Sitemaps And Drupal

Most people don’t realise it but there is a standard out there for reporting to various search engines such as Google and Yahoo what pages they should and should not index, including the ability to give weight (importance) to individual pages. In Drupal a module called XML Sitemap has always handled this and I’m happy to . . . → Read More: Sitemaps And Drupal

Drupal 7 Is Cool

The upcoming release of Drupal 7 is seeing some major changes in the look and functionality due to the attention that has been given to the user experience. Like WordPress, Drupal 7 will have an administration theme which will take away many of the layout, design, and customisation headaches that currently exist.

When Drupal 6 was released contributed modules such as CCK and Views were not ready due to major rewrites for both, which meant most people couldn’t upgrade. There is a push behind Drupal 7 to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Continue reading Drupal 7 Is Cool

Another Nail in The Ubercart Coffin

After setting up a website for my mother, enabling her to accept orders for her small business I began to quite like Ubercart for its simplicity. One of the big things I like is the attributes system, where a product can have user-definable variations that can affect the price. There are limitations of course, but being free is . . . → Read More: Another Nail in The Ubercart Coffin