I’ve recently worked on a couple of requirements for clickable maps which I think would be of potential interest. As visual aids, maps can be very attractive but they present some technical challenges to the developer.A map with clickable iconsThe..
Topics: Drupal, Drupal theming, image manipulation, map, Technology Blog

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The standard error messages displayed by the Drupal form validation process are not very friendly, and with recent trends towards more offbeat and idiomatic messages on popular sites like Digg and Fark, they seem particularly stuffy by comparison.Custom..
Topics: Drupal, Drupal 5, Drupal modules, Technology Blog

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Websnapr Field is a little module I’ve written which uses the Websnapr service to generate web page thumbnails in a page. If you have a field which is a URL pointing to an external site, you can choose to display it as a snapshot of the page...
Topics: Drupal, Drupal modules, image thumbnail, Technology Blog, Websnapr

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As a web developer, I frequently have reason to curse web graphic designers. That’s not because I don’t appreciate their talents. I love working on great looking designs and I have a lot of respect for those who can create them. But designers.
Topics: Technology Blog, web design

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Release 0.7 of the WordPress Side Content plugin from Likemind Web Services is all about shortcodes. Plugins often provide shortcodes as a safe and simple means for you to insert dynamic content into your posts.With release 0.7, the Side Content plugin...
Topics: NextGEN gallery, shortcodes, Side Content, Technology Blog

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