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27 Jul

Why Drupal is Sooo Good

Author: 
Rachel

I am one of those people that gets really excited about something for a little while, then my passion slowly fades out (like getting all excited about scuba and ballroom dance classes, then realizing the time and money investment and losing interest). I seem not to have this problem with Drupal though, because the Drupal CMS is really that awesome. Heavenly even. Below are my reasons why.

Past CMS Nightmares

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27 May

Tricks for a Better Memory

Author: 
Rachel

Family and friends who know me the best, know that I have a really poor memory. My sister asked me awhile back, "Why don't you take gingko pills to help your memory?" and I replied, "Because I will forget to take them." It was very true. So then how am I able to function in my every day working and personal life? Well, over the years, I did build up a bag of tricks.

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4 May

Drupal WYSIWYG solution with CKEditor and CKFinder

Author: 
Rachel

At LevelTen, many of us would prefer to banish WYSIWYG editors from our existence, as it's often hard to maintain clean page markup and doing everything in code ensures we have that control over what's being entered. In reality, we use a WYSIWYG for every one of our client websites, as it is a necessity for any content entry worker who is not familiar with HTML.

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14 Apr

Automated Logout with Drupal

Author: 
Rachel

Drupal, by default, does not support automated logouts based on inactivity. Thankfully, there is the "Automated Logout" module, which allows granular control of automated logouts. And for browser exits, there is a value you can set in your settings.php file.

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19 Mar

Feel the Pain of Failure

Author: 
Rachel

"When you fail, you've got to own it, feel the pain." In my personal life and relationships, I'm trying to become more aware of when I screw up and to be more capable of admitting when I am wrong. I think this is important in any personal relationship. So why would a business relationship be any different? The "We F*cked Up" panel at SXSW Interactive brought this point to light.

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25 Jan

Improve Drupal Website Performance on Shared Hosting

Author: 
Rachel

There are a myriad of ways to improve Drupal site performance by tweaking your website's server settings, but what about websites hosted in a shared environment? The contributed module, named "Boost," may be the answer for performance improvements for Drupal websites hosted on shared servers.

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15 Dec

Why Drupal Popularity May Boom in 2010

Author: 
Rachel

federal agency and drupal

Besides the obvious possibilities for a Drupal boom in 2010 (launch of Drupal 7), there are several other reasons that may spark an increase in popularity.

Government Interest

The fact that whitehouse.gov launched on Drupal was huge news in 2009, but with the recently published "Open Government Directive," the whitehouse site may be just the tip of the iceberg for Drupal.

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5 Nov

How to Create Memberships with Drupal Ubercart

Author: 
Rachel

One of our clients was looking for a solution for their user base to purchase yearly memberships with Drupal. Members would be able to access additional sections of the website. After searches on the Ubercart website and Drupal.org forums, I found a pretty good solution. Ubercart is an extremely powerful e-commerce system and their support for "buy a role" makes memberships a breeze (once you know how to set it up of course!). Here is the step-by-step solution I set up for our client:

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