Tutorials

Jun

Making Drupal Admin UI feel a little like Wordpress

Submitted by admin on Sun, 13/06/2010 - 17:14

Recently, i've had a few requests from design companies asking how they can make Drupal Admin UI feel a little like Wordpress because a lot of their clients have become accustom to using Wordpress admin UI and is comfortable with administering their site with a separation of the front and backend. However, these design companies are trying to move away from Wordpress and offer Drupal as a long term solution. Furthermore, the design companies didn't want me to spend a lot of time customizing Drupal so that the admin UI is a bit more like Wordpress. Read more about Making Drupal Admin UI feel a little like Wordpress

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Mar

Making CSS position:fixed work on IE6

Submitted by admin on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 02:23

One of the things that i had to do earlier for a client's site was to add a feedback button which link to a feedback form. It was to sit on the far left of the page and about 270px away from the top which had to be in a fixed position (not scroll along with the page). This was easily achieved in all browsers using CSS position:fixed Read more about Making CSS position:fixed work on IE6

Nov

OSMOBI tutorial - Making Drupal or Joomla sites mobile

Submitted by admin on Wed, 25/11/2009 - 03:48

Osmobi makes any Drupal or Joomla site mobile. Osmobi is powered by the open source platform Siruna. Read more about OSMOBI tutorial - Making Drupal or Joomla sites mobile

Oct

Installing uploadprogress on MAMP

Submitted by admin on Tue, 13/10/2009 - 20:56

When you use Drupal imagefield or filefield module, you'll have noticed that it uses uploadprogress to show a nifty progress bar. This is optional but it's a nice thing to have and it's actually not that difficult to install. Just follow this article: http://smbjorklund.no/how-enable-pecl-uploadprogress-extention-mamp Read more about Installing uploadprogress on MAMP

Sep

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