Last year, we talked about using the Mobile Tools module to create mobile sites in Drupal. We use and appreciate Mobile Tools, but we recently had a requirement that made us look into other options. We needed one domain to serve two different mobile sites.
I love my tools. I love having the right tool for the job! As a Drupal developer, I will sometimes use the command line for things like Drush or creating symlinks, but for the most part, most of my day is spent in one of the tools below.
If your web development team has ever made a change to the files that comprise your live website, they may have asked you to “clear your cache” afterwards.
Well, what the heck does that mean?
“Hi, my name is JD and I'm a noob.” That's how I feel I should start every conversation as I dive back into a world where every question I ask takes me deeper and deeper into the guts of Drupal.
Often times in web design we have the need to create a repeating background image. This can be simple or fairly complex depending on the type of background that needs repeating. I've developed a method for creating such images with ease.
With the emergence of the semantic web and the proliferation of mobile browsing devices, HTML5 is all the rage in front-end web development. We can better explain to search engines the context surrounding a piece of content by using HTML5. Along with CSS3, HTML5 allows us to make active exciting website designs without the overhead and compatibility issues of Adobe Flash — especially on mobile devices. In the Drupal community numerous HTML5 themes have begun to crop up. If you plan to leverage these advantages in your next website, the question is which HTML5 base theme should you use as a starter theme.
Theming the comment form is something that most Drupal themers want to do at some point. Based on the popularity of our previous post, How to Theme the Comment Form in Drupal 6, I have decided to revisit this subject for Drupal 7.
Any good marketer will tell you that the most effective way to communicate a brand is at a targeted audience. But ask a client who their audience is, and nine times out of ten they'll respond with an emphatic, "Everyone," followed by, "Seriously, everyone, I mean, everybody is going to just love our cookie tins. I think our website should appeal to everyone."
The distinction between ad agencies and interactive agencies, or digital agencies, can be fuzzy and confusing. Part of the reason for this is that many traditional ad agencies refer to themselves as a digital agency even though many are struggling to get up to speed with digital design, marketing, and development concepts.
One of the hottest new trends in web design is a technique called parallax scrolling, which is the latest addition to a growing list of effects used to create a sense of depth on a web page. Throw out your misconceptions that Flash and video are the only ways to achieve the third-dimension. Parallax techniques use well defined imagery, JQuery and CSS3 to create a truly unique browsing experience.
