Posts Tagged "modules"

Drupal wins the member only website

Posted by on Nov 16, 2011 in Journal, Programming | 0 comments

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I’m working s on nifty little site today. I must rave about how easy Drupal makes building members only websites. I mean it is just insane. I need to do a demo at some point, just to show off.

In no time I have been able to restrict content access. Not only on a single page and role level but also on a per user basis within dynamic views lists. I’m talking like 3 hours and we have a site up and running.

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Is WordPress an Anti-Pattern?

Posted by on Nov 9, 2011 in Articles, Design, Journal, Programming | 0 comments

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Drupal is a truly robust Content Management System. Today I want to talk about why this is true. First, because I think there is an unfortunate misconception about Drupal. Second, because WordPress has become a Golden Hammer in the web design community. It is used for sites Drupal is simply better fit to handle.

The summery of this post is this: That you better know Drupal and WordPress if you want to be great at making sites. If you have the time lets dig in.

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Top 5 Drupal Administration Modules

Posted by on Nov 8, 2011 in Articles, Journal, Programming | 2 comments

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Dealing with Drupal’s admin can be a real pain. This is why I use modules to handle the sticky parts. Without these modules managing Drupal would be unbearable. I also love to keep the administration theme light and clean. This is why I use a very special theme my friend Brad Garrett developed.

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