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How to make a Drupal module more theme-able

Recently, I worked on a web site that included the Tree Menus module. This module basically leverages the existing Drupal menu system to allow sub-level menu items in a tree hierarchy. One of the requirements of the project was to create a top-level navigation menu with tabs that worked in sync with a left sidebar menu.

Setting up InfoGlue CMS on CentOS 5

This article details the steps necessary to install InfoGlue CMS 2.6.0 on CentOS 5.

Setting up Java:

  • Download JDK 6 update 6
  • Install JDK 6 update 6:
  • # chmod +x jdk-6u6-linux-i586.rpm.bin
  • # ./jdk-6u6-linux-i586.rpm.bin

Building Miro from source on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

About two years ago, I learned about Internet Television (aka IPTV) by using an excellent open source application called Democracy Player developed by The Participatory Culture Foundation. Since then, they have changed the name to Miro without sacrificing on features or usability.

Setting up Drupal on 1and1.com

You can set up Drupal in any number of ways. The easiest and most convenient way to do it is with a secure shell (ssh) account. However, if you only have the 1&1 Beginner Package, you will not have access via a shell account.

Add a nice HTML/CSS/XML editor to Ubuntu

Are you looking for a good Web editor for Ubuntu? Why not get one supported by the folks who write the standards? The World Wide Web Consortium is an organization that works together with the public to develop Web standards. It just so happens they also created a nice Web editor called Amaya.

To install Amaya, open a Terminal and type the following:

Drupal: Get rid of that annoying colon at the end of poll questions

Here is a tip to get rid of that annoying colon at the end of poll questions in Drupal.

Edit block.tpl.php in your active theme directory.

Locate line:

  • <?php print $block->content; ?>

and change to:

  • <?php print preg_replace('/\?:/','?',$block->content); ?>

Happy theming.

How to setup a Broadcom BCM4318 wireless adapter on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

Don't you love reading about network adapter configuration and the installation instructions tell you to download the latest drivers?

How to setup NX Free Edition on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

Are you tired of the slow response of VNC or having to tunnel everything through SSH to get secure remote desktop access to your Ubuntu system? Well, NX Free Edition may just be the answer to solve these problems and more.

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