6 Tips: In the Know

So how do I stay 'in the know' and increase my Drupaliness?

Jan 25, 2008
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Submitted By: Fredric Mitchell
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• Drupal
• General Advice

I'll go ahead and warn the readers that this article won't have any fancy code snippets or super dark magic to turn your site into ten billion dollars of reoccurring ad revenue. What it WILL do is give you some great pointers in ramping up your Drupal knowledge as you begin to take over the world...one Drupal site at a time.

Muahahahahahaha....but I digress.

1.) Stay on the channels

While you probably need some clout to get anything answered or explained in #drupal, #drupal-support is where the n00bies flock...and flock often. Although I wouldn't consid...

Google Maps/Amazon/Banned Books Mashup - Part 2

Geocoding with Google Maps API

Jan 07, 2008
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• AJAX
• General Advice
• Google
• MySQL
• PHP

When we last heard from Our Hero, we’d begun the joyous process of creating a simple Google Maps/Amazon mashup.  We took a peek at what the finished product should look like, we obtained our Google Maps API key, and we created our database tables and populated them with some data.  All good things.

We also talked about geocoding, that process of converting a street address into the coordinates (longitude and latitude) that Google Maps digs.  Our LOCATIONS table has some street addresses and empty columns just hankerin’ for some longit...

Creating a Google Maps/Amazon.com/Banned Books Mashup

Part One of God Only Knows How Many Steps...

Dec 27, 2007
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• AJAX
• General Advice
• Google
• JavaScript
• MySQL
• PHP

And now for something completely different…

Sorry to disappoint all the little nerdlings who come around here only for the Drupal goods, but today’s post won’t be at all related to our favorite CMS.  We’ve talked about different Drupaly topics for weeks, now it’s time to shake things up a little.  Today, kids, we’re going to make a basic Google Maps mashup.

Yeah, I know.  The world needs another Google Maps mashup like I need a hole in my head, right?  Who cares.  They’re fun, and we’ll try to make our s...

We Screw Up So You Don't Have to...

Three Basic Things You Can Do To Avoid Big SQL Mistakes

Sep 06, 2007
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• General Advice

We screw up so you don't have to...

My first job was at a local grocery store, cleaning the meat department after their bloody day of cutting, grinding, and packaging was complete.  Not for the squimish, certainly, but nothing too difficult.  After a couple of days on the job, I had everything down to a science and would usually be out the door within a couple of hours.

Part of that daily process involved cleaning out the deep fryer used by the in-store deli.  You emptied the grease into a machine that filtered out all the day's crap, cleaned the fryer from top...