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Andrew Fletcher
A bug bear that I have had for a while with Drupal content is how come the author of an article is actually their username.  I have an array of reasons to vent my dislike for this strategy... however, instead I will show you how to change it.  Albeit, programmatically!  Don't stress there actually isn't a huge amount of code to add.  In time I'll create a module so no coding is required.   Setting up account fields in the admin area To begin let's add new fields for...
Andrew Fletcher
Time is essential to all of us... and if you are like me there is never enough...
Andrew Fletcher
Updating Drupal from 8.7.10 to 8.8.x or 8.9.x has seen a significant change...
Andrew Fletcher
As outlined in an earlier article composer php version, when installing the...
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 have spent a good amount of time (days) researching how come my scripts weren't running correctly. POST: authentication: basic, formats: hal_json URL: Enable File from domain.com/admin/config/services/rest; Download file_entity module and enable it; and Set permission Add and upload new files under file entity. How to setup your...
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...
Andrew Fletcher
If you are like me you probably have searched for clues to and found little......
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...