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[SOLVED][Drupal Views] How to enable contextual filters in Views to accept words instead of ID numbers?

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Drupal Technical | 1 min read
A few Drupal users were looking to know how to enable contextual filters in Views to accept words instead of ID numbers. This is especially useful in filtering items in a View using a taxonomy term as at a glance, only taxonomy term ids seem to be accepted. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site and would like to know how to enable contextual filters in Views to accept words instead of ID numbers then continue reading.
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[SOLVED][Drupal Views] How to pass variables from one View to another?

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Drupal Technical | 1 min read
A Drupal user wanted to know how to pass variables from one View to another. The user wanted to pass a taxonomy term from the first View to the second view so that the second View could be filtered by the term from the first View. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site and want to know how to pass variables from one View to another then continue reading.
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[Drupal 6] How to get the IP address and Country code using the API key of a third party service?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
If you need to deliver a custom tailored home page to a user visiting your Drupal website based on their actual physical location you need to need to match their ip addresses with their actual physical location. There are many third party services that provide this functionality and you need to use the API key provided by them in your Drupal application. If you need to know how to get IP address and Country code from an API key to be used in your Drupal application then read on to know more.
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[Drupal] How to create a local installation of a Drupal multisite project connected through symlinks?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
As a Drupal developer you might have come across a Drupal multisite installation in which the different sites were connected through symlinks. As a developer you often need to create a local installation of a live Drupal project to make the required changes before pushing it to the live version of a site. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site and would like to know how to create a local installation of a Drupal multisite project connected through symlinks then continue reading to know more.
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[Drupal] How to disable a block on a node with a particular taxonomy term via contexts?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
We have faced a situation in one of our Drupal sites where we needed to disable a Drupal block that was being displayed using Contexts. The block had to be disabled for all nodes that contained a particular taxonomy term. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site which is using Contexts and are looking to know how to disable a block on a node with a particular taxonomy term via Contexts then continue reading.
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[Drupal] How to change the order of a slideshow on every pageload?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
A large number of websites on the web today have some kind of slideshow in them and they are probably using a library like jQuery to create the slide effect. When there are 10 images cycling in a slideshow, you might want to shuffle the order of the slideshow a bit. If you have a slideshow in your Drupal website and want to know how to change the order of the slideshow on every pageload then continue reading to know more.
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[Drupal] How to set a default theme for each site in a Drupal multisite installation?

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Drupal Technical | 2 min read
When we have a multi site Drupal installation, we might have to set a default theme for each site. The easiest way of setting a default theme for each Drupal site is by setting the theme from the settings.php file. If you are having a Drupal multistie installation and want to know how to set a default theme for each site in a Drupal multisite installation the continue reading.
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