Version Agnostic

If using the "Database logging" module in core, be sure to keep only a small number of entries (1,000 seems reasonable).

This section is for sharing sample code that does useful things for site administrators and developers.  Please do not add anything directly to this page, but rather create a sub page for each individual snippet.

Accessibility in short is the process of making websites and website content percievable and usable by people with disabilities.

Georgia Tech staff, students, and faculty can now use a Georgia Tech instance of GitHub, a version/revision control system.  This service is available thanks to the College of Engineering's brilliant proof of concept with GitHub Enterprise, and the ensuing excited buy-in from the Office of Information Technology.

TWO simple things you can do, which make your web pages easier to use for people who are losing their eyesight or are blind.

Eyes vs. Software

People who cannot see your actual page often use software called screen readers, which reads that page read aloud. This software reads pages differently than one might visually. But TWO simple changes in the way we edit web pages can make that difference easier to manage.

You can view any MySQL database on an OIT Web Hosting website using many different GUI based applications. Below are a few implementations that have been used by members of our community:

This page is now deprecated.  Please see the Best Practices for Configuring and Managing Drupal page for an enhanced list of security and site management tips.

The pages in this section provide helpful tips and tricks for improving the security of your Drupal website.  In addition to the information here, be sure to look at our Best Practices for Configuring and Managing Drupal page, and browse through the User Authentication section for more security tips, including how to require user login before viewing specific pages.

Security Resources

You can restrict your site so that only people who are on-campus (or using the VPN) can access it. This is a great idea for internal-use-only sites and also for all of your development/test websites if you are not using a local stack.

Using .htaccess Configuration

Here's the code to put into the .htaccess file in the root directory of your site (on OIT Web Hosting, this goes under httpdocs or httpsdocs usually):