drupal commons tips

[Stevyn]

how to install a drupal module on drupal commons:

1. Create sites/all/modules directory if needed

2. Dump the contributed modules in to 'sites/all/modules' directory

3. Enable it under /admin/build/modules in the admin panel

also see: http://drupal.org/node/70151

[Stevyn]

Showing an RSS Feed in a Drupal Block

http://www.ostraining.com/blog/drupal/s ... pal-block/

First of all, we're going to set up the Aggregator module so that it can handle the RSS feeds for us.

Step 1: Go to Administer >> Site building >> Modules. Check the box next to "Aggregator" and click Save Configuration.
Step 2: Go to Administer >> click "By module" at the top.
Step 3: Find the "Aggregator" area right at the top and then click on "Feed aggregator":



Step 4: Click "Add Feed" along the top and enter the address of your RSS feed:

Step 5: Click "Save" and then "update items". That will load the latest articles from your RSS feed.


Now that Aggregator is handling the RSS feeds for us, we'll go and place it into a block on our site:

Step 6: Go to Administer >> Site building >> Blocks. Scroll down to find the block with the same name as the feed your created in Step 4. Aggregator has automatically created this for you.
Step 7: More than likely, you will need to click "Configure" next to the block and choose a new title. Aggregator creates a default title of "[feed name] feed latest items".
Step 8: Publish the block and check to see how it looks on your site: