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Jake Bell
Apr 17, 2012

Fine-grained caching with Views

A lot of very interesting things are happening to make Drupal's caching system a bit smarter. One of my favorite recent (albeit... more
Amanda Luker
Apr 11, 2012

Responsive Design Tips from DrupalCon

Ah, Drupalcon. Three days of panels and BOFs, one Advomatic code sprint, and some very late nights with the Advoteam. Now I'm thrust back into the land of overflowing diaper pails and spaghetti bits everywhere that is work-from-home motherhood. But I promised myself I'd put my DrupalCon notes... more
Elana Levin
Jan 12, 2012

We Left GoDaddy. So Should You! or Why Every Nonprofit Should Care About SOPA

This month the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that could end the internet as we know it. If the so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), currently making its way through the House, or the “Protect Intellectual Property Act” (PIPA), awaiting a vote in the Senate, become law, corporations... more
Amanda Luker
Sep 18, 2011

Flowing a list view into two columns

Columns. While it may seem like a good idea to a graphic designer, the idea of newspaper-style columns strikes fear in the hearts of themers everywhere. In particular, you may run into an instance where you need a list view to be A-L in the first column, then M-Z in the second column. I'll walk... more
Amanda Luker
Jul 6, 2011

Build a Filterable Staff Directory in Drupal 6 or 7

Here's a beginner-level Drupal CCK/Views site building recipe for creating a nicely filterable Staff page. After making one like this for a recent project in Drupal 6, I was both pleased and annoyed to discover how easy it is to build in Drupal 7, now that fields are in core. I'll show you both... more
Aaron Welch
Jun 28, 2011

Win a trip to Drupalcon London 2011 from Cadre Web Hosting!

Cadre Web Hosting is sending someone to Drupalcon London 2011. Will it be you? That's right, Cadre is sending one lucky winner to London to attend Drupalcon all on our dime. Since we are Silver Sponsors this year we decided that we'd give away a conference registration along with airfare... more
Jack Haas
Jun 7, 2011

Notable changes to theming in Drupal 7

There are 50+ changes to the theme system in the move to Drupal 7 - that's a lot to consider when upgrading your theme from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. As expected, some of the changes make theming more complex... but those changes can also free things up... more
Aaron Winborn
May 3, 2011

Webcam Magic!

Here is a recipe for the holy grail of video handling on your server: recording a video with a webcam from the browser, upload it to YouTube, and embed it on your site, all with one magic click. This technique is currently only possible with ... more
Amanda Luker
Mar 25, 2011

Designing for Drupal: DOs and DON'Ts

"Drupal sites can look any way you want!" Heard this before? While technically true, it doesn’t mean it’s always the best option. If you are a graphic designer creating comps (compositions) for a Drupal site, here are a few DOs and DON'Ts to follow. Not only can they make theme developers happy,... 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
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