Q: Help, I just installed the lightbox2 module and now nearly every link I click on results in a lightbox appearing, what do I do?
A: Upgrade to the dev version of the lightbox2 module and the problem should go away...

Q: How do I remove or delete the forum container entries from the 'Forums:' dropdown on the 'New Topic' form? If a user chooses a forum container rather than an actual forum and then tries to create a post an error message like 'The item [Container Name] is only a container for forums. Please select one of the forums below it.' is displayed - this is really annoying the client!

Q: How can I programmatically invoke a view and retrieve its result/output data in PHP?
A: Use the new(ish) views function - views_get_view_result(), and access the result data in the array that it returns.

Q: How can I programmatically create or add new Taxonomy Terms using PHP code?
A: Call the function taxonomy_save_term() passing in the details of the new taxonomy term.

Q: How do I get the 'display id' ($display_id) of a view display so that I can pass it to views_embed_view() when programmatically showing a view?

A: View display ids follow a pattern like page_1, page_2, block_1, block_2 etc., depending on the display type - they do not follow the display's title (I spent a lot of time trying to plug in variations of the display name with no success!) The documentation for views_embed_view() does not explain what the display id is or where it comes from....

In this gloomy climate it's great to see some good news - and the Irish Times reports here that Google has seen a sharp rise in its profits for the first quarter of this year - more evidence they say that the online advertising and technology sectors are bouncing back from the recession. It seems that revenue rose 28% which is the the biggest rate of growth since the third quarter of 2008.

Q: How do I load a user's Content Profile node in PHP given their UID or user object?
A: Use the function content_profile_load() to load the associated profile node.

Q: How do I change the very LOUD <H3> Location title in a node view to something more suitable?
A: This can be easily changed through theming by copying locations.tpl.php to your theme folder, editing it and clearing the theme cache.

Q: How do I remove unwanted page tabs in drupal 6?
A: Follow the instructions in this article - http://drupal.org/node/483324

Yet another post about trimming away unwanted stuff from drupal so that your website better matches your target web design! This time it's about removing unwanted page tabs. In my case I wanted to remove to tabs from the userplus module's screen - the 'assign user roles' and 'assign user groups' tabs. The client doesn't want them so they just have to go!

Q: How can I get the drupal location module to display proper province/state/county names rather than just its code (e.g. Cork vs CK)?

A: One quite easy way of achieving this is to override the default location display template, location.tpl.php and get it to output the full province name.