Like many people, I’m often looking for ways to “make our lives easier.” At CommonPlaces, we have many different Drupal projects and contributed modules in use in those projects. When a new advisory is released for a module — often an important security advisory requiring immediate attention — we would have to look through all [...]

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There are a lot of requests on the Drupal.org site about how to change the places where the username appears in order to display the “real name” (it could be first name, last name, or any other information, like dog’s name).

What if in the “Authored By” field when you are first creating a node, you [...]

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This post walks through the creation of a simple module. Focusing on the ability to “fill the gap” in Drupal features you may find missing in your own implementations.

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Welcome to the first in what we hope will be a ongoing series of blogs that discuss the more technical side of things. Today I’d like to talk about how we theme template calls in Drupal 6, and how much it has changed from the way we did it in Drupal 5.

The Theory

Let’s dive right [...]

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You can currently read a great article about Acquia and Drupal on the Boston Globe site (thanks to Eileen for sending it to me!). Acquia is located in Andover, MA, and the article is all about how Drupal specifically, and open source software more generally, is becoming more and more accepted as reliable and cost-effective [...]

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For the third year straight, Drupal was selected for a Webware 100 award, an annual list of the top websites and Web technologies as compiled by CNet.com. As always, Drupal is featured in the “Social & Publishing” category, and is one of ten selected for this category based on its relevance and influence.

As Drupal developers [...]

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“Is Drupal SEO friendly?” It’s a question that we hear a lot — and with good reason. Our clients know that search engine success could make or break their online efforts. Some will say it’s overrated, but like it or not, “SEO” remains one of the top buzzwords in the industry.

To answer the question, “Is [...]

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We just posted on Monday about a new module for Drupal that had been developed by Chris, and here I am two days later announcing another new Drupal module from the CommonPlaces team, this time built by Kenny. As you can imagine, we’re all thrilled about having two modules released in one week. As Drupal [...]

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Update: Here’s a link to the project page on drupal.org

Every Drupal installation requires regular actions to perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning up log files, checking for updates, and updating the site’s search index. More often than not, the Unix-based cron daemon is used to run these actions, which is why the task is [...]

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Information Architects has just released the fourth edition of their awe-inspiring Web Trends map. IA mapped the 333 most influential Internet domains onto an imitation of the Tokyo subway system. Each “line” on the map is a different category: Application, Publishing, Opinion, News, etc. The map is certainly overwhelming, but pretty fun to explore. You [...]

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