To use Drupal for development or just to try it out at home, you must have the correct environment set up. Thankfully this has never been easier to do, in part due to the many excellent open source projects available. The correct environment consists of the following
Here's a Firefox feature that will save lots of keystrokes, mouse clicks and thus help to reduce your likelihood of developing related repetitive strain injuries.
This is just a quick guide - many people have written about this so do a Google search for "firefox quick search" for a more in-depth explanation.
If you regularly perform a search on a particular site then set up your quick search by following the steps below; I regularly search drupal.org so I'll use that as an example.
It's not immediately obvious how to go about inserting jQuery into a Drupal node, but it is straightforward once you know how. Below are the steps for incorporating the slide effect into your content.
This article assumes familiarity with editing Drupal nodes and input formats of same, a rudimentary knowledge of what jQuery is, and of course some PHP and XML.
Strands Computing last week published the new Vereinigung Burgerliches Bern (VBB) website. Completely rewritten from the ground up using Drupal, the new site allows the members of VBB to manage their own content. Features include a new clean, modern design (by VBB), centralised user management, and a few jQuery snippets.
The site can be found at www.vbbern.ch
