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Kristi Wachter - Drupal Consultant
Recent Blog Posts
libmysqlclient driver version 3.3.2
I recently worked on a Drupal site that was showing this error:
10.6.10-MariaDB-log
The libmysqlclient driver version 3.3.2 is less than the minimum required version. Upgrade to libmysqlclient version 5.5.3 or up, or alternatively switch mysql drivers to MySQLnd version 5.0.9 or up.
I tried searching for
drupal "libmysqlclient driver version 3.3.2" "minimum required"
Reducing clutter in Drupal with Hide Formats, Better Formats, and Simplify
It's great having multiple text formats in Drupal so you can choose the version you need - even switching between Filtered HTML and Full HTML can be a handy option when you'd like to limit HTML tags most of the time but allow more formatting freedom on occasion.
But having the Text Format widget visible on every text field can use up a lot of screen space.
Email newsletters for small organizations
Lots of small organizations, especially non-profits, want to send out email newsletters to members and supporters. Mailchimp is probably the best-known email service, but it can be daunting for some small organizations - especially if the newsletters are being sent by volunteers who don't have the time to learn how to use all the options of a system like Mailchimp.
Buttondown is a great alternative.
Quickly removing numbers from a list
Removing the numbers from a numbered list is pretty easy with regular expressions.
For my KFOG site, many of my playlists started out with numbers, like this:
What's new in LibreOffice 7.4
My favorite open-source all-purpose software, LibreOffice, keeps getting better. They released version 7.4 in August 2022, and it's a pleasure to read the release notes to see all the things they've improved: