Idaho Commission for Libraries

There is nothing to panic about here because all of your data is still in the database. Basically, what the Reset to Default button does is it clears out all the settings (like site name, the footer message, time zone, etc.) and resets them to the Drupal defaults.

In Drupal 5.0, the Reset to Defaults option has been reconfigured. Instead of one button clearing out all the settings, each section has its own Reset to Defaults button that will only affect that section. For example, if I reset to defaults the Site Information page, I would have to reset the Name, Slogan, Mission, and Footer information only and not all the other areas. Navigate through this listing to the section that applies to you.

Site Information

• Login by typing in /user after your library's address (i.e. http://example.lili.org/user)
• Click administer in the user Navigation Block
• Click Site Information in the Site Configuration section of the node
• Enter in your Library's Name as you want it to appear in the Name text field
• Leave the e-mail address as the default
• Enter in your Library's Slogan (if desired) in the Slogan text field
• Enter in your Library's Mission Statement (if desired) in the Mission text area
• Enter in your Footer message (usually your library's address and phone number) in the Footer
• Click on Disable Rich Text
• Append the following code to the end of the footer message to re-enable the Administrator Login:
  <p><a xhref="/user">Admin</a></p>
  * Note: You can change the word Admin to something more fitting to your site's needs..
• Click Save Configuration

Clean URLs

• Click administer in the user Navigation Block
• Click Clean URLs in the Site Configuration section of the node
• Run the clean URL test.
• When the test is done, select the Enabled radio button to turn clean URLs back on. * By default, Drupal adds ?q= in front of page numbers or user created location pointers in the URL. Turning this setting on will strip this out.

Cache

• Click Administer in the user Navigation Block
• Click Performance in the Site Configuration section of the node
• Select the Normal radio button to enable the Cache.* Caching will speed up your Drupal site because it will cut down on the amount of time it will take to retrieve commonly accessed data from the database.
• Click Save Configuration

Date and Time

• Click Administer in the user Navigation Block
• Click Date and Time in the Site Configuration section of the node
• Select the Default Time Zone from the drop down list and set it to the time zone your library is in. This listing is based upon Greenwich Mean Time. During daylight savings time, Mountain time is -0600 because we are six time zones behind Greenwich, England during this part of the year.
• Adjust the Short, Medium, and Long Date formats from the appropriate Drop Down Menu. These are your personal preference and timestamps on your site will be based upon your selections made here.
• Click Save Configuration