Finding the right modules for Drupal 6.x can sometimes be a challenge for those of us still transitioning from Wordpress. One of plugins I like for Wordpress is called "Yet Another Related Posts Plugin."
After quite a lot of searching and reading, I found what I was looking for in the Drupal Module called Similar Entries. There is a version for 6.X, 5.x and 4.7
One of my concerns with the Similar Entries Module for Drupal 6.x was it had not been updated since 2008-Apr-07. So Of course this brings up the question of will it work?
Today the third party module Addthis was released. I’ve had this module installed but did not use it due to a few issues that it had. One of the issues was, it would show up on all of the teasers.
When you looked at the blog of course it looked horrible with all the addthis blocks running down the page. So today when the update came out of course I downloaded and uploaded it to the site.
My hat is off to the maintainers of this module. The new features making the visibility in node links configurable gives me back the look and feel I was after.
The blogging feature of Drupal is great if your building a community site. One of the things I have had taught to me is that, you should always do lots of research before committing to any form of content management system. This really should be done before your initial installation.
The more I use Drupal, the more I like it. While not an easy program to master, you can find ton’s of information on how to use it.
The only drawback I’ve found with any content management system is, having to login to write posts, pages or book pages.
I like the idea of using an external editor and I’ve tested quite a few of them. While all of them are quite good, when it comes to Drupal and using a Mac I’ve found Marsedit to be the best choice for me.
Making a move to Drupal and figuring out the many things that we take for granted with Wordpress has been challenging finding the right information.
With comment spam what it is today you just cannot allow un-moderated comments in your blog. Most of what I found doing a search on our favorite search engines really did not pull up the what I thought was relevant information.
Well maybe it is relevant, it just did not address the questions I needed the answer for. After doing some more digging I found a site that addressed this issue.
This weekend while working on one of my drupal sites – yeah I’m new to it and still learning just how to manipulate this content management system.
I needed to find out how to do a 301 redirect, a quick search on google turned up quite a few search results. As I went through them, I really became frustrated most of the advice and examples had me doing a 301 redirect by typing in code into the .htaccess file.
