Drupal 8 kint() doens’t work

I noticed that kint() function doesn’t work on a fresh Drupal 8 installation. The solution is to uninstall BigPipe module, that comes preinstalled in the latest version of Drupal. BigPipe is a caching technique that interferes with how kint() works.

WordPress post remove categories taxonomy

function alter_taxonomy_for_post() { unregister_taxonomy_for_object_type(‘category’, ‘post’); //register_taxonomy_for_object_type(‘custom_tax’, ‘post’);}add_action(‘init’, ‘alter_taxonomy_for_post’);

GreenSock hover over starter

Hover effects $(“.video”).hover( function () { TweenLite.to($(“.overlay .fa”, this), 0.3, {y: -15, ease: Power2.easeInOut}); }, function () { TweenLite.to($(“.overlay .fa”, this), 0.3, {y: 0, ease: Power2.easeInOut}); } );

WordPress development workflow

WordPress + Bootstrap + Visual Composer For most of the standard websites, I use the following workflow. Generate a WordPress starter theme in Underscores. Upload and activate the theme. Install and activate Visual Composer plugin (I’m slowly adapting the Guttenberg plugin instead). Import Bootstrap to the theme folder. Import Visual Composer fix that integrates the… Continue reading WordPress development workflow

Drupal 8, getting paragraph parent

function hook_suggestions_paragraph_alter(array &$suggestions, array $variables, $hook) { $parent = $variables[‘elements’][‘#paragraph’]->getParentEntity()->bundle(); if($parent){ $paragraph = $variables[‘elements’][‘#paragraph’]; $sanitized_view_mode = strtr($variables[‘elements’][‘#view_mode’], ‘.’, ‘_’); //$suggestions[] = ‘paragraph__’ . $sanitized_view_mode; //$suggestions[] = ‘paragraph__’ . $paragraph->bundle(); //$suggestions[] = ‘paragraph__’ . $paragraph->bundle() . ‘__’ . $sanitized_view_mode; $suggestions[] = ‘paragraph__’ . $paragraph->bundle() . ‘__’ . $sanitized_view_mode . ‘__parent_’ . $parent; }}

Custom plyr.io icons

In this example I’m developing a simple play/pause button using svg sprite technique. const rt = Plyr.setup(‘.audio’, { debug: true, controls: [ ‘play’ ], iconUrl: ‘path/sprite.svg’, iconPrefix: ‘audio’}); The sprite is an svg file that includes an svg icons for play and pause. You need to add the ids to the layers. It’s required by… Continue reading Custom plyr.io icons

Drupal 8 display webform programmatically

$view_builder = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder(‘webform’); $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage(‘webform’); $node = $storage->load(‘contact’); $build = $view_builder->view($node); $output = render($build);

Drupal 8 get paragraph parent

$variables[‘elements’][‘field_ra’][‘#object’]->get(‘parent_field_name’)->getString(); You can then use it as in a theme suggestion. This will allow you to override paragraphs located in other paragraphs (or other fields) paragraph–ra–field-r.html function xxx_theme_suggestions_paragraph_alter(array &$suggestions, array $variables) { if(isset($variables[‘elements’][‘field_ra’])){ $suggestions[] = ‘paragraph__ra__’ . $variables[‘elements’][‘field_ra’][‘#object’]->get(‘parent_field_name’)->getString(); } }

Displaying view programmatically in Drupal 8

//display four related news and events view – send contextual filter $view = \Drupal\views\Views::getView(‘news_and_events’); $variables[‘frne’] = $view->buildRenderable(‘frne’);