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Compass sprites and background repeat-x 16 Jun 2012 | 11:43 am
Compass sprite generation makes working with CSS sprites easy and, dare I say, fun but getting a sprite to repeat horizontally in the background can be an issue for newbies. This tutorial is for those...
Hyphens and Underscores in Drupal Theming 24 Apr 2012 | 02:54 pm
Often when writing theme layer code I stumble on the theming naming conventions for hooks, preprocess functions and templates. These were particularly challenging when I was first starting out. Hopef...
MAMP "max_allowed_packet" value 22 Mar 2012 | 01:31 pm
Yesterday I was migrating a site from a shared host to my local dev environment (MAMP on Snow Leopard) when I hit a curious error message just after migrating the database: "Got a packet bigger than '...
Creating a Drupal 7 video gallery with the Media module 17 Sep 2011 | 09:29 am
We've been testing different contributed Drupal 7 modules to assess the readiness of the ecosystem for production sites. The Media module is an ambitious and promising solution for managing and deploy...
Drush and Maintenance Mode 15 Aug 2011 | 06:08 pm
We love Drupal here at Ferlito/van Der Wyk, but as soon as we get accustomed to a certain way of doing things with Drupal, it changes. Here's one example: using Drush to put a site into maintenance mo...
Ferlito/van der Wyk goes to WordCamp SF 2011 15 Aug 2011 | 10:45 am
Open source platforms are constantly changing, so we were happy to attend WordCamp SF along the developer and themer track. We spent the day learning about new features and techniques for the WordPre...
Responsive Web Design: How does it apply to a CMS theme? 15 Aug 2011 | 10:28 am
The Theory Simply put, Responsive Web Design combines the idea of a fluid site layout- one that contracts and expands with the browser width- with the technique of using CSS media queries to detect t...
Web content writing presentation at Santa Cruz Drupal User Group 3 Aug 2011 | 11:46 am
For the August meeting of the Santa Cruz DUG, Julia van der Wyk presents an introduction to helping website content writers, who are very often our clients, write content that is relevant to their par...
Writing and organizing content for your website 3 Aug 2011 | 11:25 am
When we think about the process of creating a website, what usually comes to mind is creating a visual design and developing the programming that supports the design. But easily the most important par...
New Client: Ashland Food Co-op 12 Jun 2011 | 05:01 pm
We are pleased to announce that Ferlito/van der Wyk has been selected by Ashland Food Co-op for their website redesign and migration to Drupal. Ashland Food Cooperative is Southern Oregon's first and...
