drupal

Using ImageCache with nginx

I couldn't get the ImageCache module for Drupal to work for the longest time because I didn't realize that the module came with a .htaccess file that pushes the image load back through Drupal to calculate the caching properly. Knowing this I was able to find this magical chunk for your nginx.conf (or your virtual host config). Slip this code in near the static serve file command

http://drupal.org/node/110224#comment-772191

# imagecache needs to have php read any files that it's planning to manipulate
location ^~ /sites/default/files/imagecache/ {
     index  index.php index.html;
     # assume a clean URL is requested, and rewrite to index.php                                                                 
      if (!-e $request_filename) {
          rewrite  ^/(.*)$  /index.php?q=$1  last;
          break;
      }
}
 
# serve static files directly
location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico)$ {
    access_log        off;
    expires           30d;
}

Textile Module for Drupal 6

As of this writing the Textile module is not available for Drupal 6. The latest current downloadable version is for Drupal 5.x.

Rather than downloading a full tar or gz file, there is a patch available. Drupal 6 Patch. Here’s how to do it. Works for Linux and Mac

  • Patch the files (cd into your textile dir)

patch textile.info < textile.info_.6.patch
patch textile.install < textile.install.6.patch
patch textile.module < textile.module.6.patch

mobile drupal

I just installed mobile the theme for drupal. it works ok but I want to adapt it for the xhtml mobike profile so that it will look great on my cell phone. i write this post on my phone right now. i wish i could get t9 to work on this phone – the samsung sync a707.