In Chicago? Don't Have a DrupalCon Ticket Yet? But You're Reading This on a Weekend?
Update: Ticket taken. But if you want to come, please read below the fold.
See Permissions' Machine Names (and much more) with Xray Module for Drupal 7
With Drupal 7's third and final release candidate unleashed on us all this morning, it is long past time to help the #D7CX movement with a seasonal offering of our own.
+1 to Ending comment-to-subscribe on Drupal.org
As starving authors we at Agaric don't have a lot of cash to burn right now, but we've thrown $25 in the project to make it possible to subscribe to drupal.org issues without commenting. (On top of whatever we donated when this request for funding went out a year and a half ago).
Drupal Work Collectives
Agaric proposes the creation of a new kind of workplace, essentially a Drupal commune, but really more like an open source free software idea & brainstorming commune, kind of along the same lines as an artist's or writer's colony.
We're Writing a Book!
Yes it's true, for the past few months we've been hard at work with a lot of other co-authors on The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7.
Agaric Backs Community Coworking Center in NYC
Thinking it would be a great place to work a day or two while in New York City for clients or DrupalCamps, Agaric dropped a few dollars in the Kickstarter fund for New Work City: Community Coworking Center for Independents in NY.
Agaric Sponsors Modulecraft for the Building of Drupal Shared business, Development, and Training Tools
For community shared business, development, and training tools, Agaric throws a little sponsorship at modulecraft.
Agaric Provides Very Minor Assist in Readying Insert Module for Drupal 7
Benjamin Melançon of Agaric helped with a patch for the Drupal 7 version of Insert module.
Agaric?
What the word agaric means and why Agaric took it for our cooperative's name.
Designed to Life
Functionality designed to your life is the Agaric Design signature. Utilizing open source, free software from around the world, Agaric Design websites are impeccably crafted with a modern, sophisticated and understated spirit.
The Story on Agaric
I've always had a passion for good design and healthy coding, even back in the days of owning a web site cart in downtown Natick. Back then, my business partner and I made all natural HTML roll-up web sites and, as an incentive for customers to wait in line, we baked Drupal into different flavored designs.
Getting an audio player to show on your content nodes only takes a few steps. However, like many things in Drupal, knowing what those few steps are can be a bit of a challenge. This short guide will provide a basic introduction for anyone looking to use this core functionality on their site.
Step 1: Enable the Media module
The media module is available in Drupal core, and just needs to be enabled.
Step 2: Create a new Media type
In the admin toolbar, navigate to Structure > Media types > Add media type
You may or may not have specific needs that determine how you name your media type. I simply named mine Audio file, and then selected Audio file for the Media source selection field. Don't forget to click save.
Step 3: Create an entity reference field on the entity type that should contain your audio player
In the most basic case, you will add a field to the content type where you want an audio player. When you get to the field type drop-down, select Media (under Reference). Of course, label your field according to your needs.
note: If you are using the paragraphs module, you might choose to create a new paragraph type and add a field there instead.
Click Save and continue
Click Save field settings
Now you will be directed to the Edit tab for your new field. Select your desired settings. The important bit here is that you scroll to the REFERENCE TYPE field set, and click the checkbox next to your new media type (Audio file in my case).
Scroll to the bottom and click Save settings
If you added this field directly to your content type, then you should be all set.
If you are using paragraphs, don't forget to enable your new paragraph type on the paragraph field of your content type.
A program or application is free software when it is intentionally licensed with our freedom in mind. Specifically, four freedoms (numbered using the zero-based numbering in programming languages):
- Freedom 0 - The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
- Freedom 1 - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish.
- Freedom 2 - The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others.
- Freedom 3 - The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.
From Linux to Firefox to Drupal, free software is a tremendous force in our world. By building free software, we help building a software commons we can all trust and benefit from.
Why Free?
A Note On Other Words: Libre Software, Open Source
There are similar terms used to describe similar software. Libre software is a synonym for free software. By using the word libre, we remove the ambiguity inherent in free, which can mean free as in no money or free as in liberty. We appreciate this term and use it interchangeably with free software.
Open source is very similar to free software. It emerged, like libre software, as a way to remove ambiguity. However, in doing so it loses the ethical and political power that comes with free/libre software. So while we respect and use the term open source, we prefer free software because of it emphasizes the value of freedom.
Further Reading
The following are excellent pieces for further information on the meaning of free software and some of the differences and debates between the various terms.
- Free Software Wikipedia article
- How I coined the term 'open source' by Christine Peterson
- Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software by Richard Stallman
- When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior by Benjamin Mako Hill
Welcome to Drutopia! We hope you are enjoying the features we have built. Everything you are using is open-source and free for good people like yourself to use.
We invite you to give your input on the project and contribute where you can by becoming a member of Drutopia. For as little as $10 a year you can become a member who votes for our leadership team, suggests features for our roadmap and is part of a community building tools for the grassroots.
Learn more about membership at drutopia.org
Steps
1, Add a relationship to content referenced by your entity reference field
Go ahead and click the Add button next to Relationships.
We love free and open formats. RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a great way to keep in touch with your favorite blogs and websites.
We have two available:
- Front page - https://agaric.com/rss.xml
- All the news worthy enough to get promoted to the front page
- Blog posts - https://agaric.com/blog/feed
- All of the blogs
New to RSS?
If you're new to RSS, here's what you need to do:
- Get an RSS Reader
- Subscribe to RSS feeds
There are a lot out there. If you'd like to use a web-based reader, one option is CommaFeed. It's free software, easy to use and has lots of features.
If you prefer a desktop application, Raven Reader is also free software and well designed.
