March Updates

March saw the introduction of the bluemobi theme for Drupal. With its release came as well of documentation. A new guide for the theme was written to try to explain some of the additional functionality of the theme. This theme is currently being re-developed!!

Code changes in March, 2008

More minor changes to the the CSS. I have added a new module that now provides RSS feeds for the comments on the site. In other module related updates I have tweaked the sitemenu module. It now shows the correct aliased paths to the relevant sections of the site. Previously it has show the taxonomy relationship.

Two additional "dynamic" content features have been uploaded to the site during March. These features include a latest comments block, latest posts excluding update and comments block and a custom script to render pages like this one - displaying all articles and updates during a certain month.

Changes to the accessibility module have been uploaded, rolled back and re-uploaded. 'PPC' in the user agent string is now ignored. This was previously causing the detection to choke for MACs. Development work for Drupal v6 should be underway.

Articles submitted in March, 2008

List All Domains of your PC: This little snippet allows you to list all the domains that you may have enabled in your Apache set-up. I decided to create this code when I was tidying up files on my PC and thought that this was a good way to check what content and site was still alive. There are a couple of things to note/change in the script, but it should run almost as is. Read more.
Adding Accesskeys to Drupal Primary Links: After about 3 weeks of playing with Drupal v6 I have finally figured out how to add accesskeys to $primary_links. In this article I will show you how to do this and also how to add the keys to previous versions of Drupal too. Why this little step seemed so hard to achieve is beyond me - though none-the-less we are there how. Read more.
Hosting Tips: Choosing a host for your site can sometimes be a difficult task. There are many factors to take into consideration. In this article I cover a few of the key ingredients in making the right choice. Read more.
Replicate Server Environment At Home On Windows: This article shows a few tips and tricks on how to set up a server environment on Windows that, as much as possible, replicates your hosted server environment - be it Unix, Linux or whatever. You should have a reasonable understanding of Apache and PHP and MySQL should be installed already. For more details on this, please check out the related links section of this site. Read more.
Directory Listing with Pagination: This script is a directory lister that shows whatever files you want using the glob PHP function. It can be configured to show as many or as little files per page are you want. You can also exclude certain directories of your choice. The pagination part perhaps needs a little attention but you should be able to work thing out OK. Read more.
Styling Your HTML With CSS: In this article I cover ways to style your content using various methods. All coding practices adhere to HTML 4 strict doc type though the CSS level is not important. The main thing is that the <font> tag will not be used. Ever! Read more.
Domain Tips: This article covers some basic tips on domain names. If you are thinking about getting your own site or have your own business then getting a good domain name is a great way to get noticed. Read more.
BlueMobi Theme: This article covers the basics of the bluemobi theme that is now available for Drupal Version 6. This is a very basic theme, a stripped down version on bluemarine, and shows some of the modifications the original theme files and the additional functions and variables used to execute the theme successfully. Read more.
Mobile Theme for Drupal v6: After a few weeks of toying with the latest version of Drupal, I have finally managed to create a very basic theme for version 6. It is a striped down version of bluemarine - without the tables of course. Read more.
Show Apache's Loaded Modules: In this snippet we print out the Apache modules that are running on the server. Read more.

Updates posted in March, 2008

Grim Realization - Drupal Upgrade: I recently installed Drupal v6 on my computers at home. I actually did multiple installs as I wanted to see how the installation would react with prior content and starting from scratch. It didn't take me long to realize that I am probably going to have to implement some groovy database scripts to import only relevant content to the new site when it goes live. Read more.
February in a Nutshell: Another busy month for skiFFie in terms of content. This update documents all the articles that have been written since the first of February and any other changes to the site over the month. My aim was to publish 2 documents a week throughout the month, however I.S.P. issues prevented me from achieving this goal. Read more.
Slight Modifications to Accessibility Module: After a month or so testing this site in different browsers, it had become apparent that I had failed in my quest to get the correct site version displaying for Macintosh computers. Initially I had thought this was because the device detection script looked for 'PPC' which is in the user agent string for most Mac browsers. However, it appeared that I had over written this elsewhere in the module so there were still issues. Read more.