Installing the Publisher 6.x Theme on an Existing Drupal Site

Assumptions

• You already have Drupal 6.x installed.
• You have a copy of the latest version of the publisher theme. Currently version: publisher-6.x-1.5 – if you do not have this version then send a request via the contact form – please indicate your purchasing email or order number so we can verify that you are a paying customer.

Setup Time Requirements

Approx: 20 to 30 minutes

Instructions

1. As a precaution, you may wish to take a backup of your site and database. If you don’t know how to do this then please ask your hosting company for specific instructions.
2. Go to: <your site>/admin/settings/site-maintenance and put your site in off-line mode.
3. Go to: <your site>/admin/build/themes and change the default theme to Garland.
4. Copy the module folders from \publisher-6.x-1.5-install\all\modules to the folder on your site at: sites\all\modules\ (please note, you may already have some of these modules installed on your site, please check and only copy over the modules that you don’t have installed yet. Also tinymce is optional, some people prefer the fckeditor or other module.)
5. Copy the publish_D6_1_5 folder from \publisher-6.x-1.5-install\all\themes to the themes folder on your site at: sites\all\themes\
6. After you have uploaded the modules and theme files go to: <your site>/admin/build/modules and enable the following modules:

   Administration
   - Administration menu

   CCK
   - Content
   - FileField
   - ImageField

   Core Optional
   - Comment
   - Database Logging
   - Forum
   - Help
   - Menu
   - Path
   - PHP Filter
   - Search
   - Taxonomy
   - Tracker
   - Update Status

   Image Cache
   - ImageAPI
   - ImageAPI GD2
   - ImageCache
   - ImageCache UI

   Other
   - TinyMCE (optional)
   - Publisher

7. Go to: <your site>/admin/content/types and click manage fields beside of the story content type. Add a new field with following details and click save.

   Label: imagetheme
   Field Name: file
   Type: Image

8. On the next screen, scroll to the bottom and click on save field settings.
9. While under the manage fields tab, “drag” imagetheme above the Body label. When you create content this will place the image above the body content.
10. Click display fields and beside of imagetheme make the following selections and click save.

    Label: Hidden
    Teaser: feature_block_2 image linked to node
    Full node = image

11. Go to <your site>/admin/content/taxonomy
    a. click add vocabulary
    b. vocabulary name: Categories
    c. check the box beside of Story under Content Types
    d. Under settings check multiple select and click save.
12. Click “add terms” beside of Categories
    a. Add term name: Business News (or term of your choice)
    b. Click save.
13. Go to: <your site>/admin/build/themes and enable the Publisher theme and make it as the default.
14. Go to: <your site>/admin/build/settings – make sure the source for secondary links says secondary links in the drop down and then click save configuration. This will update the database and the orange menu will display links if you have them assigned. If you don’t have any links assigned to the Secondary Links then follow the next step.
15. Go to: <your site>admin/build/menu – click on Secondary Links and add a link with path <front> and link title: Home. Make sure the enabled box is checked and then scroll to the bottom and click save. The link should now show in the orange menu.
16. Go to: <your site>admin/settings/publisher

    Setup the options as listed below and click save.

    Featured_block 1
    Image field for Featured block 1: Field_imagetheme
    Image Cache preset for Featured block 1: Featured_block_1

    Featured_block 2
    Image field for Featured block 2: Field_imagetheme
    Image Cache preset for Featured block 2: Featured_block_2

    Featured_block 3
    Image field for Featured block 3: Field_imagetheme
    Image Cache preset for Featured block 3: Featured_block_3

    Featured_block 4
    Image field for Featured block 4: Field_imagetheme
    Image Cache preset for Featured block 4: Featured_block_4
    Category: Business News (or the category you setup)
    Count of nodes: 4

17. Go to <your site>admin/build/block

    a. Assign the blocks to the regions and click save blocks.

    Featured block 1 = content top
    Featured block 2 = Feature block 2
    Featured block 3 = Feature block 3
    Featured block 4 = Right side bar

    b. Click configure next to each featured block 1, 2, 3, and 4. Set the block title and page visibility settings as desired and click save. This will create an entry in the database so that the blocks function properly.

18. Add content to the featured blocks. Go to: <your site>/node/add/story

    Add a Title, Body Description, and upload an image.

    If assigned to the category you setup (business news or other), it will show the content in featured block 4 which displays on the right side of the page.

    Further down the page, under Theme Settings, you can assign content to Featured blocks 1, 2, and 3. If you assign to Feature 1 you can select a position of 1 to 5. If you assign to Feature 2 or 3 then latest content will show in those blocks.

    Optimal Image Sizes:
    Featured Block 1: 641x229
    Featured Blocks 2 and 3: 193x111
    Featured Block 4: 76 x 79

    If you upload larger images it will automatically reduce to these sizes when shown on the home page.

Additional Notes

TinyMCE is optional – if you would like to use it then you can follow these steps to set it up.

1. Go to: <your site>/admin/user/permissions and assign access and administer permissions for the tinymce module as needed.
2. Go to: <your site>/admin/settings/tinymce and click create new profile. A warning message will show, disregard.
3. Click Basic Setup
   a. Profile name: Publisher
   b. Roles allowed to use this profile: check one
   c. Default state: enabled
   d. Scroll to the bottom and click Create Profile.
4. Click on CSS and under Editor CSS select Tinymce default.
5. Test creating a story and the tinymce editor should now show.