Book review: OpenX Ad Server Beginner's Guide
I've been wanting to check out the OpenX Ad Server open source project for a while now, but have never gotten around to it. This weekend I finally decided to install it and see what it's all about. I...
View ArticlePerforming batch data operations on cron run (Drupal 6)
Because when I called the import functionality directly from within my hook_cron(), weird things started to happen. I then realized that Drupal's batch API isn't supposed to be called from within cron....
View ArticleBook review: O'Reilly Javascript Cookbook
This book on Javascript follows the O'Reilly Cookbook series 'recipe' format, laying out a whole list of practical problems and tasks that (aspiring) Javascript developers are faced with, and provides...
View ArticleThoughts on the Drupal Executives Meetup in Brussels
This weekend the first Drupal Executives Meetup (Drupal CXO) took place in Brussels. People in executive roles at Drupal shops from all over Europe gathered at the Microsoft offices to discuss and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Drupal Developer Days Brussels (4-6 Febr 2011)
After the awesome Drupal Design Camp in Prague where designers and themers from all over Europe gathered, it is now time to bring together Drupal developers for 3 days of Drupal geek madness! The...
View ArticleCase study: James Ensor - An Online Museum
(Deze blogpost is ook beschikbaar in het Nederlands op de Pure Sign website.)On February 25th, the Flemish Art Collection (Vlaamse Kunstcollectie) launched a virtual museum about the Belgian artist and...
View ArticleHow to migrate part of a Drupal project to a new project repository
This is a writeup of a problem I encountered when working on the CollectiveAccess Drupal module: I had been maintaining a submodule called CollectiveAccess Feeds within the main Drupal CollectiveAccess...
View ArticleBook review: Drupal 7 Webform Cookbook
In the book "Drupal 7 Webform Cookbook" author Vernon Denny takes us on a journey through the various aspects concerning the popular Webform Drupal module. Readers of this book are shown step by step...
View ArticleBook review: Drupal 7 Development by example
In the book 'Drupal 7 Development by Example', author Kurt Madel guides the reader through the process of building a Drupal 7 website. Step by step we are building an HTML5 interactive recipe website....
View ArticleDebugging websites with Komodo IDE & Xdebug
The following tutorial describes how to set up an environment for debugging web applications with Komodo IDE and Xdebug (under Mac OS X).Prerequisites:Mac OS XMAMP 2.0Komodo IDEGoogle...
View ArticleMy presentation at Drupalcamp Vienna: Migrate API in Drupal 8
My presentation at Drupalcamp Vienna: Migrate API in Drupal 8Last weekend I was attending the fabulous Drupalcamp Vienna in Austria for the second time. This time, I had proposed a session about the...
View ArticleWebsite now runs on Drupal 8
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View ArticleUsing Drupal 8 contact forms via REST
Using Drupal 8 contact forms via RESTWhile working on Narwhal CMS, our hosted decoupled / headless CMS service built on Drupal 8, a feature request that has popped up multiple times is the ability to...
View ArticlePresentation at Drupalcamp STL 2016: Migrate API in Drupal 8
Presentation at Drupalcamp STL 2016: Migrate API in Drupal 8On September 10th 2016 I had the honour of giving an updated version of my talk "Migrate API in Drupal 8" at Drupalcamp Saint Louis. Since...
View ArticleHow to add classes / attributes to Drupal 8 local tasks
How to add classes / attributes to Drupal 8 local tasksDrupal 8 allows you to define custom tabs (a.k.a. local tasks) in your custom module. For theming purposes, it might be necessary to add a class,...
View ArticleHow to make a Drupal 8 local task title dynamic
How to make a Drupal 8 local task title dynamicWhen defining local tasks (= tabs) in your Drupal 8 modules, you can specify a title for the tab via the 'title' property in your...
View ArticleHow to migrate part of a Drupal project to a new project repository
How to migrate part of a Drupal project to a new project repositoryThis is a writeup of a problem I encountered when working on the CollectiveAccess Drupal module: I had been maintaining a submodule...
View ArticleBook review: Drupal 7 Webform Cookbook
Book review: Drupal 7 Webform CookbookIn the book "Drupal 7 Webform Cookbook" author Vernon Denny takes us on a journey through the various aspects concerning the popular Webform Drupal module. Readers...
View ArticleBook review: Drupal 7 Development by example
Book review: Drupal 7 Development by exampleIn the book 'Drupal 7 Development by Example', author Kurt Madel guides the reader through the process of building a Drupal 7 website. Step by step we are...
View ArticleDebugging websites with Komodo IDE & Xdebug
Debugging websites with Komodo IDE & XdebugThe following tutorial describes how to set up an environment for debugging web applications with Komodo IDE and Xdebug (under Mac OS X).Prerequisites:Mac...
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