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Drupal 6 Themes Book Review

Bevan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:55:04 +0000

Drupal 6 Themes by Ric Shreeves on Packt Publishing is a great resource for newbie Drupal themers.

Vote for Open Source in NZ

Bevan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:55:43 +0000

Are you heading out to vote this morning? Have you thought about how each of the parties support open source? The Greens's IT policy explicitly states a number of policies about encouraging Open Source in Business, Government and Education.

It's hard to beat that! Further; The Greens use Drupal and CiviCRM heavily in both their public-facing and internal systems -- their actions match their words. Go Greens!

DrupalSouth Write Up

Bevan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:49:46 +0000

DrupalSouth was a great success. As New Zealand's first nation-wide Drupal event, many weren't sure what to expect.

Location Package In Drupal 6

Bevan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:39:14 +0000

CivicActions recently undertook a project to review, upgrade, test and patch many contributed Drupal 6 modules to ensure their compatibility with localization (multi-lingual website support).

Drupal 6 Book Review: Building Powerful And Robust Websites With Drupal 6

Bevan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:46:31 +0000

Perhaps I am too critical or my expectations are too high. In any case I was disappointed with Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6. It may be somewhat useful for Drupal beginners seeking an introduction, general guidance or even basic help, but it lacks the detail and usefulness beginners are likely to need to get tasks done early on. I would expect most Drupal beginners to require more complete and comprehensive resources than what this book provides.

Air New Zealand is Using Linux

Bevan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:23:08 +0000

Air New Zealand's in-flight entertainment system runs Linux. Unfortunately the layer of software that Air NZ has deployed on top of Linux is buggy and I noticed at least twice in one 3-hour flight that it crashed, causing Linux to reboot. (This is what led me to discover the systems run Linux.)

Watching Linux boot on the seat-back console screen was fun. And it was nice to see Tux the Penguin about the airline.

What kind of amazing grace?

Bevan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:08:35 +0000

This awesome song by my colleague and friend Ian Rhett moved me. Digg it here.

Web Accessibility Basics

Bevan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:32:14 +0000

CivicActions endeavors that our websites be usable. Usable implies accessible, since a user with special needs can not use an inaccessible site. In this article I discuss techniques that every web developer, themer and front-end html coder should have in their toolkit. These are the low-hanging fruit, the simple and inexpensive techniques, that make a big difference for internet users with restricted access, from user with low bandwidth internet connections, to users with poor eyesight. We're not just talking about the Googlebot and spiders here.

Light Fantastic; Backporting A Great Drupal 6 Contrib Theme To Drupal 5

Bevan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:14:24 +0000

I recently searched on Themebot for a great contributed Drupal flexible-width theme for DrupalSouth.net.nz and found Light Fantastic.

Announcing NZ's first drupal camp: DrupalSouth

Bevan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:26:39 +0000

Together with some friends and colleagues we have been working hard to organise, finalize and publish details of what will be the two most important days for Drupal in New Zealand:

DrupalSouth: The New Zealand Drupal Event for 2008

DrupalSouth is the New Zealand Drupal Event for 2008. DrupalSouth will bring NZ's Drupal community together for the first nation-wide Drupal event and the first ever Drupal camp in NZ.