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Everything that's Changed With Comments in Drupal 8

Comments were one of the more basic features in Drupal 7. There was only type of comment and you had very limited modification and moderation options.

Monday, October 26, 2015 - 03:24

Use the Link Checker Module to Find Broken Links in Drupal

It's important to check links on your site to make sure they're working. Sometimes when URLs get updated, some links are forgotten. Manually checking a site for all links can be labor intensive and time consuming.

Friday, October 23, 2015 - 08:23

New Book Launch: MySQL Explained

Do you use Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Magento or other PHP software?

If you answered "yes", then you use MySQL.

Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 22:28

How to Create a Popular Articles View in Drupal

Many sites want to showcase their most popular content to visitors.

However, creating a "Popular Articles" list in Drupal is harder than it might seem.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 17:15

Should I Use Context or Panels for Drupal Sites?

There are multiple different ways to design a Drupal site. You can code your theme, or you can use modules such as Panels, Context and Display Suite.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 22:22

New Video Class: Web Developer Browser Add-on

Web Developer is of the most helpful browser extensions for anyone building websites.

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 16:04

Create Responsive Google Maps on Any Website

Google Maps make it easy to embed a map in your own website.

However, by default, Google Maps doesn't provide responsive support.

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 10:57

Drupal 8 is Close and So Are the 200 Free Videos

Last week the Drupal 8 community hit an important milestone with the first Release Candidate for Drupal 8.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 23:22

What is the Drupal 7 Dashboard?

When you login to a Drupal site, the very first link you will see in the admin bar is "Dashboard".

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 18:47

Create a Hover Effect with CSS3 Transition and Transform Properties

One of our members wanted to reproduce the hover effect from the team's pictures in our About Us page.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 02:32