Check out the penguins :)
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I just finished installing CKFind on my beta Drupal site. I used IMCE previously for a file browser add-on to CKEditor. CKFind at first glance appears to have a good interface. I’m going to test it out on the Beta site for a while before I put it on the live site. I’ll let you know how it works.
I found this good video on how to install/configure CKFind with CKEditor . It was easy to follow. Just make sure you make the settings.php file read/write and not just read only to make the appropriate changes. But be sure to make it read only when you are done editing it so someone cannot easily edit it.
or some reason whenever I install the CKEditor module for Drupal I have a problem with it. It is not a major problem, but it is just a pain. Any other module that I install, it is simple. But for some reason with CKEditor, I always manage to mess something up.
First, I’m glad they changed the name. Because it used to be FCKeditor, but that was one letter away from, well you know. But it is still a two part install to configure the module in Drupal. First,you go to Drupal.org and get the CKeditor download from there. Second, you go to the CKEditor website and download the latest version there.
So, I know what you are thinking–that is only two steps. What is so difficult about that? Well, it is just where you put the second part, the CKEditor files from the CKEditor website. The documentation is not very clear. It says the following:
Unzip the contents of the ckeditor directory in the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor directory.
I don’t know why that sentence is so complicated, but it just always is for some reason. I think what I normally do is unzip the download into the 2nd ckeditor directory. But now, there should be 3 ckeditor folders. So the folder would be located on your web server at this location:
www/sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/ckeditor
So all the downloaded files (which are in a zip file) go into that 3rd ckeditor folder. So don’t forget that or else you will make the stupid mistake that I always make.
"Europe’s Minaret Moment" from New York Times -
Interesting article about Islamic people and Europe and the recent Swiss vote on banning minarets. Article poses a lot of challenges that they face. From the article, it doesn’t seem like this is an issue that Europe wants to face directly. They have ignored the issue at times and hoped that it would go away.
But the Swiss, who are neutral, took a very strong position on the issue of minarets. This is especially sad, coming from a country that many consider the first “real” democracy in the world. The citizens are able to vote on bills like this, unlike in the US and other countries. So this vote does not just represent the views of the old, white men in their government, but rather the population as a whole.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks and months with this issue. But it will be interesting to see how the European Union and Switzerland handle deal with a growing Muslim population.
To anyone just starting to use Drupal. One of the first modules you must get is CKeditor. It was previously titled FCKeditor, which thankfully they changed, because it’s title often looked a lot like a certain 4 letter swear word.
CKeditor is WYSIWYG text editor that will automatically convert your text to HTML. It has many buttons and commands that are similar to Microsoft Word or any other word processor. It lets you do some basic formatting with your text and is simple to use.
Of course, if you need to edit the HTML code, you can quickly switch to the HTML source and update it that way as well. But, obviously, it will save you a great amount of time with basic formatting of text.
So definitely add this to your Drupal installation as one of your first add on modules. To download the module and find more information, refer here to the drupal.org site
Swiss approve prescription heroin -
It is interesting on how the Swiss can be so progressive on their drug policy, yet so conservative on religious freedom and racism. It is a radical program, one I could not see passing in the US, but it appears to be working. You do not see people out on the street injecting themselves. They have definitely contained the use of Heroin to certain parts of the cities where these clinics are.
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Why Biologic Drugs Remain Expensive -
“Those generic drug companies lobby just like the rest of big pharma.”
Be interesting to see in the coming years if companies are able to make generics of biologic drugs. This is a big unknown right now in the drug industry. But these drugs are certainly contributing to high healthcare costs in the US.
Thomas Friedman's take on the troop increase in Afghanistan -
I always thought Friedman was one of the best writers on the Middle East. I definitely agree with him on this article. Really wish we could start the withdrawal from Afghanistan. I don’t think there is anyway we can solve things there in 18 months if we have not been able to for the last 8 years.
Democracy cannot be pushed on a group of people from the outside by military force, it must come from within a country and grow organically.