New York State Senate
After winning control of the New York State Senate for the first time in almost 50 years, the Democratic party turned to Advomatic to quickly deploy a new website powered by Drupal. There were many challenges to be overcome,... more
Development Blog
Drupal Maintainability I - Let Drupal work for you.
Here at Advomatic our bread and butter are site planning, Drupal development, and Drupal hosting. We host... more
Tales from the IE Freakshow: There's limit on the number of CSS files it can load
The prankster that it is, Internet Explorer has thrown an issue at us recently that really had us scratching our head for a little bit. It turns out, IE 6/7/8 has a limit on the number of CSS files you can load. Anyone who's worked on a medium to large Drupal site knows that you can have a very... more
Calling it a wrap: A checklist for your theme's finishing touches
Whew. It's finally over. Months and months have gone by, and the project you've been working on is almost ready for launch. Normally, you'd be happy to just push the project... more
Zen and the Art of Drupal Maintenance
Recently while rummaging through my bookshelf for a good book, I came across Robert Pirsig's classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM). One of the occupational hazards of web work is having your... more
Applying imagecache presets to user profile pictures in Drupal 6
Here’s a mini tutorial on applying imagecache presets to user profile pictures. This isn’t hard to do -- a breeze compared to what one had to do in Drupal 5 -- but this write-up might still save someone a little time, I hope!
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The Advomatic redesign process
Jack and I, co-designers/themers at Advomatic, were given no boundaries for our first redesign attempts. "We want to keep the Advodude and Advofont branding, but beyond that I'm open to anything," Adam said. As designers know, the word "anything" is... more
Firefox Add-ons for Productivity
It's difficult to imagine working on the web without Mozilla's Firefox and its bounty of fantastic, community-contributed add-ons. Everyone knows about ... more
Everything is Miscellaneous
At the Open Media Camp in Denver yesterday, Kevin Reynen (kreynen) got things off to a great start with ... more
Media Sprint at Open Media Camp in Denver!
Make sure to attend the Media Sprint Update Panel and join the Media Sprint 2009 at Open Media Camp in Denver, on... more
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