by gregoryheller | May 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
We’ve created many sites with user profiles, and every site seems to have a few differences, but there are certain best practices which I would like to share. Module Requirements This article concerns user profiles in Drupal 6, and recommends that you have the following modules installed: CCK Content Profile Auto Node Title Filefield (optional) Imagefield (optional) Link (optional) Configuration Instructions At its most basic, a user profile will contain a name and a bio. As you get fancier, you might want an image, some additional text fields, and maybe some link fields. For the most basic user profile, all you need is cck and content profile, however, invariably you will need to be able to sort your users by last name, and this is where things get tricky if you don’t plan ahead. First make sure you have installed the modules indicated above and enabled them. Create a new content type with cck called “Profile” Create a text field for “First Name” Create a text field for “Last Name” Go to the “edit” screen for your “Profile” content type (something like /admin/content/node-type/profile), in the collapsed field set “Automatic Title Generation” select the radio button “Automatically generate the title and hide the title field” or “Automatically generate the title if the title field is left empty” — I usually hide the field –. In the “Pattern for the title” use tokens for the “First Name” and “Last Name” fields, which should look something like this “[field_first_name-raw] [field_last_name-raw]”. In the collapsed field set for “Submission Form Settings” change the “Title field label” to “Full Name” or “Display Name” and the...
by gregoryheller | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our client JUST CAUSE just launched their magazine, but digitally! Back in 2007 we worked with the Seattle based team behind JustCause to create a social media and networking website for people working to make their communities and the wold a better place. From their announcement: JUST CAUSE Magazine is now available to you in 2 formats. We have partnered with Zinio, the leading publisher of digital magazines. Zinio will be delivering JUST CAUSE Magazine to you for free, every month, if you subscribe. You can read it on their web site, or download the Zinio “reader,” which we think is great – and pretty soon, you can get it on your iPhone! We have also partnered with MagCloud to offer you print-on-demand copies of the magazine. Why print-on-demand? Because about 70% of the magazines that are printed get tossed without being read. Not to mention the paper, the ink, the energy, the waste, and the fuels used for transportation! We just couldn’t do that. But, if you order one, MagCloud will send it to you, and they are beautiful. Yes, they cost a little more, but that’s what magazines cost when they aren’t subsidized by the economies of scale that are so wasteful. We hope you’ll buy it – it will allow us to keep making them! We are just thrilled for JUST CAUSE, and think that their efforts not only to highlight the people and organizations doing great works, but also to experiment with new formats and distribution channels is very exciting and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them as their readership and membership...
by gregoryheller | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
I like many others was completely blown away by Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest. The last 3rd of the book is a compendium of non profit and non governmental organizations around the world that are working on social justice, human rights, sustainability, environmental and indigenous people’s issues as well as many others. Hawken’s describes these groups collectively as a movement, the largest movement in the history of the world. A movement that is decentralized and global. (you can watch this video to get an idea) The Natural Capital Institute, founded by Hawken and others launched Wiser Earth in 2007 and since then have indexed more than 110,000 organizations, many of them non-US based. The millions of organizations and individuals who actively work towards ecological sustainability, economic justice, human rights, and political accountability address issues that are systemically interconnected and intertwined. Their effectiveness to prevent harm and institute positive change is undermined by the lack of a collective awareness, duplicative efforts, and incomplete connectivity. WiserEarth provides the ability for organizations, businesses funders, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists, and citizens to find each other, make connections, build alliances and share resources. Last week Leif Utne and others...
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