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Referencing to the file used in the field is not allowed.

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:52:55 +0000

If you are using Drupal’s Insert Module, you may come across a very interesting problem. You may insert new images into your posts (inline), however, when you are ready to edit nodes you are welcomed with a message that says: “Referencing to the file used in the field is not allowed.” What do you do then?

Well you can go crazy trying to figure out what you did wrong. That is the first step. Then you can Google the error to check and see if you somebody else in this world has seen the message. And finally you start trying everything under the sun that the forums say.

In this case however, I am posting the solution to this particular problem so that we all remember how to fix it in the future. The problem happens because of incompatibilities between the version of Insert Module and the ImageField Module.

The Fix

1. Backup your DB (this is for security, if you are a wild person, then don’t do this part.)

2. Replace your fieldField module and your ImageField module with the latest stable version.

3. Run the update.php script in your Drupal installation : yoursite.com/update.php

4. Finally go to the pages and insert images like crazy…

That simple. I know that it sounds simple now that you know the answer, but believe me, when you have to spend a couple of hours in Google trying to figure out the solution, you might as well now take two hours and go to your favorite coffee shop.

Thanks guys, until next time.

Alex Centeno MBA.
Creative Director & Digital Media Strategist
Merkados Interactive Partners

Misalignment of Title Tags and Content on a Page: Free VideoCast.

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:00:48 +0000

Continuing with the Free podcast sessions about online marketing consulting, namely search engine optimization tactics, this particular screencast features a common practice that can improve both visibility and rankings easily.

Alex Centeno offers a detailed explanation of the usual mistake of lacking alignment between title tags and text of a web page and shows how to use Google to identify these pages in your site.

Digital Media Design by Alex Centeno: Aligning Titles

Freshness of Content in Search Engines like Google

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:43:29 +0000

The freshness of your content is important in your online marketing strategies. Alex Centeno MBA. shows you in this video how to determine the freshness of your content. You can also use this knowledge for competitive purposes: are your competitors updating their content at a faster pace?

Digital Media Design & Marketing Series: Brand Popularity Check Video

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:17:41 +0000

Alex Centeno MBA: Short video on how to check brand popularity in Google.

First SEO Video. SEO Basics Series. Canonicalization

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:53:37 +0000

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Canonicalization (Man it is hard to say that), is the practice of choosing one version of several duplicate pages and redirecting the other pages to the chosen one. In this video, Alex Centeno explains the process. This video is the first video of my SEO Basics collection, therefore it is horrible in terms of language and theme (I hope they get better with time). Anyhow for anybody looking for the .htaccess code for the www versus non-www canonicalization it is here:

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Internet Marketing – Two New Tips on Improving Visibility

admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:01:51 +0000

Internet Marketing is the combination between art and science with the intention of filling the clients needs, desires and preferences with the greatest intensity. Two new tips for starting Internet Marketers out there:

Use Google Base to increase your popularity by submitting quality content. Google Base brings the possibility of saving information on the web including blogs, websites, whitepapers and much more. Go ahead, submit content to increase the options of visibility of your site.
Do not overuse your keywords in the alt-tags of your page. Your alt-tags are intended to describe non-text elements in a site. Use them with accurate descriptive content and use different ways of naming your keywords.

This two small tips can improve your sites visibility and usability which will support your conversion efforts overall.