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An easy way to type fractions that works on all platforms
Every platform has it's own way of entering fractions. When you work between on different systems it can be tough to remember all the methods.
Just use this site, it lets you copy and paste
Make theming as easy as writing HTML with this excellent module.
Themers rejoice. After years of wrangling with Drupal's theming system, Entity Formatter has arrived. It makes Drupal theming as easy
Let users login once to access all sites
A multi-site is a good way of splitting up a large site into separate, more manageable sections. There's more information about it in my previous post.
One snag, however, is that by
Get Multi-site working on Mac 10.10
Drupal multi-sites lets you run multiple websites from a single Drupal codebase. Each site has its own database, but they can share the same modules and themes. When you need to apply updates, you
Solve the frustration of Mac home/end keys
While I've been an avid OSX fan since 2001, even I have to admit that the home/end keys on a Mac seem to be redundant. Whereas the PC keys help move the cursor to the start/end of a line, the Mac
Fixes for positioned fixed
In theory position: fixed; is wonderful for mobile, as you can use it to pin menus and toolbars to the edge, giving quick access to commands. In reality, there's a
Make your Drupal titles read better
Drupal offers very little control over the display of titles.
For example, let's say I have a long title like "A full guide to learning cooking in a day". Depending on how the theme has
A couple of pitfalls to watch out for
The Drupal Node Import module is wonderful for importing content from any source. There are a couple of pitfalls to watch out for.
Avoid this gotcha!
You should make regular back-ups of your Drupal database. One of the easiest ways of doing this is via PhpMyAdmin. Simply log-on, go to your database, click structure
There are use cases where you need to reset the node numbering.
For example, lets say you have 100 nodes and you delete 10 of them. By default, the next node ID will be '101' even though '