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Drupal

How to Add Theme Settings for Drupal 7

You know that list of checkboxes on the theme settings page that let you turn on and off parts of the theme like the logo or slogan?

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The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2010

The annual Survey for People Who Make Websites from our friends at A List Apart has gone up, and I encourage you to take ten minutes to parti

Drupal

Faster 404s with Drupal and ImageCache

Drupal generates nicely styled 404 pages that are easy to customize. And since 404 responses can be served from the page cache, the performance hit...

Drupal

URL Shorteners Must Die

URL shorteners (such as bit.ly and tinyurl) have been called the "herpes of the web". Beyond just link-rot, a public shortening service is per se an...

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What Makes HTML5 so Great?

When the W3C started working on HTML again in 2007, they posted a set of guiding principles for the new version, emphasizing compatibility

Drupal

Using JSONP Safely

Learn how to safely implement JSONP in Drupal, avoid common security flaws, and understand its limitations for better cross-domain requests.

Drupal

Playing Drupal the card game the Drupal way

Now that NodeOne is running out of Drupal the Card Game I feel like it's time to introduce my version of the game rules which I believe are actually...

Drupal

Running Drupal Secure Pages behind a proxy

Learn how to configure the securepages module in a Drupal SaaS application behind an SSL-terminating proxy, ensuring secure connections without...

Drupal

Semantic Views is Awesome

Like any Drupal themer, I've done my share of grumbling about the frequently ridiculous level of nested divs with dozens of classes.

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How To Write Multibyte Safe Code With Drupal

Having spent the last 5 months supporting on a multi-language multi-site project, I've learned quite a bit about multibyte safe code, so I thought...

Drupal

A JMeter test plan for Drupal

Learn how to execute a comprehensive JMeter test plan for Drupal, including anonymous browsing, authenticated browsing, editing, search, and login...

Drupal

Nesting Views like a Mecha-Eagle

As you have probably figured out, I love views. I love teasing out little features that are completely buried and obscure.

Drupal

Plotting your load test with JMeter

Learn how to use the JMeter load testing tool. It comes with a built-in graph listener, which allows you to watch JMeter do, well... something. While...

Drupal

A Git + Drupal Primer

Now that the Drupal community's migration to Git is in full swing, it's a great time to switch your own projects as well. Curious? Perhaps you saw...

Drupal

First Thoughts of Drupal- Part 2

Continuing on with the previous topic of essentially “what is Drupal?” we move on to the discussion of PHP and its importance in being able to build...

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