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Accessing data outside of drupal using views

Posted Sat, 03/14/2009 - 11:57 by jnoyes

This is pretty cool. The folks at Development seed created a module called Extendr, that allows you to build views using external queries - in this case flickr. Check it out:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/video.devseed/extendr.mov

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Will Drupal replace HTML editors?

Posted Mon, 03/09/2009 - 16:50 by jnoyes

Now this is something I did not expect, but I suppose it has some merit. Kurt Cagle at OReilly is suggesting editors like Dreamweaver are being "eaten" by Drupal. Wow. Have we reached the point in time where IDE's and CMS's become one product?

Cross-post Blogging; Why is Drupal lacking behind it's competitors

Posted Sun, 03/01/2009 - 23:01 by jnoyes

As a person that invests time into bettering the Drupal experience, I can't help myself when I stumble upon pages like this one:

http://skitch.com/jeff.noyes/bgtym/blip.tv-beta

Why is it that every other Blogging tool mentioned has cross-blogging as a core feature, yet Drupal requires a plug-in module?

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How to create a facebook like user profile page

Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 15:14 by jnoyes

Here's a pretty solid tutorial for creating robust user profiles in Drupal:

http://shellmultimedia.com/tutorials/user-profiles-version-1

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Learn how to theme in Drupal: A screencast series

Posted Wed, 02/11/2009 - 22:10 by jnoyes

Bob Christenson from Mustardseed Media, Inc. recently tought this seminar on "real world" Drupal theming - which resulted in these screencasts. Anyone looking to theme Drupal will want to check these out:

http://deanmeistr-drupal.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc