Latest news from http://rjsteinert.com/reader http://reader.rjsteinert.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/himerus/drupal-related/~3/YLffXvinlMU/relaunch-himerus-gamma-theme-introduction Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:34:17 -0800 The video here is a short (14:00 min) summary of the upgrade of himerus.com to Drupal 7, and also a quick look into the Gamma sub-theme, a new inclusion in the Drupal 7 branch of the Omega theme. Thanks for taking the time to view it, the new site, and any feedback on the Gamma subtheme moving forward!!read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/himerus/drupal-related/~3/YLffXvinlMU/relaunch-himerus-gamma-theme-introduction http://fleetthought.com/changing-length-user-sessions-drupal Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:57:32 -0800 I was recently trying to figure out exactly how long my users' sessions were lasting on an existing Drupal site that I had built. Generally it seemed like users were remaining logged in for an extremely lengthy period of time. I did some research and finally discovered that this setting is actually configured in the default settings.php file that ships with Drupal. There's a line in the settings file that initially reads: ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',  2000000); read more http://fleetthought.com/changing-length-user-sessions-drupal http://www.cmsquickstart.com/blog/drupal-video-admin-tricks-module-filter-vertical-tabs Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:58:06 -0800 You have to agree that Drupal admin screens can be pretty gnarly to interact with. If you want a better looking Modules listing page and if you want a tidier node add and node edit form... Then read on and watch the video at the end.OK. I Pride myself on being HIPP and knowing about the newest modules and the coolest modules. I can not explain how I missed the MODULE FILTER module.read more http://www.cmsquickstart.com/blog/drupal-video-admin-tricks-module-filter-vertical-tabs http://www.advantagelabs.com/drawing-line-between-ready-and-done Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:06 -0800 Late in the code sprint the last day of DrupalCON in Copenhagen, there was a lot of discussion going on about the upgrade path in Drupal 7.  Questions of how to handle certain aspects of the process and prevent horrible flaming death when upgrading a site and its contrib modules.  Upgrade processes, much like data migration, often become a sticky problem.   Right now that stickiness has literally stuck the release of Drupal 7. Regardless of the release status, folks are starting to adopt D7... http://www.advantagelabs.com/drawing-line-between-ready-and-done http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lullabot/planet-feed/~3/F54NFrfHhlw/art-presenting Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:50:55 -0800 How to create presentations that entertain & inform. I had the opportunity to present to a local organization in Salt Lake City on the techniques Lullabot uses for making kick ass presentations and how we streamline our presentations so they're reusable amongst our teaching staff. Watch the video below and download the slides. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lullabot/planet-feed/~3/F54NFrfHhlw/art-presenting 40.69 -111.89 http://www.appnovation.com/using-hook-views-query-alter Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:33:40 -0800 Fri, Sep 3, 2010 by Brandon Tate Building a website I recently ran into an issue where I had HTML search facets interacting with Drupal views. The user would click on the facet and it would filter the view depending on the argument. I ended up implementing hook_views_query_alter. To make sure the values I wanted to filter on were in the view, I added the search facets into the view as fields. This automatically joins the necessary tables so that you don’t have to. Implementing... http://www.appnovation.com/using-hook-views-query-alter http://www.designtotheme.com/blog/code-free-layout-webinar Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:50:47 -0800 Wow! Code-Free Drupal Layout with Skinr, Fusion and Panels has been my best launch of an ebook ever. Thanks to everyone that's already purchased their copy. I hope you're enjoying it so far. I made a special offer to my mailing list yesterday and it was so hugely popular that I thought I'd extend it to everyone else too. Anyone that has purchased Code-Free Drupal Layout with Skinr, Fusion and Panels as of 11:59PM EST (Eastern Time..are we daylight or standard right now? I always get them mixed... http://www.designtotheme.com/blog/code-free-layout-webinar http://www.metaltoad.com/blog/running-drupal-secure-pages-behind-proxy Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:34:44 -0800 If you plan to use the securepages module behind a proxy that terminates SSL, there are some additional server configuration steps you need to take. In order to detect what the protocol is in use, securepages tests the value of $_SERVER['HTTPS']. Out of the box, this merely reflects the immediate connection to your proxy. If this protocol differs from that used by the original client, then securepages can't work (the most likely outcome is a redirect loop). To resolve this, you'll need to ask... http://www.metaltoad.com/blog/running-drupal-secure-pages-behind-proxy http://www.palantir.net/blog/better-know-module-menu-block-part-ii Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:15:33 -0800 Everyone knows the top-tier Drupal modules, but with over 5,000 modules available for Drupal it’s no surprise that many useful ones go unnoticed. As a public service to the Drupal community, Palantir is working to raise awareness of some of these unsung heroes. In part 4 of our ongoing 5,162-part series, we present: Menu Block: Revisited In Menu Block (Part I), I talked about its basic options. In this part, I’ll be going into the crazy non-obvious options... http://www.palantir.net/blog/better-know-module-menu-block-part-ii http://developmentseed.org/blog/2010/sep/02/aegir-10-release-drupal-7-early-2011 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:15:39 -0800 Plans for the Aegir 1.0 release and how we'll get there Last week at DrupalCon Copenhagen Antoine Beaupre and I shared our plans for the 1.0 release of the Aegir hosting system. After the 0.4 release that we are currently working on, the project will start working towards a final 1.0 build, rather than head towards 0.5. Our goal for Aegir has been to implement a hosting system with a stable documented API that provides a solid... http://developmentseed.org/blog/2010/sep/02/aegir-10-release-drupal-7-early-2011