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Using Drupal as an OpenID Server

Chris Ng — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:20:39 -0700

While doing some research for a project, I decided to install and configure the Drupal OpenID module to see whether it would suit my needs.

Here's what I did:

Set up OpenID identity server
Unfortunately, the OpenID server component is only available in Drupal 4.7 (although the project is looking for people to step up and help with the port to Drupal 5). Seeing as I didn't have an instance of 4.7 to play on, I set up a stock installation with no contributed modules.

Updating existing user profiles using CCK + usernode/nodefamily/nodeprofile

Chris Ng — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:02:00 -0700

If you have been using the stock profile module distributed with Drupal, it's time to switch to CCK to get more flexibility and control in theming and functionality.

There is an excellent tutorial on how to do just this (http://dev.shellmultimedia.com/node/55), but I already have hundreds of users. Here's how I salvaged the data.

Instatone soft launch

Chris Ng — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:35:00 -0700

If you're in a band and want to see how your music stacks up, Instatone Radio is the site for you. Top-rated songs are placed in playlist (generated hourly) that gets played on the internet radio station.

We put this together using Drupal. We're in bug-squishing mode, but feel free to give it a try. It's amazing how many good unsigned bands there are.