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A Programmer's Guide to Drupal (my new book) is published!

My new book -- A Programmer's Guide to Drupal -- is officially published, just in time for your holiday shopping needs:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027799.do

The writing and publishing process was an interesting break from my usual Drupal site building and programming work, and I enjoyed it. Working with O'Reilly was great, and I'm thrilled that the book is finally done... at least for now. I expect to be doing revisions for a second edition when Drupal 8.0 comes out (sometime next summer or fall).

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Writing a book!

For the past few months, I've been taking on a bit less consulting work... because I've been working on writing a book! It's called A Programmer's Guide to Drupal, and it's now out in an "Early Release" (rough!) edition from O'Reilly:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027799.do

The final version should be done in a while -- we're in the editing stages now -- I'll post again when the final version is ready.

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Google Maps in Drupal 7 - the simple way

For a client project last week, I needed to display automatically-generated embedded maps or links to external maps (e.g., a link to Google Maps), based on an entered address for a performance venue. In some display modes, I wanted a map on the page (such as when displaying a Venue page by itself), and in other display modes, I wanted a map link (such as when displaying venue information on a Performance page). Although this is, I'm sure, a common need on web sites, an extensive search for existing Drupal modules to didn't get me anywhere.

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New time tracking, invoicing, and Views example Drupal module

One of the tasks that delayed my recent effort to migrate completely off using the Windows operating system was that I needed a new system for tracking my time and generating invoices. I used to use a custom Microsoft Access database that I created quite a few years ago, called Poplar Solo, which is available for free download on poplarware.com (and it works fine, if you have Microsoft Access available). But obviously, if I was not going to use Windows, I needed a different solution.

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Linux Backups Article

I'm in the process of migrating off Windows to a purely Linux environment in my office. I've been using a Windows computer as my primary day-to-day machine, and my two Linux laptops as (a) test web servers and (b) portable computers (something to take with me to meetings, conferences, etc. that I could use to access the Internet, read/answer email, and work/program on).

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New Article: Drupal vs. WordPress

I just published a new article on poplarware.com: Drupal vs. WordPress. It's a comparison of the Drupal and WordPress content management systems, aimed at helping the reader choose which CMS is better for which types of web site projects.

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New Module: Search by Page for Drupal

I've just released the first version of my Search by Page module for Drupal. You can download it at http://drupal.org/project/search_by_page.

This module enhances the core search functionality of Drupal by indexing content as rendered by your theme, and giving you more control over which pages on your site are indexed. You might also be interested in my article on options for search in Drupal, which I wrote recently.

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New Article: Search in Drupal

I've just written a new article: Search in Drupal, which compares the merits of different methods for deploying search features on Drupal sites.
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New Patch: WordPress 2.7.1 for Language Switcher

In order to use the Language Switcher plugin to create a multilingual site in some versions of WordPress, you need to "patch" the core files of WordPress (i.e. modify them with some updates that haven't yet gotten into that version of WordPress).

I've released a patch file for WordPress 2.7.1, which fixes some issues in category and tag sorting. You can download it on the Language Switcher plugin page.

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New Article: Creating a Compound Field Module for CCK in Drupal

I've written a new article: Creating a Compound Field Module for CCK in Drupal. It's a programming tutorial on how to create a custom field module for the Drupal content management system and its Content Construction Kit module. In particular, the article covers how to create a custom field that packages an image upload, a caption, and taxonomy term, as one "compound" field.
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