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Drupal vs. WordPress: In...

May 20, 2013
As an open-source PHP developer who uses both WordPress and Drupal (although, currently, I use Drupal significantly more), I always assumed we were all on the same team. So I was a little taken...

Drupal vs. WordPress,...

Jan 20, 2013
I took a look at Drupal vs. WordPress earlier, and the post got long enough that I cut it off. Here are some more thoughts. Theming and Design Both systems are somewhat similar in the theming...

Drupal vs. WordPress:...

Jan 20, 2013
We often see blog posts and debate over whether Drupal or WordPress is "better". As someone who uses both platforms but is better-versed in Drupal, I think the clear answer is "for what?" What...

Using Drupal's...

Dec 12, 2012
Note: this post assumes a basic understanding of Drupal and responsive design. The Issue One constantly-changing element within the reponsive design discussion is that of responsive images—that is,...

Drupal's Ubercart...

Nov 12, 2012
I ran into an extremely vexing shipping problem with Drupal 6's Ubercart e-Commerce system recently. Specifically, a particular class of product, when added to the cart, was failing during the...

The non-programmer'...

Oct 10, 2012
As an art school alumnus—in other words, obviously, a non-natural programmer—I have often found Drupal's hooks difficult to learn how to use. Take hook_form_alter(), for instance. I have long...

Creating an alternate...

Jun 15, 2012
If you are the administrator of a Drupal site that has members, you probably know that Drupal's stock user-registration system has problems, and in particular its email-verification system kinda......

Drupal, a growing CMS,...

Oct 27, 2011
As I write this, I am looking at the website of BuiltWith, a service that detects the prominence of technologies powering websites all over the Internet.  One of BuiltWith's categories is Content...

New Websites &...

Oct 9, 2011
We've been working away feverishly here. Some work of note from Summer 2011: Newly-Launched, Relaunched, or Redesigned NEEDWe recently redeveloped the NEED website, providing a new design,...

New Design &...

Sep 28, 2011
We recently redeveloped the online browsing system for My First Piano, a business in Mesa, Arizona that specializes in creating a unique, creative, and buyer-friendly approach the piano-purchase...

Re-Adding "Create...

Aug 15, 2011
It's been noticed on Drupal.org that the newest versions of the Admin Menu module, most notably in the Drupal 7 version, do not contain the "Create Content" submenu item. To add new content in a...

NY Times: The Dirty...

Mar 2, 2011
A very intersting story, and a fair warning, about the risks of using underhanded "black-hat" methods of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for your site: in other words, the process of getting your...

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