Using Form Alter hooks with Field API Forms
Using Form Alter hooks with Field API Forms12th July 2012Darren2 commentsdrupalUpdate: As noted in the comments, there is now a hook in core to alter the widget form so you no longer need to do this...
View ArticleMigrating Node Revisions to Drupal 7
Migrating Node Revisions to Drupal 716th July 2012Darren4 commentsdrupalA while ago I was working on a migration from Open Atrium (Drupal 6) to Drupal 7. I decided to use the Migrate module for this,...
View ArticleDrupal live blogging with AJAX auto-refreshing view
Drupal live blogging with AJAX auto-refreshing view31st July 2012Darren0 commentsdrupalLive blogging, like you see on the Guardian or other news sites during important events is easily achieved on your...
View ArticleDrupal IDE for Mac
Drupal IDE for Mac12th November 2012Darren2 commentsdrupalI recently got asked by a fellow Mac user if I could recommend an IDE setup for Drupal development. I'm not really a fan of IDEs, but I have a...
View ArticleMy Review of Drupal Camp London 2013
My Review of Drupal Camp London 20135th March 2013Darren0 commentsdrupaldrupal-planetThis last weekend was the hugely successful (and first ever!) Drupal Camp London. We had the Drupal Con in London a...
View ArticleMySQL co-founder David Axmark gives a warning to the Drupal community
MySQL co-founder David Axmark gives a warning to the Drupal community11th March 2013Darren6 commentsdrupal-planetdrupalVideos of the sessions from Drupal Camp London have started to appear on YouTube...
View ArticleMy Review of Frontend United 2013
My Review of Frontend United 201314th April 2013Darren1 commentdrupaldrupal-planetTL;DR: A few ideas kept repeating all weekend: Mobile first (actually content first) is the way to go. Design for the...
View ArticleThe Twelve-Factor Drupal Web App
The Twelve-Factor Drupal Web App29th May 2013Darrendrupaldrupal-planetTL;DRDrupal is a good choice as a platform for building web apps thanks to devops advances that work around PHP's inadequacies as a...
View ArticleTesting Drupal 8 dev with Nginx, PHP-FPM and MariaDB using Vagrant
Testing Drupal 8 dev with Nginx, PHP-FPM and MariaDB using Vagrant8th July 2013DarrendrupalMy preferred setup for running Drupal sites uses Nginx, PHP-FPM and MariaDB. After reading a few posts about...
View ArticleDrupal Devministration
Drupal Devministration19th July 2013DarrendrupalHere are the slides from the presentation I gave last night at the Drupal Show and Tell event in London:The background came out a bit weird after I...
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