Use Case Basics

Posted 313 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

Most sites, especially Web applications, absolutely benefit from even a little bit of Use Case analysis. It sounds technical, and can be, but doesn’t have to be. It’s worth considering, even for a simple site.

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Advice on Hiring Web Pros for your eCommerce store

Posted 391 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

Are you an entrepreneur with a set of amazing storefront mock-ups, or even just a great idea, ready to jump whole hog into the exciting world of eCommerce? Spare yourself some aggravation. A little knowledge can go a long way.

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Streaming Commercial Video in 2010

Posted 743 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

There are plenty of players in the streaming space now. Content Delivery Network (CDN) is the buzzword of the day… things have certainly changed from the days when a successful (viral) video could break the bank. What follows is a shortlist of providers, rough pricing for 2009/2010, and some thumbnail recommendations for what to consider if you’re in the market to stream video to the masses.

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Palm Pre "Straight to Voicemail" Problem

Posted 751 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

I should have known. Doing ANYthing on full moon Halloween is a bad idea. But fate left me no choice – my Centro died a hideous death, from which no voodoo, no dread spell, could revive it. The siren song of Sprint’s Pre and the WebOS overpowered me… little did I know the TEN WEEKS of infernal torture I was destined to endure! But dear reader, do not despair, for there is a welcome end to this dark tale.

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Creating a site placeholder page

Posted 934 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

For the beginners out there who want to know how to replace your Web host or registrar’s placeholder page with your own, and are not too scared of learning a few things in order to do so, here’s a Dreamhost-oriented explanation of how to do it. This article assumes you know enough to create (or use software to create) your own static HTML page, that you have a domain already, and that you have a hosting account already.

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What is a CMS and why you need one

Posted 986 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

It’s 2009. There is no reason at this point that any Web site should not be built using a system that will allow a site owner to update their own Web pages.

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Easy Sneezy Flickr on Drupal

Posted 1025 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

Took maybe 5 minutes?

Compared to the twitter and del.icio.us modules, the Flickr module just… worked. Sweet. It’s been an interesting first night back with this old acquaintance, I’ll be returning for more.

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Drupal Twitter module tweets on cue

Posted 1025 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

Nicely done – toggle a checkbox to tweet your current post.

Next up: install Views module and see if the feed appears in the sidebar like we wants it to!

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DrupalNight RSS Update

Posted 1025 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

My Twitter & Delicious feeds now display!

But getting them to do so required Feed Aggregator to just pull the feed. My expectations were off in that a) I expected the module would provide a “Block” as some do; and b) as happens EVER SO RARELY, I assumed things needed to be WAY more complicated than they actually are. A feed is a feed and to pull that in, with Drupal, is thankfully trivial. Props to the devs for that.

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Drupal requires a module for SEO-friendly urls???

Posted 1025 days ago by Peter Jacobson 0 Comments

It does and the module is called Pathauto.

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