Posts Tagged ‘Fog Alarm Building’
How to get video into Drupal 6.
Posted by: mark in Saturna Project on April 9th, 2009
This might seem like an incredibly easy question to answer, but as a first-time Drupalist, with this being the first feature I tried to add to our site, I ended up experimenting with several different module combinations and ripped out all of the hair I had left before I finally got the videos playing.
To actually get the video files to play in Drupal, I followed this tutorial from Drupal Therapy: http://drupaltherapy.com/node/50, which uses the FileField and jQuery Media modules, running the videos in the free JW Mediaplayer http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/.
The JW Mediaplayer is probably the best bet in terms of a player, and its customizability was ideal for streaming video online as well as creating an off-line video gallery that could play in the Fog Alarm Building.
Once you have videos playing with jQuery Media and FileField, you'll probably want to get rid of the annoying FileField icon that appears just below the video. There are several posts in the Drupal forums about how to do this with PHP code, but it's simplest to just add the following code into your CSS file:.filefield-icon {display:none;}
Thanks to Saturna Island!
Posted by: mark in Saturna Project on March 4th, 2009
Team Saturna at the Fog Alarm Building on Saturna's East Point
The team just got back from Saturna Island and we are completely amazed at the warmth and hospitality of everyone we met, especially the people we stayed with, everyone who fed us, drove us and boated us around - we are so impressed with the Saturna community and all of the amazing projects they are working on. Thanks!
Saturna Expedition
Posted by: mark in Saturna Project on February 27th, 2009
Saturna Island's Fog Alarm Building (photo by Gerri Sinclair)
After many weeks of hearing about Saturna Island, reading about, looking at pictures of the FAB, charting courses on old maps, and new maps, we're finally visiting the island! All five members of the project team will be on Saturna Island from today until March 2nd. We can't wait to meet everyone and see all of the places we've heard so much about.
