Technologies
A non-exhaustive list of technologies, services, packages, etc used to create e9p.net.
View ArticleInstalling gulp on CentOS 6.5 / RHEL6
Installing node.js on OSX (and presumably Windows) is very straightforward with the binaries provided on the node.js download page. However, on servers such as RHEL variants like CentOS, it takes a...
View ArticleDefining SPF Records for Google Apps and a Custom Domain
Google advises that when using Apps for e-mail your domain should have a SPF/TXT record with the value v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all.An issue that may arise is e-mail providers marking the...
View ArticleSSH: Unable to get valid context for [name]
Recently we upgraded a cloud server instance, which involved creating an image of the instance and restoring it on a new hypervisor. After the successful migration, everything seemed to be working...
View ArticleProduction Webserver Series
This series will aim to become a reference to creating an ideal Production Webserver. It is geared towards Drupal configurations, but can be used for any server whose main function is to serve...
View ArticleChoosing a Host
Shared? VPS? Dedicated? Colocation? Cloud?The first step in our PWS is an important one: choosing the type of hosting and a provider. There is no one correct answer, and everyone has their own opinions...
View ArticleLeveraging Drush Aliases in Your Drupal Deployment Workflow
Along with git, drush ― [Dru]pal [Sh]ell ― aliases are an extremely useful, and powerful tool when dealing with a drupal dev-stage-production workflow.The idea is simple: create an alias for your...
View ArticleInitial Server Setup
Now that we've got our server instance up and running with CentOS 6.5 (RHEL 6), there's a few things to check on before proceeding.Configure & UpdateAs a first step, after logging in, lets update...
View ArticleProgramatically Creating Comment Entities in Drupal 7
Creating and manipulating content (entities) has become much less complex with EntityAPI in Drupal 7.There are lots of examples out there for manipulating nodes, creating custom entity types, etc....
View ArticleAltering Individual Radio or Checkbox Items in Drupal 7 via FAPI
This guide will focus on the radios type, but it can be use for checkboxes in the exact same way.TL;DR: Put an #after_build on form checkboxes or radios (or on the form element itself). Within the...
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