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Arm yourself with Drupal $body_classes!
A common question I get for theming Drupal sites is how to apply css to specific pages. For example, you might want your background image for your header to change on specific pages. Out of the box, Drupal doesn't give you any class in the HTML that's unique to your node to grab onto. This is... more
How to Give Your Project A Fighting Chance (Part 1)
"What we learn from lessons learned is that we don’t learn from lessons learned."
- T. Block
So you are about to kickoff a project. You have a budget, a deadline, and a deliverable: an awesome website launch. As you already know, there are 3 criteria by which... more
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The dreaded "MySQL has gone away" error
In environments where there are many databases running on the same machine (ex. shared hosting), or in high traffic environments (ex. enterprise sites) it is a common problem that unterminated connections to the database linger around indefinitely until MySQL starts spitting out the "Too many... more
A lesson in the usefulness of CSS sprite generators
The basic premise of a sprite image is to consolidate your site's graphics into one (or more) master image file. Then, with the magic of CSS's background-position property, you can shift the master sprite image around and only reveal the parts you want. Like a window. Some might even say like a... more
Theming the User Login Block
Don't want people to look at your site and immediately know it is Drupal? Theme your user login block!
While it isn't always your top priority, customizing the look and feel of the login form helps maintain the integrity... more
Quick and easy Congressional District lookups for your CiviCRM contacts
By definition CiviCRM is used by many organizations in the political sphere. For those organizations working in the US one useful metric to have on your contacts is their congressional district. Up until now this has usually been accomplished with either custom code, or exporting your contacts,... more
Media Sprint in NYC a Success!
On October 23-24, Jonathan and I met with some of the top Drupal Media developers in NYC for a code sprint. The purpose of the sprint was to bring to fruition the vision of the ... more
Drupal Maintainability III - Self Documentation
It's been a while since I've done an article in the Maintainability series, but that's how the web business goes - alternating between insane activity and manageable momentum.
This time we're talking about... more
Stream Wrappers and You
This past weekend, a team of core Drupal developers, including Peter Wolanin (pwolanin), Andrew Morton (drewish), ... more
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