompiling with XSLT support"
https://forums.misdivision.com/archive/index.php/t-188.html

RDF's long lineage in Drupal

RDF has a very long, if quiet, history in Drupal core. In the year 2000, May 18, in what I think is the first commit to the still-going CVS repository that holds the Drupal project — back when Drupal was called drop — Dries Buytaert included a file called rdf.php.

CVS: Confusing Versioning Silliness

After reading this fast and furious groups.drupal.org discussion thread (posted in Issue tracking and software releases, New Release System, Revision Control Systems, and Drupalchix) on cvs contrib procedure, I had one reaction:

i want to go hide and never try to contribute code again

Fortunately I voiced my opinion aloud, in the right company...

kathleen murtagh
why?

Allow anonymous users to contact registered users through Drupal's personal contact form

Combined with an anti-spam service or CAPTCHA, it's much preferable to allow anonymous visitors to access registered users' personal contact forms than to have e-mail addresses posted publicly on the site.

This issue has patches for 4.7, 5.x, 6.x, and will hopefully get into 7.x core:

Allow anonymous users access to a members personal contact form
http://drupal.org/node/58224

Resolution

How to put CCK fields into groups in Drupal 6

It's too simple for us old-school developers. (It took three of us a half hour to figure out at DrupalCampNYC.)

After creating both groups and some regular fields, you – get ready – drag and drop the regular field inside the group (or fieldset).

Resolution

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