September 2009

Sep
28

Belfast Drupal Camp (26th - 27th Sept 2009)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 28/09/2009 - 21:50

I was at Belfast Drupal Camp last weekend and what a great event. Big thanks to all the organisers that made it happen and all the wonderful and friendly Drupal users and developers who really made the day special.

Now i'm thinking we should really try and organise our own Drupal Camp in Scotland. Read more about Belfast Drupal Camp (26th - 27th Sept 2009)

Sep
23

Turn Internet Explorer into Google's Chrome browser

Submitted by admin on Wed, 23/09/2009 - 19:40

Google

Chrome Frame is a new open-source product from Google that promises to answer web developer dreams. It’s a free plug-in for IE6, IE7 and IE8 that turns Internet Explorer into Google's Chrome browser!

by Craig Buckler Read more about Turn Internet Explorer into Google's Chrome browser

Sep
13

Using the Pen tool in Photoshop

Submitted by admin on Sun, 13/09/2009 - 01:49

This is the best tutorial video i've seen

Read more about Using the Pen tool in Photoshop
Sep
11

Read and write ntfs on Mac OS X

Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/09/2009 - 12:05

This guy sounds really annoying but good advice Read more about Read and write ntfs on Mac OS X

Sep
09

Drupal security checklist

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 16:22

As Drupal comes ever more popular, it will inevitable become more visible and targeted by hackers. We have seen it happen with other popular open source projects like Wordpress and Joomla. There'll always be a threat to security whether it be open source or proprietary CMS (closed source). Therefore, precautions should be taken to prevent and secure your site as much as possible. Read more about Drupal security checklist

Sep
09

Setting up virtual host on local machine running MAMP 1.8.2

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:15
MAMP 1.8.2

MAMP 1.8.2 has been released and all is looking good. So what's been updated in this package:

  • compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Apache 2.0.63
  • MySQL 5.1.37
  • PHP 4.4.9 & 5.2.10
  • APC 3.0.19 & APC 3.1.2
  • eAccelerator 0.9.5.3
  • XCache 1.2.2
  • phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.5 & phpMyAdmin 3.2.0.1
  • Zend Optimizer 3.3.3

The rest of the info can be found here: Version History (MAMP) Read more about Setting up virtual host on local machine running MAMP 1.8.2

Sep
04

Screencast 1 and 2 on using Drush 2.0

Submitted by duvien on Fri, 04/09/2009 - 13:18
Drush 2.0

For those of you that prefer using a command line to get the job done quicker (because it is generally faster than clicking around a GUI), you love Drush.

Drush is a command utility module for Drupal that allow a site admin to execute commands in a terminal window. Here is an excellent screencast by Owen Barton showing you how to use Drush. Read more about Screencast 1 and 2 on using Drush 2.0