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Andrew Fletcher
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Currently, we are upgrading a site from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. During this upgrade, we have the opportunity to the site's search functionality and select a tool that is most suited to the website's requirements.
Searching on a website is integral to a site's functionality. Looking at Solr and Elasticsearch as the primary search engines. They're two of the most popular open-source search engines. To begin both of them are built on top of Apache Lucene, so the features they...
Andrew Fletcher
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Import a database
lando db-import doj.sqlEnter the MySQL database
lando mysql...
Andrew Fletcher
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Explain public, private, protected functions and variables inside a class in...
Andrew Fletcher
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Assuming there is a new field requiring a change on a content type. How do you...
Andrew Fletcher
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Replicate
Replicate the bug in your local environment.
Check
Check - do you have...
Andrew Fletcher
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2 or 3 approaches to build a homepage or landing page through Drupal
Please include any limitations & considerations of each approach
Building a homepage a few options to consider and should against a business case:
1. Article
An article – create a new node (assuming a least one content type exists), then using Basic Site Settings (admin > config > system), scroll down to Front Page and enter the node.nid value or alias.
Pros:
Fast to apply
Cons:
Limited to only having one...
Andrew Fletcher
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Drupal cache is one of the major subsystems that deliver Drupal's flexibility...
Andrew Fletcher
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My goal was to get the base URL and compare it with the URL of the link....
Andrew Fletcher
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JSON structure
Outlining the structure of the elements common attributes:...
Andrew Fletcher
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Whilst I had regularly used HAL to upload files through REST API, this is no...
Andrew Fletcher
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How do you retrieve a taxonomy term tid value from it's name?
In this situation, use the loadByProperties function. Load the taxonomy term and then reset the array.
Note, reset - to set the internal pointer of an array to its first element.
See as follows:
/**
* Get the taxonomy term object by the name
*
* @param string $term_name Vocabulary term.
*
* @return any Term.tid
*/
public function taxonomyTermByName($term_name)
{
if...
Andrew Fletcher
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If you are like me, almost every view I have will have this filter. So I...
Andrew Fletcher
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Have you come across the following Drupal error message:
Mismatched entity...
Andrew Fletcher
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Working on a decoupled React / Drupal 9 site.
Aim: Adjust the output of curated...
Andrew Fletcher
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How to make React calls on a Drupal 9 backend site using the search...