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The client requirement was to add an option to enable the purchase of free products in an eCommerce site implemented using the Ubercart module of Drupal. This option can be implemented using the module named 'uc_free_order'(with Ubercart and other dependent modules installed). At the time of purchase, the 'uc_free_order' module checks the price of the product to verify if the amount is less than or equal to zero. In this scenario, the checkout page and the credit card options will not be displayed. Instead 'No payment required' message will be displayed inside the 'Payment method' box. Read on to know how to configure it in the site.

In Drupal, all content is stored and treated as "nodes" - an abstraction to process data. A node is any posting, such as a page, article, or blog entry. Comments are not stored as nodes but are always tied to one. Treating all content as nodes allows the flexibility of creating new types of content. It also allows you to effortlessly apply new features or changes to content.Read on to know how to save node programmatically

In one of our Drupal 7 sites, recently, we came across a situation where we wanted to set a menu link that redirects users to different pages based on their roles. Usually, we create separate menu items for each user and apply permissions based on their roles. However,since we wanted to avoid redundant menu items and didn't want to duplicate an entire menu branch for a shared parent menu item, we decided to set single menu item with different pointing locations. Here is how we achieved it.

In this article, I would explain how to configure Alexa API to work seamlessly with your Drupal site. We have implemented this module in our site Top Drupal Sites. This module enables you to get the details of a site by passing the URL of the website. Read on to know more

Drupal 8 is the latest version of Drupal. There are significant differences between Drupal 8 and Drupal 7. Firstly, Drupal 8 requires the latest version of php5 to run. Drupal 8 uses a PHP framework called Symphony, which relies heavily on OOP. Another major change in Drupal 8 is the folder structure. In Drupal 8, all core modules are placed within core/ and all other modules are placed in root modules folder. Moreover, there are changes in the way modules are created. Read on to know how to create a custom module in Drupal 8.

In this article, I would explain how we can add a new set of categories to an already existing node by using existing taxonomy terms as reference id in Drupal 6. In order to achieve this, the following functions can be used: taxonomy_get_parents_all(), taxonomy_get_term(), node_save().

User profile plays a significant role in identifying and categorizing users based on their characteristics or preferences, planning specific features, influences navigation, and the way interaction happens in the system.Today, almost everyone creates a profile in jobsites or social media websites. Frequent updation of a user's profile data is extremely important. In this article, we will see how can we update an existing user's profile data. Below is the code snippet that is used to update user's profile data.

Sugar CRM is a web application used for customer relationship management. Checkout our article on How to integrate Drupal with SugarCRM.Now, let's see how to push the data from Drupal to SugarCRM

Theming with Drupal is extremely simple. You can build a simple theme from scratch. When you are developing a new theme, you have to follow certain methods i.e. creating a .info file and template files. If you want to create a custom Drupal 7 theme for your site, read the following tips.

Opacity is the CSS property that allows image transparency. All modern browsers support CSS opacity. However, if you want it to function in the older versions of browsers, some cross browser tricks are required. Follow these CSS rules to enable cross browser compatible opacity settings for your HTML elements

In a drupal website, it is easy to add the font styles provided by drupal itself. If the user wants to add a font which is not present in the drupal site by default, the process given below can be followed. Read on to know more.

Defect density could be defined as the value of the total defects which are known to the size of the software product calculated. i.e. Defect Density= Total defects/Size For better understanding, consider the following example.