Followup / Reminder - Quicker Drupal Adoption - Forum Challenge
Tomorrow is the start of the “Quicker Drupal adoption: The 10 minute challenge”. The original post brought a good amount of feedback, which I am summarizing and will post a follow-up in the coming...
View ArticleDrupal Themes: Different body tags based off the URL
Summary: This is a really simple snippet that allows you to have more controll over of a page's styling needs.Usage: For example, let's say you want to assign a background color to specific pages - or...
View ArticleYeehaw! Better UI on node forms - Drupal 6
Thanks to Dmitri (and Bevan) who has contributed a new module (Vertical Tabs - Drupal 6 only currently) that minimizes vertical scrolling on node forms.read more
View ArticleiPhone Gear launches, using Drupal
Finally, a long overdue personal project has launched. I bought the iPhone Gear domain back in May of 07, weeks before the iPhone was to launch. A client dragged out a project, so iphone gear got...
View ArticleHow To (Ubercart): Get shipping quotes on the "/cart" page from multiple...
As you get your hands dirty with Ubercart you will find little things you don't like. Some of the little things are important and others are not. If you stick with Ubercart long enough you will learn...
View ArticleHow To (Ubercart): Create a shipping "weight limit" message to the shopper
Problem: A client requested to show an error message on the /cart and cart/checkout page when the order shipping weight is greater than 500lbs. They are shipping grass seed and need the purchaser to...
View ArticleDrupal Meetup (group) in Lafayette / West Lafayette meets at Purdue
Our city now has a Drupal group / meetup!read more
View ArticlePurdue University: Obama and I now have something in common - Drupal
Back in October of 2008 Purdue students were well organized Obama supporters. Every time I went to campus I saw Obama supporters out rallying and sharing talking points with passer-byers. On two...
View ArticleSite Recipe: SugarCRM + Drupal + Webform + SugarCRM Webform Integration
A client recently asked for SugarCRM integration with Drupal. I just wanted to report on my findings. There are two SugarCRM + Drupal solutions...read more
View ArticleUpdate: Shopping.com API module progress...
This project was set aside last June, as I was working on it in my spare time. Shopping.com (aka SDC) is now pushing all it's partners to switch to the Version 3 platform within the next 6 months....
View ArticleEB now upgraded - from Drupal 5.7 to 5.16 -- scary...
I have to give a big hand to all the module developers that make upgrading smooth. I was very hesitant to upgrade my Drupal install and the contributed modules since it has been 14 months since my...
View ArticleSugar is sweet! Simple webform2sugar now available for D5
About two weeks ago I shared a site recipe (Drupal + webform + SugarCRM) to get Drupal talking to SugarCRM. In my previous Sugar post I mentioned I would make a patch for sugarwebform module, since it...
View ArticleComing Soon - Ubercart module to manage distributor product data - automagically
During the last few days I have been working on a module that automates updating product information from distributors.read more
View ArticleVirtualmin.com now using Drupal...
Just wanted to plug for Virtualmin and Drupal...I have been using Virtualmin for about 6 months now, so far so good. Though cPanel is widely used and looked at as a standard, the Virtualmin control...
View ArticleVery cute! 4 year old Drupaler... Youngest yet?
My 4 year old knows I work with Drupal. Sometimes she will rush to the keyboard and klak her fingers on the keys looking for attention. When I ask her what she is doing she repsonds "making a website -...
View ArticleDrupal.org username change, mcneelycorp is now elvis2
I am just reaching out to the Drupal community to let those who knew me by mcneelycorp, that I am now elvis2. I wish there were a more formal way of announcing this, like through sticky signatures. Why...
View ArticleFirequery + Firebug - Great jQuery tools!
I thought I would share with the rest of the community this great little time saver. FireQuery, needs Firebug, allows you to query the DOM and see what changes take place - without saving a file or...
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Elvis is looking for Drupal work. Need a Drupal developer / consultant?
This is a shout out to the Drupal community that I am for hire. New and existing clients are shrinking their budgets and community opportunities are dwindling.If you need help (or know someone who...
View ArticleHowTo: Add / Remove a menu_local_task for specific node types
While writing a custom module with it's own content type, I needed to add a menu_local_task to node/x/edit path AND for it to only show up when editing the custom content type. Adding a menu local task...
View Article[SOLVED] - How to bypass node_validate via hook_form_alter
Success?I built a Drupal 7 site recently that uses commerce. On each product page is a registration form (think ubercarts+events). I was able to get all working very well, rigorously tested. First let...
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