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Caryl J Westerberg

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Handling Spam in Drupal

Submitted by Caryl J Westerberg on May 31, 2013 - 9:00 am

"Spam spam spam spam, spam spam spam spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam".  ~ Monty Python

Named after a lunch meat made of spiced ham, "spam" is used to describe unsolicited and unwanted bulk messages which are usually some sort of advertising. Sure you might be able to find a great deal on sneakers, but left unchecked, these messages clog up our email and fill up the comment sections on websites.

We use spam filters to eliminate these messages from our email, but what do we do about our websites?

Using Stanford Web Forms in Drupal websites

Submitted by Caryl J Westerberg on March 4, 2013 - 9:03 am

Stanford provides a flexible, easy-to-use web-based form service - a great free resource for site owners.  According to the Web Forms Service website:

"Stanford community members can use the Stanford Web Forms service to make contact forms, short surveys and polls, instructor evaluations, and other forms free of charge. No knowledge of HTML, Javascript, or SQL is required.

Setting Up Accounts, Roles, and Privileges for sites.stanford.edu

Submitted by Caryl J Westerberg on December 19, 2012 - 9:26 am

Getting a new Drupal site set up takes a few steps before you can begin building your site. Also, Stanford Sites is a little different than other hosting environments. One of the first things to tackle after creating your new site on Stanford Sites is setting up the accounts, roles, and privileges.

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