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Switching from Linux for main OS on Drupal development laptop 8 Aug 2012 | 02:37 am
I have used Linux as my main OS on my laptop for the last ~5 years. At the time I got the laptop, using VMs didn't seem like a viable option (though maybe it really was). I used Windows XP + Cygwin pr...
Increase Drupal Admin Menu font size in different ways 3 Aug 2012 | 05:28 am
I love the Drupal Admin Menu module (in fact, I almost can't live without it!), but I guess I'm getting old because I find the microscopic font hard to read ;) Others have this problem as well, but it...
How to setup a Drupal LAMP development environment on Linux (Ubuntu) 20 Jul 2012 | 12:37 am
Here are my notes for setting up a brand new Linux/Ubuntu server for Drupal development. If you are cool with the command line, then you might find this handy. 1. Install Apache/MySQL/PHP via tasksel...
Drupal application architecture that doesn't make you bleed 24 May 2012 | 09:16 pm
It's a Drupal site... it's good if you actually know Drupal I'm working on a Drupal 7 project right now where the site was built by another company. This isn't the first time I've “inherited” a proje...
Drupal 7 Localization and the Commerce module 19 Apr 2012 | 08:27 am
This post explains how to configure some Drupal Commerce module package functionality for multiple countries and languages. This information was originally going to be part of my Drupal 7 Multilingual...
Drupal... come for the code, stay for the sprint 27 Mar 2012 | 07:33 am
I'm sitting in the Denver airport killing time before flying back to California. As everyone in Drupal-land knows, we just finished up the very successful DrupalCon Denver conference with over 3000 at...
Drupal 7 Multilingual Websites Book Errata 17 Mar 2012 | 07:15 am
I will keep track of any errata for the Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites book here and/or point off to the Packt errata page(s). Nothing yet!
Drupal 7 Language Sections module 15 Mar 2012 | 12:04 pm
If you have very simple content translation needs, you might want to check out the Language Sections module.
How to access translation features in Drupal 7 15 Mar 2012 | 11:38 am
There are different ways to access Drupal translation functionality depending on what is being translated. Here's a quick reference table for the various translation access points.
Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites Extra Topics 15 Mar 2012 | 11:05 am
I was not able to include everything I wanted into my Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites book due to space limitations, so here is a list of some extra topics, tips, and tricks that didn't make it in:
