Garbage collection, in a very real sense
There’s a long (and old) thread about Drupal logins not working. A lot of the problems are to do with weird PHP version changes; some of them are caused by cookie persistence; but the one we’ve had was the result of losing the login box on the front page.
“How can you log in without a [...]
On both my work and home Dell laptops, the computer beeps at full volume when you change the sound settings. This has come close to shattering my eardrums on several occasions these past few days.
Bizarrely, if you open “Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager”, and click on “View > Show hidden devices,” [...]
These have arisen in my recent workshops, and during programming….
The Page content type isn’t the same as the page template; nor is it the same as a page on the site, which is actually called a node.
The file in your templates directory, called template.php: that’s the only .php file that isn’t actually a template (templates [...]
The Ubuntu Live CD worked straight away for the laptop: I was able to boot into a temporary copy of Linux using the VESA display drivers, and test sound, CD and other peripherals (obviously) and wired networking. However, optimising the system wasn’t so easy, and as I say Nick practically installed Ubuntu for me, fixing [...]
I have a new laptop: a Dell Precision M4300. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback to my request for recommendations about laptops. I really did take your suggestions to heart: but when I realised that (a) I’d run any laptop I bought into the ground, and so didn’t need to go refurbished to obtain maximum [...]
You can do this with any framework, of course, but I’ve just implemented a subtle piece of jQuery-supported code in my blog search to make the suggested text disappear when you focus into it, and re-fill an empty field with the suggested text when you move focus away from the box by clicking elsewhere. Give [...]
Drupal 5.x’s FAPI doesn’t handle image buttons terribly well: here’s how to implement it with the #button_type property. And a minor refinement that Victoria and I implemented today at work.
A recent thread on the Drupal development list (started by me, I confess) led to Larry Garfield publishing his development environment online. It’s interesting to see what problems he’s had to solve (and what problems he hasn’t needed to solve).
Our development is explained on those list postings: I’ll put a diagram and more coherent explanation [...]
Drupal has a built-in form abstraction system called Form API (or FAPI), which like the Atom protocol consists of two complementary halves. The first is an abstraction of forms to structured data, and is dealt with very well by both online documentation and the excellent Pro Drupal Development. The second is a workflow for turning [...]
Natalie and Simon are leaving us to move to Brighton, which is a real shame but also an excuse to go to Barcamp Brighton. Tickets went on sale at 11am today, and I’ve managed to nab one before they sold out.
This will be my first Barcamp so I’ve really no idea what to expect. [...]