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Amanda Luker
Jun 16, 2010

Volunteering at Free Geek Twin Cities

Editor's Note: This is the first in an ongoing series about what our team does in their spare time to help good causes. ... more
Amanda Luker
Jun 2, 2010

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
Amanda Luker
Jan 21, 2010

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
Amanda Luker
Jun 12, 2009

10 Tips for Theming Drupal 6 Forms

In the last month, I've been working on a project that requires a very custom look and feel for login/register/adding content forms, and worked what I've learned into a presentation. Now I've got a little running list of tips for whipping Drupal forms into shape. ... more
Amanda Luker
May 22, 2009

Table-free Gallery Grid View in Drupal

In my role here at Advomatic, doing Drupal Development, for the last two projects I’ve worked on, I’ve gotten requests for a surprisingly tedious layout that looks a little like this: ... more
Amanda Luker
Apr 30, 2009

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! ... more
Amanda Luker
Apr 28, 2009

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
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