This is the blog of web developer and designer Andy Walpole.
Create and do what is new, through and through.
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A review of another addition to Packt Publications now quite extensive Drupal-related catalogue
I first tried Flash when it was in its Macromedia Version 3 incarnation - it had so many bugs that it should have been the subject of a David Attenborough wildlife do...
This is my seventh and most accomplished theme to be given away free under a GPL license. Again, it's based on a grid this time 970px wide with 12 columns and 10px margins.
As the title suggests, it is visually supposed to resemble an untidy desk.
It is possible to have ...
In the autumn of 2009 the open source community was stunned when it was announced that the White House was to relaunch on a Drupal platform.
...It has been stated by some that creating good generic Drupal themes for download at the dot org site is impossible because an accomplished theme is dependent on the use of modules. I disagree. It is possible to create a visually pleasing theme that has a eclectic user base without worrying about the need to re...
This is the fourth and final instalment of my seasonal tetralogy with the other three being Autumn Almanac, Winter Wonderland and the Spring Theme. I thought I'd concentrate on a sunset for the summer theme.
As before this is a fixed width theme 960px wide. The underlying grid is based on 4...
This is a spring theme based on a 960px wide 16 columns grid.
I wanted to create a spring design that wasn't too feminine so I had to find a creative way of using flowers.
The main content can either be two or three columns while the footer can either be three or four co...
Autumn Almanac is a seasonal theme that is build on a 16 column 960px grid. The columns are 40px wide with 20px guttering and 10px margins.
Like all previous themes it is free to use and released under the GPL license.
The theme has been tested in all major browsers alth...
News just surfacing this morning is that the White House (Yeah that Obama dude in Washington DC) has relaunched their website but this time on Drupal.
Over the past year a number of large corporations have switched over to Drupa...
A constant moan in the Drupal community is the apparent lack of quality themes for users to download from drupal.org; especially in comparison to Wordpress or Joomla. One explanation for this is that the complexity of the CVS system discourages designers from contribut...
Get out your winter woolies and Wellington boots as the frost and snow of the winter months is fast approaching. You may also would like to think about changing your Drupal theme to reflect online the realities of your snow-bound existence.
Recently launched is the Winter Wonderland theme f...
The original idea for the theme came from a client some months ago who wanted a horse racing site but then subsequently changed their mind. The design is now for a general purpose outdoor sports site. Permission to use the photographs has been granted by the copyright holders.
The design us...
I've been using Ben Sheldon's “shiny upload” code on a relatively busy Drupal site for a while, the idea behind which is to transform the particularly ugly node attachments box on ...
My first Drupal theme to download can be found here here and is called Clean A.
The idea behind the theme is to create a minimalist, lightweight template like any of the core themes such as Bluemarine and Garland and one ...
Finishing off my trip through the Drupal modules section here is the final installment from the letters Q to Z.
I didn't cover Views or Ubercart as they demand expansive posts in their own right.
Hopefully the forthcoming new Drupal.org site will bring the necessary ju...
I first used Panels 2 about a year ago for dofollow001.com. Panels allows the Drupal webmaster to add different sections and alter the layout without the need to tamper directory with the theme code.
It is a very powerful module and for those serious about Drupal web design it is inevitable...
I run a free press release distribution site called PressRelease001.com and for some time I've had a problem with a number of registered members who sign up under different user names and submit poor quality and unwanted items.
These users are particularly keen on submitting items that are ...
The more complex a form in Drupal the more likely it will use Javascript to collapse certain sections.
In many ways it's a good thing for usability as the submit and preview buttons are at the bottom of a form and the less scrolling down to reach these the better.
Howeve...
Just a few weeks ago Four Kitchens announced that they would be releasing for download their derivative of Drupal, Pressflow.
The advantages of Pressflow over Drupal are tha...
Following on from my series of useful third-party Drupal modules that have been registered at Drupal.org, here is the letters I to P covered.
Hopefully this little investigation will uncover a number of modules that I ...
As like the first part of my list, here some more Drupal modules that I've noted down for further investigation.
I have a list of modules that I use with every installation, but I need to make sure I'm as fam...
Congratulations to the PingVision crew who have won six - yes SIX! - awards for their short film entitled "What is Drupal? ... in 57 seconds".
There are over 4,000 third-party Drupal modules with new additions to this mass being added every week.
It's often the case that while working on a Drupal site I think, “I wonder if there is a Drupal module that does X or Y?”.
I then spend hours looking for such a mo...
