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Replace Google Reader with Drupal 28 Mar 2013 | 06:47 pm
While there is still much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the closing of Google Reader (in my house anyway ;), The basic functionality of ANY RSS reader is pretty straightforward: it should enable ...
Changing custom rules actions and names 3 Mar 2013 | 03:17 am
Image source: Wikimedia Commons I’ve got a custom module on a D6 client site that contains a few rules actions and conditions that another dev created. There are about 10 detailed rules set up on th...
First time employed in 12 years 16 Oct 2012 | 08:00 pm
Image source: I choose the pirate monkey! As a freelance developer, I am always browsing craigslist and forums looking for new projects. Sometimes, people advertise a job that ends up being a contr....
Drupal Lock Picking with Drush 30 Aug 2012 | 12:05 am
Image source: Locks by m thierry I got a call and several messages this morning from a client about her Drupal 6 site being down. Its on a pretty stout VPS running smoothly with NGINX with server mo...
Drupal 7 "glue" module for branding & custom code 16 Jun 2012 | 12:45 am
Image source: Flickr: akeg This module is the default “glue” module (D7) that Real Tidings uses to create custom drupal websites. We install a modified version of this module on our client websites....
Better Drupal Admin Theme - RT Admin 8 May 2012 | 02:45 am
The default admin theme Seven is really great… clean, direct and simple. However, I do find it a bit bland. I mean, yeah… its supposed to be sort of “boring” because its just a clean admin theme. But ...
Drupal 7 Tags block 2 May 2012 | 03:44 am
Drupal 7 comes with a “Tags” taxonomy by default (if you do the regular install). This views export will create a block that lists the “Tags” with the number of content instances for each one. You can...
Drupal Commerce - Custom Add to Cart Link 27 Apr 2012 | 02:33 pm
Image source: CAPL Drupal Commerce is a whole pile of awesome. Once you wrap your head around the whole product vs. product display issue, that is… but thats a topic for another blog post. I will s....
Drupal Devel - dpm() bork... and the No Devel module. 23 Apr 2012 | 05:04 pm
Image source: 2WheelTuesday I got a message from a client that some admin portions of their site were failing to come up. This is a Drupal 7 multi-site install, with a pseudo-sandbox for playing/te....
BufferApp - Time released social updates 28 Mar 2012 | 04:35 am
One of the problems with sharing links and “stuff” via social networks is that it all gets clumped together. If I sit down to go through my RSS reader, I may end up with 3 or 4 links I want to share. ...
