Drupal

While writing a custom module with it's own content type, I needed to add a menu_local_task to node/x/edit path AND for it to only show up when editing the custom content type. Adding a menu local task is easy, but hiding it from other content types proved fruitless. And, it seems many others had similar needs and problems. (read more)

This is a shout out to the Drupal community that I am for hire. New and existing clients are shrinking their budgets and community opportunities are dwindling.

If you need help (or know someone who does) on your Drupal project or just need some direction, drop me a line. I am flexible and willing to meet in person if necessary.

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I thought I would share with the rest of the community this great little time saver. FireQuery, needs Firebug, allows you to query the DOM and see what changes take place - without saving a file or refreshing the page. Just like testing  CSS changes in Firebug.

I am not a whiz with jQuery, though the logic is simple, the syntax is still new . Trail and error can be a slow method to learn a new language / technology but, Firequery got me to the point of failing quicker - to learn more quickly. If that makes sense... Before I knew it I was writing my own jQuery plugins.

A big thanks to binaryage for this very needed tool! I am know jQuery newbies find it useful and am sure jQuery pros do too! (read more)

I am just reaching out to the Drupal community to let those who knew me by mcneelycorp, that I am now elvis2. I wish there were a more formal way of announcing this, like through sticky signatures. Why the name change? (read more)

My 4 year old knows I work with Drupal. Sometimes she will rush to the keyboard and klak her fingers on the keys looking for attention. When I ask her what she is doing she repsonds "making a website - like you daddy".

This day (of the video) I let her get one step closer to becoming the next drupaler in this house... (read more)

Just wanted to plug for Virtualmin and Drupal...

I have been using Virtualmin for about 6 months now, so far so good. Though cPanel is widely used and looked at as a standard, the Virtualmin control panel doesn't mess up your OS (I use Centos 5). cPanel does many overrides and changes to the Centos OS, and some say cPanel creates a security risk to Centos. (read more)

During the last few days I have been working on a module that automates updating product information from distributors. (read more)

About two weeks ago I shared a site recipe (Drupal + webform + SugarCRM) to get Drupal talking to SugarCRM. In my previous Sugar post I mentioned I would make a patch for sugarwebform module, since it was a bit out dated (Sugar changed it's code a bit causing sugarwebform to break). (read more)

I have to give a big hand to all the module developers that make upgrading smooth. I was very hesitant to upgrade my Drupal install and the contributed  modules since it has been 14 months since my last big upgrade.

I thought I would just share with you some details...

1 hour before this blog post I was running on Drupal 5.7 with 13 outdated contributed modules. (read more)

This project was set aside last June, as I was working on it in my spare time. Shopping.com (aka SDC) is now pushing all it's partners to switch to the Version 3 platform within the next 6 months. Yikes! I figured I need to give this module more priority. Here is the progress so far, for Drupal 6. What is functional... (read more)

A client recently asked for SugarCRM integration with Drupal. I just wanted to report on my findings. There are two SugarCRM + Drupal solutions... (read more)

Back in October of 2008 Purdue students were well organized Obama supporters. Every time I went to campus I saw Obama supporters out rallying and sharing talking points with passer-byers. On two occasions I took the time to ask campus Obama supporters what they liked about him, trying to understand their position. I was interested in knowing if they really were thinking for themselves or letting the media / friends think for them. I was unable to find common ground with the campus supporters and Obama's key policies. (read more)

Our city now has a Drupal group / meetup! (read more)

Problem: A client requested to show an error message on the /cart and cart/checkout page when the order shipping weight is greater than 500lbs. They are shipping grass seed and need the purchaser to complete the order over the phone. (read more)

As you get your hands dirty with Ubercart you will find little things you don't like. Some of the little things are important and others are not. If you stick with Ubercart long enough you will learn that with time, skill, and determination you can modify your Ubercart install as your wish - most of the time. (read more)