15 Mar 2010
This quick tutorial will demonstrate how you can set up your Drupal site to allow registered users to create custom themes which they can apply to other content items (nodes).
Feature requirements
Allow users to customize the appearance (theme) of an individual node which they created....
11 Mar 2010
As a Web Developer here at Forum One, I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of modules in the Drupal Community. Some modules I've used are great and make working with Drupal a dream, others... not so much. I'd like to use this blog entry to focus on the must have modules I use on nearly all...
22 Jan 2010
Panels is one of those Drupal modules that engenders a range of feelings around here. Some people love it -- interface configurable layout! -- and some hate it -- difficult to manage .5em gutters. But it, and Chaos Tools which it is based on, provide a great deal of useful functionality...
21 Jan 2010
Forum One's tech department has evolved into primarily a Drupal shop. Drupal is a great fit for a lot of our clients, and the majority of our technology solutions involve molding Drupal to fit with our project needs.
Every successful development firm has learned to adapt quickly to changes in...
3 Jan 2010
This is a quick guide on how to translate your WordPress site using a POT file and tools involved in the process.
What framework is used for translating WP?
Using the gettext translation framework, there are three files involved in translating your wordpress site.
POT (Portable Object Template...
17 Dec 2009
WordPress 2.9 is ramping up support for custom post types. It's an improvement, but not nearly as exciting as you've probably been led to believe.
For starters, what is a custom post type in WordPress?
WordPress ships with 4 post types: post, page, revision, and attachment. WP uses a single table...
11 Dec 2009
Keith Casey recently observed to me that "Drupal developers don't seem to think of themselves as PHP developers," and the ensuing conversation, at various times roping in Joe LeBlanc (a Joomla! developer) and Aaron Brazell (WordPress) caused Aaron to write this really thoughtful post. What we've...
27 Nov 2009
Every now and then I have the task of creating a Drupal block that displays Register and Login links for users who are not logged in and also displays Welcome Text and Logout links for users who are logged in. This can easily be done using two separate Drupal blocks and good ole PHP. However, if...
4 Nov 2009
If you ever need to import a selected number of columns from a data file in MySQL then this how-to is for you! Recently I had to import a data file (tab delimiter) containing geo-coding data for zip codes into a table that had less columns than the data file and the columns were not in the same...
29 Oct 2009
Pods is a pet project that I've been working on for more than a year. It's purpose is to sit on top of WordPress and allow for users to create custom data structures, called content types. It's sort of like Drupal CCK, but for WordPress.
The biggest challenge for the Pods team isn't what most...
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