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Andrew Fletcher
Setting up the mail configuration in October CMS is a quick progress.  Depending on which mail method you use there are up to eight fields to complete: Sender name; Sender email; Mail method: (PHP mail, Sendmail, SMTP, etc...).  I elected to go with SMTP;  SMTP address - such as smtp.your-domain.com or mail.your-domain.com; SMTP port - 587; SMTP encryption protocol - TLS or SSL; Authorization required - boolean response; Username - email account; and Password -...
Andrew Fletcher
Blocks are a great way to add pieces or chunks of content to your Drupal site....
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an image via RESTUI can be done in a snap... once you know how!  I...
Andrew Fletcher
When you are in the status report of the admin area are you finding the...
Andrew Fletcher
The magically descriptive error 401 Forbidden "message": "Access...
Andrew Fletcher
Loading the node To query the node, I prefer to create a series of functions to mange the process in a class.  However, keeping this simple, this can be achieved through: $node = \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load($nid);Otherwise if you require to load multiple nodes, where the list of node.nids is in an array. $nodes = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('node'); $this->list = $nodes->loadMultiple($this->nids);  Whereas, if you are looking to query the node database for...
Andrew Fletcher
If you are like me you probably have searched for clues to and found little......
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Common commands Themes and plugins have similar command lines.  So rather...
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At times while developing in October CMS, you will perform a step that kills the...
Andrew Fletcher
Using October CMS to migrate your site and update the tables with the plugins...
Andrew Fletcher
Registering a user via REST is an important process particularly when the requests come from a mobile device. In working through the process you might have come across error message like: 403 Forbidden : "Only anonymous users can register a user." 422 Unprocessable Entity : "A Password cannot be specified. It will be generated on login."So how did I get these and what to do? First off, check the REST set up in the administration area of Drupal.  Configure User and User registration...
Andrew Fletcher
As a process I apply patches locally first, then using git upload the update(s)...
Andrew Fletcher
While the Drupal site has a great outline of the steps to follow, I found we...
Andrew Fletcher
First transfer the drupal-8.8.x.tar.gz file to your directory Via your ssh...
Andrew Fletcher
While I have posted an article about how to POST an image using REST in Drupal...