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Ask Agaric: Putting e-mail addresses on a site?

Key words and phrases: 
e-mail spam protecting contact form
Description & Info: 

My spam filter is now catching close to 300 messages a day.Since my email is the only one on the website, I’m wondering if these spams are coming via the website? And is there something that can be done to stop this?

We’d like to load all the staffs emails but I won’t do it if it increases their possibility for this much spam.

Thanks.

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Fri, 2008-08-22 01:15
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Ask Agaric: Max Allowed Packet error

Key words and phrases: 
max_allowed_packet warning in cache
Description & Info: 

Also do you know about this error?

User warning: Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes query: UPDATE cache_form SET data = 'a:56:{

I haven't seen it on example.com, I've seen it on other sites. I started one of the longest issues in the drupal issue queue from that error! http://drupal.org/node/121390

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Sat, 2008-08-16 01:17
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Ask Agaric: Drupal for Artists

Key words and phrases: 
drupal taxonomy union intersection Drupal views filter by taxonomy art, artists directory taxonomy documentation drupal
Description & Info: 

This question came from a fellow couchsurfer.

We are dedicating our selfs almost all summer to learn drupal and make a website for artists.

There are some basic things we still don't understand:

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Sat, 2008-06-28 07:34
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Ask Agaric: Settings for a Drupal theme without requiring a module

Key words and phrases: 
theme config without bloat theming to provide user-configurable settings administration options for Drupal theme do not require module
Description & Info: 

Hi,

I've been breaking my brain over some issue and I cant figure it out so I
figured I'd check with a fellow themer(s?)!

[Related d.o. thread: http://drupal.org/node/247032 ]

What I'm basically trying to do is use drupal theme settings in a file
that is not processed by drupal, and its part of a theme. I also do not

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Thu, 2008-04-17 07:55
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Style within content in Drupal: use standard HTML tags

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titles colorful section headers themed topic subjects styled headings
Description & Info: 

Ask Agaric: how to get colorful, styled text within the content I write?

(See also: Why not WYSIWIG.)

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Fri, 2008-03-28 09:57
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Ask Agaric: What is Linux? (No, don't ask that)

Key words and phrases: 
GNU
Description & Info: 

http://www.ubuntu.net/
08:17
there-- the flavor of the month of Linux

andrea:
what is linux?

benjamin melançon 10:11
i'm going to pretend i didn't hear that

andrea:
sounds good

benjamin melançon
THE free software operating system

andrea
i still don't understand

benjamin melançon
Microsoft = Evil
Apple = Lesser Evil
Linux = Good

andrea

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Tue, 2008-01-22 00:28
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Ask Agaric: Dvorak on a Mac

Description & Info: 

also, i have a mac, how do i get the keyboard on a mac?

Dvorak on a Mac:

Click that silly apple symbol at the top left, click System Preferences...

First line, Personal, click International, and then Input Menu.

Check Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer to turn both on.

by Benjamin Melançon
Posted on Sun, 2008-01-06 16:52
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Ask Agaric: Making the book block link to the parent of a book node

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bjornkri: Hello, I'm having a bit of trouble getting my head around overriding blocks. I'm trying to make the book-block title a link to the root of the book. I've a lot of questions about how to do that in fact, but to start with I'm not sure how to override it without changing the source... Anyone willing and able to send me in the right direction?