understand firebug

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:39:33 AM

figure out how to install firebug in mozilla

Do this first on your own. If i have to figure it out again I will post the notes here.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:40:09 AM

If you want to live in Drupal you NEED reasonable expertise with firebug

or a similar program in ie.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:40:26 AM

when installed it will sit in the bottom right corner

when installed it will sit in the bottom right corner

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:43:36 AM

Most obvious use

click on this bug to open up a window in firefox in the bottom half of the screen.

You can use the html tab in it to see your hierarchical html and its nodes like div.

If you click on on any html div you will see its style shown in the right hand side.

If your div borrows style from any parent divs or elements or styles you will see how this div inherited its styles.

You can then on the right hand side change the styles by adding new attributes such as background, width etc to dynamically see what happens if you see it

more importantly you can see the structure of tags and elements and divs that Drupal inserts.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:44:32 AM

if the style comes from a .css file you can see the filename where that CSS is defined

you will see the filenames on the right hand side window.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:45:14 AM

if you click on a div and dont' see any styles

this means no one has defined styles for this element so far.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 11:52:34 AM

You can locate a div in html if you move your mouse on the html page

on left top you will find a firebug icon to enter this mode. In this mode if you move your mouse around on the top html screen firebug will locate the corresponding div below.

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 12:53:29 PM

how can I make drupal not show basic page title?

how can I make drupal not show basic page title?

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satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 12:54:31 PM

There is some discussion here

There is some discussion here

Not satisfactory. Ought to be simpler than this...

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:22:06 PM

node.tpl.php $page flag

node.tpl.php $page flag

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satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:25:28 PM

documentation on this tempalte node.tpl.php in 7

documentation on this tempalte node.tpl.php in 7

satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:47:28 PM

what is $page flag in drupal

what is $page flag in drupal

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satya - Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:51:10 PM

theming nodes by content type

theming nodes by content type