Simple guide to install Apache Solr 3.x for Drupal 7

A quick and simple guide to get Drupal 7 and Apache Solr version 3.4 or higher running on your local development machine! For the ones that have been resistant in trying out Apache Solr, this is your chance. If you are running an OSX or Unix machine you could be running Apache Solr in under 5 minutes!

Follow these simple steps and you will become a Solr Master very soon!

Boston Drupal user Group

First step in the MIT building, ever!

Yesterday (4Th. of October) I decided to take part of the local Drupal User Group here in Boston. It took place in a room from the MIT university. And faith decided I was lucky because it seemed I was part of an experiment! Lucky might not be the best way to describe it, surely when you don't know what the experiment is *wink*

DrupalCamp Lisbon 2011 Apache Solr Presentation

Today I presented Apache Solr in Drupalcamp Lisbon 2011 (Twitter #dclx11)

I'd like to share the example module I wrote to use the apache solr API more efficiently + the slides I used to support it. An example module for ApacheSolr Module does not exist yet but maybe this is a good start. Please comment on this to see if you have improvements.

Make your own Drupal knight

History

Some weeks ago I rolled in to a team that was completely new to Drupal (they came from a Java background).

A fast forward into the future

a) There is a Druplipet growing in the office right now
b) Everybody is fighting with the wonderful Drupal Knight that you can ensemble yourself!
Conclusion : Drupal is cool!

DIY (Do It Yourself)

Print out the image below and let the fun start. Maybe the people from nodeone can incorporate this Knight with the Drupal card game and make some boardgame of it ;-)
Full size JPG version of Drupal Knight to make it easier

Thanks to xcafebabe and Cubecraft for the creativity and the execution!

Enjoy

Theming Specific form elements in Drupal 6 - The hard way

In a project I am working on we are trying to combine the power of a wonderful HTML compliant theme with the flexibility of drupal theme functions.

A requested output was that in specific forms the form elements should look like this :
http://drupal.pastebin.com/s16UG4Kn

Whenever you'd like to theme a form you could use the theming function theme_form_element(). This function works wonderful until the moment that you need to switch the theming of all the elements in a specific form.

On request: The Drupal Makes me hAPI background

During http://drupal-dev-days.de I was asked where I got the background from the presentation from. It says "Drupal makes me hAPI"
Honestly I have no idea anymore so I put it up here and post it for all those that requested it.

If you, by any chance, know where it came from please add the correct source in a comment.

Setting up Drupal 6 with Apache Solr on Tomcat 6 and Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

During my last session on Drupalcamp in Barcelona I got the impression that there was a need for an updated guide on how to easily setup your own Apache Solr instance.

A look back : Drupalcamp Spain

Monday.. That day when you feel you have an empty spot somewhere that cannot be completed. You feel there is something missing! That missing thing is Drupalcamp Spain. Since Friday until Sunday afternoon the days were packed with Drupal Drupal Drupal!

Drupalcamp Spain - Barcelona

The time has finally arrived for my two favorite things to join together. Starting from Friday the 26th, Drupalcamp Spain will have its lift-off and looking at the schedule it looks to be a promising weekend packed with lots of goodies and lots of new knowledge!

My first Commited Drupal Module : Apachesolr Ubercart

I finally took the time to see how CVS and drupal work together and it's not that hard actually.. It's just a very high barrier! Actually I hope to see something more user friendly in the future, I agree it's alot of work to transfer everything from cvs to bzr or something totally different (Github, SVN, *your version tool here*)

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