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Nixer: a CSS-only theme for Drupal 31 Mar 2009 | 08:05 pm
When I first setup Drupal on this site, I had pretty much decided that I would use an existing theme from Drupal's theme repository. And for a while, I did. I reviewed a lot of different themes, from ...
Using z-index to control layers in CSS 24 Mar 2009 | 12:52 pm
When arranging CSS block elements on a web page, the blocks will sometimes overlap whether it is intentional or not. When viewing the resulting page, these overlapping blocks may not be noticeable bec...
CSS: Unaccounted for space underneath an image 21 Mar 2009 | 04:09 pm
Web designers, especially those who work with CSS and XHTML understand the importance of pixel-level control. Page layouts are often done with pixel precision. That's why when the page rendering devia...
Nesting multi-line comments in CSS 21 Mar 2009 | 12:44 pm
Multi-line comments in CSS follow the C style of commenting. The beginning of the block is indicated by a /* and the end of the block is indicated by */. For example, in the following block: read mor...
Tips for managing your E-mail Inbox 17 Mar 2009 | 07:18 am
Anyone who has ever used e-mail extensively understands the importance of managing e-mail. E-mail can be both a blessing and the ultimate curse. It can be a useful productivity tool or it can literall...
Securing Drupal admin pages with http authentication 6 Mar 2009 | 12:51 am
You can add of layer of security to your Drupal installation by requiring http authentication to access Drupal's admin pages. This authentication would happen outside of drupal and as such, may be les...
Tuning Apache's MaxClients setting 5 Mar 2009 | 10:51 pm
In apache 2, the MaxClients directive in your apache configuration will determine the maximum number of server processes allowed to start. As you probably guessed, it's a very important directive. If ...
Is Drupal slow and bloated? 5 Mar 2009 | 03:46 pm
I came across a couple of interesting articles today: Why Drupal is so slow Why Drupal is so slow (part 2) read more
Script to change the file extension on multiple files 4 Mar 2009 | 09:00 pm
Sometimes it becomes necessary to change the file extension on multiple files. For example, you may be migrating a website and want to change all the extensions from .htm to .html. Or perhaps you have...
Using CSS to prevent arbitrary line breaks at slashes (/) 28 Feb 2009 | 05:23 pm
In working with HTML, many of you have probably dealt with the issue of unsightly line breaks being inserted by the browser from word wrapping. Automatic word wrapping is usually quite predictable, ha...
