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

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

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

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.&nbsp; The reason was I used...

<span>Drupal 8: add custom field to menu and template</span>

Drupal 8: add custom field to menu and template

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

Had need to add custom image field to menu items.&nbsp; First thing is to attach the field using this code in custom module. function...

<span>Drupal 8: Adding t function to a service</span>

Drupal 8: Adding t function to a service

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

So best practice it to use $this-&gt;t() instead of t().&nbsp; However, if you use this in a service it will fail.&nbsp; I added this code to get t function working:

<span>Drupal 8: Embed a node adhoc into a view</span>

Drupal 8: Embed a node adhoc into a view

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

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

<span>Ubuntu – Enable remote desktop from the terminal, via ssh</span>

Ubuntu – Enable remote desktop from the terminal, via ssh

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

So I had remote desktop working at home and then decided to take my windows machine off line and build a new linux machine. &nbsp;However, while building the linux machine I messed up the port...

<span>Run docker without sudo</span>

Run docker without sudo

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

The docker daemon always runs as the root user, and since Docker version 0.5.2, the docker daemon binds to a Unix socket instead of a TCP port. By default that Unix socket is owned by the user...

<span>Organizing your theme files in Drupal 7</span>

Organizing your theme files in Drupal 7

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

When working on a large Drupal site, your theme can become quite complicated with dozens of templates or template overrides, images, css files, javascript files and even a massively large...

<span>Multiple SSH keys for different accounts</span>

Multiple SSH keys for different accounts

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

Problem is, Bitbucket doesn’t allow you to use the same SSH key with more than one Bitbucket account. As GitHub explains you can generate an SSH key like so:

<span>A Beginner's Guide to Caching Data in Drupal 7</span>

A Beginner's Guide to Caching Data in Drupal 7

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

Building complicated, dynamic content in Drupal is easy, but it can come at a price. A lot of the stuff that makes a site engaging can spell 'performance nightmare' under heavy load, thrashing the...

<span>Install or Upgrade Drush for Drupal 7</span>

Install or Upgrade Drush for Drupal 7

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

# Download latest stable release. php -r "readfile('https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.drush.org/drush.phar');" &gt; drush # Test your install. php drush...

<span>How to programmatically create nodes and taxonomies in Drupal 7</span>

How to programmatically create nodes and taxonomies in Drupal 7

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

I've been busy with a migration work for my client recently. There is an established website built with some proprietary CMS with a decent amount of articles / pages, different categories and user...

<span>Google calendar v3 add event via php google api</span>

Google calendar v3 add event via php google api

Tim Rabbetts | April 2, 2020

I need to add event via php on server for a gmail account. &nbsp;So I need a service account not a web application or installed application. &nbsp;Web application is so you can add events via your...