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Strongarm/Features use cases uncovered

I'm launching my first project that uses Features heavily, and I've run into some of the limitations discussed in this post by Bill at Funny Monkey

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 05:57

Including external javascript files in drupal 6

In D7, drupal_add_js can handle external javascript files, but in D6 it cannot handle external js in a nice way.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 02:10

Creating a custom submit button with webform API

I've been building some custom components with the webform API. Each component contains a set of related form fields, and one of them has a number of different fieldsets, each with its own submit button.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 18:56

A common menu use case that Drupal 6 has trouble supporting (or very possibly I'm ignorant)

Here's a menu navigation use case that I run into all the time:

"A click on a top level item in a menu should redirect to it's first child."

Friday, May 20, 2011 - 04:22

Quick and dirty views exposed filter form select replacement in a block

I have a client who wants an exposed filter but, instead of having a select drop down, would like to replace it with a set of links.

Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 04:13

Drupal 6 and HTML 5 Video

I was asked to create a video content type for a site with the following requirements:

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 07:27

Finding the Best-Fit CMS for Your Project

CMS are often categorized by the use-cases they cover, usually grouped by "complexity". So we see a lot of CMS taxonomies that bucket products into "Enterprise/Small Business" or "Simple/Medium/Complex".

Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 22:24

Drupal-Friendly Markup

As a programmer with absolutely no design skills, and markup skills that haven't quite made it into the web 2.0 era, I always collaborate with others when building a new site from scratch, or when embarking on a redesign or any substantial UI chan

Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:03

National Novel Writing Month and Drupal Scalability

Drupal 5 scales really well

Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 06:25