Drupal is a fantastic CMS which I have been actively developing for, for some time now. Yesterday was the first time I had really ventured into the Ajax territory but I learnt a lot and hopefully this guide should help others. Currently this example is Drupal 5.x only. I will update it for Drupal 6
Read MoreSince the official release of Views 2 and now CCK for Drupal 6 I’ve had the pleasure of using Drupal 6 a lot more in my day job. So I thought I’d share some of the new hooks and functionality I’m finding really useful in Drupal 6:hook_menu_alterSeems like Drupal has been crying out for this
Read MoreI’ve noticed a growing number of DrupalSN users signing up because they want to learn “how to Drupal” and as many of you are probably finding it can be a steep learning curve! So in this tutorial I’m going to highlight some important points and resources you should check out if you’re just starting out
Read MoreRather predictably I’m a massive fan of Drupal, but in this article I’m going to explain why Drupal is the only choice for me. Overview of CMS optionsSo what other Opensource CMSs are there besides Drupal: Drupal vs JoomlaI started out with Joomla because at first look Drupal is scary and Joomla has nice shiny
Read MoreBig thanks to Ariene Ellefsen for writing this great little tutorial for DrupalSN, thanks Ariene! Hello Everybody, I’d like to share this tutorial with you about how to set up subdomains on your website using Drupal and a few server tricks. So why use subdomains?Subdomains offer 3 main advantages: Google treats a sub domain as
Read MoreAnyone who has ever developed with Drupal will know that jQuery was an amazing addition to the Drupal toolkit as of Drupal 5, but you have to be a developer to make use of Drupal as there’s already a great selection of modules using some great jQuery plugins. jCarousel LiteThis great little module is a
Read MoreIn this tutorial, submitted by Ms_Kristina, we will be using CCK to determine age from a birthday using date, and computed field. This would work well with node-profile (5.x), and content profile (6.x). I am personally using content profile along with the 6.x version of Drupal. First off you need the modules listed below:Computed Field – http://drupal.org/project/computed_fieldDate Field – http://drupal.org/project/dateCCK – http://drupal.org/project/cck
Read MoreOverviewRSS Feed Aggregation allows you to take RSS feeds from other sites on the web and import their content into a Drupal site. You could for example import news from the BBC website or like DrupalSN import news from all the other great Drupal sites there are! ModulesThe core Aggregator module can provide a simple
Read MoreThis tutorial guides you through setting up a CCK node reference widgets with Views to show a related content blocks on node view.Related content blocks can be a great way to get people to explore your site further if they land on content from a search engine. Big thanks to elandirayan for writing this tutorial
Read MoreWith Drupal 7 going into alpha 6 the official launch is getting ever closer so I thought it was about time I got stuck in and started looking at updating my themes to Drupal 7. The excellent theme conversion documentation available on drupal.org gives a great overview so I’ve picked out some of my favourite
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