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KIT: Best Practices for Making Drupal Features

So you're building a Drupal Feature! Woohoo! Okay, so…. What to include? What to leave out? How to structure the thing so it doesn't conflict with other Features? How to avoid known issues? Where...

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Druplicon Features

Announcing our Feature server: downloads.pingv.com

Over the weekend we launched a Feature server at http://downloads.pingv.com.

Currently it has but one simple...

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The State of Drupal: Building the Future

Half dozen of the other

Has it been six years already? I'm astounded. Drupal in 2004 was really really really different. It's been quite a ride. And it's getting better and more...

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A Roadmap for Success: The Design Brief

Described succinctly by Tad Crawford in AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design, the design brief “digs deep into a project and identifies the main factors that drive the entire...

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PINGV Creative

A peek at Drupal 7 theme system changes

Every major release has introduced significant changes to the core API. There's no backwards compatibility between major Drupal releases; you can't run Drupal 7 modules on a Drupal 6 site, for...

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A Mood Board in template style

Mood Boards? Welcome Aboard!

Taking a step back to review methodology every so often is a great way of keeping work fresh, as it means you don't slip into a routine. Lately here at PINGV, we have been looking for ways to...

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PINGV Creative

Video: Installing Drush on Mac OS X

Last weekend we made a video that shows, hopefully, how easy it is to install Drush, the fabulously powerful command line tool that can drastically speed up developing, installing...

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The women of Drupal: an Ada Lovelace Day appreciation

On this Ada Lovelace Day, I wracked my brain for someone to write about, and came up blank — not because I couldn't think of anyone, but because I can't pick...

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Did your website end up doing the wrong job?

What job does your website do? Is it doing the job that you initially set out for it?

With all the excitement happening online, all the buzz, all the enticing opportunities, and...

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Get your Drupal on at DrupalCon San Francisco

Post-Conference Update: Video of my session is now posted.

Update:...

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Designer using skinr to aide in themeing a Drupal site

An Introduction to Stylin' Efficiency with the Skinr Module

When it comes time to theme a site you are often working within a tight time-frame. Functionality is starting to come together, representative content is here and there; generally things are in a...

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A well-worn path mean people found a short cut that works

So, what is User-Centric Design anyway?

Although we've come a long way from the just-build-something-and-they-will-come approach that characterized the early days of web development, it nonetheless remains important to remind (and...

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