drupal patches
More about it:
http://drupal.org/patch
http://drupal.org/patch/apply not explained if it can be applied with SFTP.
I can't use SSH. So we'll stick with manual. Some explanations in link above.
Patches are best avoided, they will bite come update time. - But some are really needed error repairs.
ERRORS and their patches:
Menu rename error: wrong character count, can't be changed. Fixed.
The result when trying to change a menu name, in my case a shorter menu text, 21 characters, looks like this:
http://drupal.org/node/399070#comment-1387748 patch for inconsistent length error, can't delete menu, can't rename menu, but it's a duplicate. Oh my.
http://drupal.org/node/292790#comment-2197774 has, at the very end the patch for v6.x hopefully all versions. #22 in that thread gives a short instruction how to core-hack manually - but that instruction is different from the details contained in the last patch. Well.
1) A bit unexpected that such basic issue has been carried around for so long, and that the error is *still* valid in 6.14.
2) Thanks to those who fixed it.
Classified ads module /i18n? error: Character count is inconsistent/wrong for Asian character set.
For translation to an Asian lanugage, at actual displayed word count of 445 words, when saving the ad, the final count jumps to something like 732 characters. In case the limit is set to 500 characters, there is a problem. Increasing the allowed word count helps, but that isn't feasible and the inconsistency remains. Problem appears to have surfaced after installing i18n, but might be unrelated. Not researched, no solution yet.
Plainscape theme /i18n error: table not found
Theme gives table "n" not found error for node types Classified ads and self-created node type Notes. The error is persistent for every such content page. Occured after installing i18n. The error does not occur goes away when using any standard theme. It probably also goes away when disabling i18n, but this is not an option for me. Disabled and removed Plainscape theme (actually I realy liked it). Can't find my original notes on this now. Error not researched, no solution yet.
i18n: strings translation for blocks, menus not working: Partially fixed
This simply does not work, while documentation says it does. Confirmed at http://drupal.org/node/541048 : titles of blocks made by other modules are not translatable, self created menu headings, blocks not translatable, string translations disappear, refresh causes deletion.
There is a patch for this by chaps2, presented in this thread. Thanks chaps2! It works well for translations. For me, any Refersh still causes mass deletion.
i18n: Refresh of strings variables caused string content deletion:
same as last remaining issue of above, subset of above, in which it appears that for me the patch is not fixing this part of the issue. Just keeping this one separate pro forma.
Input format: switches without warning:
Occurs on several web sites. You're working on a piece of content, saving, maybe several times, and suddenly the content appears differently. The input format has switched from default to another one. Not researched, no solution yet.
Packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet': Fixed /Back again
Warning: Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes query: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, variables, severity, link, location, referer, hostname, timestamp) VALUES (3, 'php', '%message in %file on line %line.', 'a:4:{s:6:\"%error\";s:12:\"user warning\";s:8:\"%message\";s:1171373:\"Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes\nquery: UPDATE sessions SET uid = 3, cache = 0, hostname = '[my IP number]', session = 'spam_form|a:43:{s:7:\\"#prefix\\";s:15037:\\"<div class=\\"preview\\"><h3>Preview trimmed version</h3><div id=\\"node-84\\" class=\\"node\\">\\n\\n \\n <h2 class=\\"node-title\\">\\n <a href=\\"/node/84\\">multilanguage internationalisation module ( in /home/[username]/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 128.
This is probably caused by the spam module checking a relatively long page. it can be solved by installing the drupal tweaks module. But then again, sometimes not, see spam module http://www.janroe.com/node/75, at least i continue to assume that the spam module is a main contributing factor.