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As of May, 2022, this website is no longer updated and has been replaced with a static copy.

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Cynthia Mijares Posted by Cynthia Mijares on Monday, March 24, 2014 - 10:01am

Taxonomy.  What is it and why should I use it in my Drupal site?  In this blog post I will introduce you to the Taxonomy module.

By definition, taxonomy is the division of things into ordered groups or categories. In this use case, we have a site with many pages and I want to specify certain pages for students and other pages for faculty or staff.

Photo of John Bickar Posted by John Bickar on Monday, March 17, 2014 - 10:09am

The modern Web is a dynamic place. However, sometimes it's necessary (or desirable) to remove the dynamic functionality of a website, while preserving its static content.

Inspired in part by Karen Stevenson's excellent blog post, "Sending a Drupal Site into Retirement," I wanted to outline a few other techniques for accomplishing this.

Reasons you may want to create a static copy of a site:

Caryl Westerberg Posted by Caryl J Westerberg on Monday, March 10, 2014 - 8:18am

Suppose you're using taxomomy terms in exposed filters, and you want the resulting page to display one of the the terms as a title. Taxonomy term pages will give this to you very easily, but sometimes the taxonomy term page is not the right solution.  Here's how you can display the taxonomy term as the title of your views page.

Megan Erin Miller Posted by Megan Erin Miller on Monday, March 3, 2014 - 9:01am

In this post, I continue my series on how to override Open Framework's default styles to get a more custom look-and-feel on your site. Last time we looked at how to override the main menu styles. Today, we'll look at how to customize your typography.

Photo of John Bickar Posted by John Bickar on Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 3:29pm
IT Services will perform updates for the Stanford Sites Drupal hosting service, including individuals' websites hosted on people.stanford.edu, on the following dates:
 
  • Saturday, February 22, from 5 - 8 a.m.
  • Sunday, February 23, from 5 - 8 a.m.
Changes include security patches and upgrades for both Drupal 6 and 7 sites. See below for a complete list. (Note: updates to group and department sites on sites.stanford.edu have already been completed.)
 

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