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[2015-09-24]

Fixing rotated images uploaded to Drupal from an iPhone

#drupal

iPhones 4 and up store images in landscape mode and use EXIF data to provide proper rotation when viewed. This is a bit quirky as not all desktop browsers provide fixes, or they may not be streamlined. I remember my old project manager telling me their images were showing up "flipped to the side" during mobile QA testing.

[2015-09-21]

Using Features Override to manage changes to a distribution

#drupal #features

The Features module has become a de facto tool in configuration management in Drupal 7. In fact, most Drupal distributions now utilize Features to export configuration and handle updates to the configuration. There is one pitfall - Features was  meant to be a way to export a feature set.

[2015-07-18]

Drupal Commerce, Deconstructed

Recently I presented at the Drupal 414 user group in Milwaukee on "Drupal Commerce, Deconstructed" to break down what makes Drupal Commerce and better explain some of its inner workings. The goal isn't to blow the minds of advanced users, but to sell it to all on its flexibility and help users understand why certain things are how they are.

[2015-06-28]

Fixing "UpdaterException: Unable to determine the type of the source directory"

#drupal

I don't use the built in update functionality provided by the Update module for updating code. I like to use it for reminders and push back statistics of modules used for Drupal.org. However, someone people do use it. Sometimes this piece of functionality can fail and throw an interesting message which doesn't seem to have many answers despite the best Google-fu.

[2015-06-25]

Commerce entity's and storing arbitrary data

#drupal-commerce #drupal

Drupal Commerce entities all make use of the "data" attribute. The data attribute is a blob that contain just about anything you would like - for example, Commerce Shipping utilizes this for shipping line items.

[2015-03-01]

Role Provisioner: Drupal 7 role and permission management

#drupal

If there's one thing we've all grown to encounter in Drupal it has, and probably will always be, configuration management. Drupal 8 is looking to solve a lot of that. However a lot of us don't live in the Drupal 8 world and can't sit and wait for that "magical" day.

[2015-01-27]

Managing your Drupal platform with Drush

#drupal

Drush - the Drupal command line utility. One of the benefits to using Drupal is harnessing the command line tool Drush. If you don’t know about Drush, I advise heading over the the

[2015-01-24]

Introducing Contribkanban.com

#drupal #angularjs #api #contribkanban

A recent project of mine has been ContribKanban.com for the Drupal community. The name speaks for itself - it provides a way for contributors to work on Drupal.org project issues queues through a kanban board. This app has two purposes: visualize the Drupal.org project issue queues in a useful fashion, and provide an experiment that tries to fully utilize Drupal.org APIs.

[2015-01-01]

Drupal Issue Tracker, Chrome App

#chrome app #drupal
Yesterday I released a Chrome application to provide a simple method for keeping track of Drupal.org project issues. Take a Drupal.org issue number (the node ID) and add it to the app. It will then utilize Drupal.org's REST APIs and keep track of the issue.