Blogs

New module released - Admin_notify

Ebizon made another contribution to Drupal.org by releasing a module 'Admin Notify'. The module was released for Drupal 5. The link to the project page is: http://drupal.org/project/admin_notify

Here is the details of admin_notify module:

Admin Notify
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Admin Notify is a simple module that permits admin to recieve emails whenever a new content is posted on the website. We can configure the content types and also the email on which to recieve email. The email subject and body of the email can be configured as well.

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New module released - Soap Client

Ebizon is here again with yet another module release on Drupal.org.
This module offers fuctionalities as stated below.

SOAP Client provide a wrapper and simple unified API to the NuSOAP and PHP5 SOAP extension and allow the other modules to access SOAP-based web services on any servers on the internet.

The API is including:

* soapclient_get_libname() - return the currently used SOAP library.
* soapclient_init_client($endpoint, $use_wsdl, $options = array()) - Initialise the SOAP client.

New module released - Content Slider

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Solving problems of many,Ebizon released content_slider module on Drupal.org.
Here's the link to download this module:
http://drupal.org/project/content_slider

Here's the description about the module which is released.

Featured Content Slider:
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A module to feature latest 5 created node (selected through admin settings) in a block that displays as a slideshow

Description:
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Featured Content Slider makes a slideshow out of node content on the block. Currently, latest 5 selected nodes are shown.

How to use?
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Points to be kept in mind while creating a Theme when we are to follow Standards

Hi everyone,

Here's some points which are to be kept in mind while creating a theme,following standards.Before actually beginning i would like to specify the web standards which are to be followed.Amongst all,Flexibility,Design Quality,Features,Module support regions are the important ones.

Coming on to the points.They are:

1) One should take care of Seo
2) Ease in updating layouts
3) Column width should be variable(with adaptable blocks and region)
4) Naming conventions should be easy and useful

KICKWORK CASE STUDY

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Drupal Best Practices

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This is a list of articles that explain Drupal best practices.
From the early days, Drupal had the ability to embed PHP code in its content. This provides flexibility and functionality, most importantly, nodes and blocks can contain dynamically fetched data from the database using custom queries and displayed them in other content.

Drupal Camp LA 2008

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Drupal LA community has again organized a Drupal camp and this time it is in Los Angeles(USA).So guys all those who are drupal fans,lovers,experts or are looking to be a part of this strong community do visit this event.Register now

Drupal Camp in India

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Drupal Camp 2008 India is a 2 day intensive Drupal Camp with 3 parallel tracks followed by 3rd day of Code Sprint. Its a good initiative by Indians to reach global standards.

How to display the default picture or user avatars ?

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I was using default pictures for the users that doesn't upload any, but they don't get displayed by the site user list moduleof drupal.

Actualy What the template is doing is creating a URL based on what is in the database. If you look at the picture column of your users table, that is the value that is being substituted for @picture.

Drupaligg: The Open Source Digg/Reddit Clone using PHP based Drupal

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Drupaligg is an open source Digg Clone built over CMS Drupal. Drupal is a powerfu l php-based Content management system that provides developers a powerful way to develop faster web applications. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal web logs to large community-driven websites.