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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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Module update: Search by Page 7.x-1.2 and 6.x-1.15

I've been pretty busy this year -- I've had plenty of paying work (always a good thing), and having taken the position as co-leader of the Drupal documentation team, I've also been very busy with volunteer work on the Drupal open-source project (including attending both DrupalCon Chicago and DrupalCon London this year). I also moved across the state at the end of April, (from the Seattle to the Spokane area), which of course added some upheaval to my personal as well as work life.

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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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Article update: Creating a compound CCK field

I just updated my article on creating a compound CCK field. In this new version, I fixed a couple of problems reported by users of the module, added a fully-working example for text-only compound fields, added some new options at the top for alternatives to building compound CCK field modules, and tested everything with the latest versions of Drupal, CCK and the other dependent modules. So, there are two new downloads... enjoy!

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SimpleTests for Drupal Modules

I recently completed the process of adding SimpleTest tests to two modules that I maintain on drupal.org: Porter Stemmer (a module that adds linguistics-based matching of word forms to Drupal's core Search module, so that you can match "walk", "walking", "walks" etc.

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Module update: Porter Stemmer version 6.x-2.0 for Drupal

A few weeks ago, I became the co-maintainer of the Porter Stemmer module for Drupal, which adds American English stemming to Drupal's core search functionality. (Stemming is the process of reducing words to their stems for better searching, so that for instance walk, walking, walks, and walked will all be equivalent in a search.)

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

I just updated my article on 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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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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Washington Tax module now on drupal.org

My Washington State Sales Tax module for Ubercart/Drupal, which had previously been released as a "contrib" module on the Ubercart web site, is now an official contributed module on drupal.org. You can find it at http://drupal.org/project/uc_tax_wa.

It was a bit of a process to make this happen, but hopefully the module will get better exposure and the improved issue queue management will be worth the trouble.

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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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