Drupal 6

MySQL and Acquia Drupal: MyIsam or InnoDB?

I've set up Acquia Drupal on IIS 6, Win 2003, 1GB RAM VM server with multisites. Everything is working great. Acquia Drupal is fantastic, I like it tons.

Question: when installing MySQL 5.1, after reading everything I could find on Drupal.org, this site, and Sun's website, I finally went with the recommendation on Sun's site to install Mysql with mixed Myisam and Innodb, as there seem to be so many differing opinions on which is best for Drupal. I also read "Achieving Optimal Mysql Performance for Drupal". Read full article »

Migrate from Joomla and PHPBB to Drupal 6

I have a rather large conversion from Joomla to Drupal. After a year working with Joomla I have decided that the ability for users to add content was not adequate. I am also proud to become a member of the Acquia sales team and figured I would see what I am able to do with our support. Two common questions have been posed to me many times: "can I do this migration or upgrade myself?" and "Is it ok to ask a Newbie question here without a lecture." Read full article »

Is it safe to empty the cache_form table?

In all of my Drupal 6 installtions the table cache_form is getting bigger and bigger.

Im using the latest aquia drupal and i have cron running every 1 hour

Also i have done the "clear cached data" under site config > performance

So.. Is it safe to empty the cache_form table?

Thanks

Introducing the Acquia Podcast Series

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Today is an exciting day, as we launched the Acquia Podcast series this afternoon. You can listen to podcasts in a flash player on our site, subscribe via RSS feed, or find in iTunes.

Our first episode is an interview Robert Douglass and I did with David Mercer, author of the new book Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6. Read full article »

Drupal Search: How indexing works

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This article explores the process of taking HTML content from Drupal nodes and indexing it for the purpose of search and text retrieval at a later time. The code examples apply to Drupal 6. Read full article »

Finding what to index

Drupal 6: Hot new themes

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This video highlights the new theming features of Drupal 6. The themes, Pixture, Wabi, and Twilight, are the work of Hide Ito (Pixture), and utilize not only the Farbtastic color picker, but also the ability to adjust the width of the layout, and in the case of Twilight, a configurable header silhouette. Read full article »

Drupal's Search Framework: The execution of a search

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Drupal's ambitious search module provides a framework for building searches of all kinds. By isolating the tasks involved in searching, and allowing the actual search implementations to be handled by other modules, the search framework sets the stage for all sorts of creative search applications. This article, which applies to Drupal 6, explores the structure of the search framework by following the steps needed to execute a search. Read full article »

Stucture of a search