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Sync Ubuntu across multiple machines.

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Mon, 03/08/2020

switch, technology, industry

I use the insync tool to sync files and bitbucket to sync code. Code sync is pretty simple, but I wanted to synchronize my home folder. To make life a little simpler I created a /…

Install an android virtual machine on Ubuntu

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Fri, 31/07/2020

smartphone, cellphone, apple i phone

I wanted to do some dev work with react native, seemed like a good option to test using Android Virtual Device (avd). However, installing an android virtual device was a total pain in the…

The PHP Standard Recommendation (PSR)

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 30/07/2020

php, elephant, blue elephant

The PHP Standard Recommendation (PSR) is a PHP specification published by the PHP Framework Interop Group. Similar to Java Specification Request for Java, it serves the standardization of programming…

Unable to determine class for field type '' found in the 'field.field.' configuration

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Wed, 22/07/2020

desk, smartphone, iphone

I ran drush pm:uninstall xmlsitemap got this error In FieldConfigStorageBase.php line 31: …

Run drush cron inside docker

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Sat, 23/05/2020

business, cargo containers, crate

One way I have found to run drush hourly in cron is by adding an entry like this to the hosts crontab. 0 * * * * cd /my/folder/with/docker/compose/file/in/it && /usr/local/bin/docker-…

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Get started with Kubernetes and microk8s

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Mon, 11/05/2020

container, ship, container ship

I've used docker and docker-compose until now, but now looking at possible production containerization and its clear Kubernetes is the way to go. Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-…

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Using a CDN with Drupal 8

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Mon, 27/04/2020

server farm, server, work

I recent used gtmetrix to speed review my site and one of the main issues was the lack of CDN use. A CDN is a Content Delivery Network, you host things like javascript, css, images on a network…

ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID behind corporate firewall or proxy

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 02/04/2020

cyberspace, data, wire

I got this message while working on a virtual box VM for a large corporation. Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.google.com (for example,…

Drupal 8: embed entity wysiwyg custom form and then render the value in another form.

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 02/04/2020

technology, keyboard, computing

Its possible to easily embed entites into the Drupal 8 wysiwyg editor, however, I have a custom form and when I rendered it in another form it didnt render correctly. The reason was I used…

Drupal 8: add custom field to menu and template

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 02/04/2020

programmer, programming, code

Had need to add custom image field to menu items. First thing is to attach the field using this code in custom module. function iop_entity_base_field_info(\Drupal\Core\Entity\…

Drupal 8: Adding t function to a service

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 02/04/2020

computer, pc, workplace

So best practice it to use $this->t() instead of t(). However, if you use this in a service it will fail. I added this code to get t function working: use Drupal\Core\…

Drupal 8: Embed a node adhoc into a view

Written by Tim Rabbetts on Thu, 02/04/2020

technology, laptop, keyboard

I had the need recently to embed nodes at given point in a view in Drupal 8. Could be used for adverts but in this case I had a settings form which had entity reference auto complete field…