WordPress plugin directory

WordPress has finally released their Plugin Directory! More than a list of links, it offers a rating system, immediate download, and (I love this) commenting, so that you can get a better idea of how a plugin might actually work on your site. The WordPress wizards spent some time developing this section and it shows. [...]

It’s about quality, stupid

Andy Rutledge wrote this post about web standards that I thought was a pretty good description of the “why” behind standards. He says that web standards are not being marketed properly; that it’s not about compliance, but about quality. He says:

The general public does not care about Web standards any more than it cares [...]

An exercise in porting

This post by Sepeck is a nice tutorial on a quick and dirty Drupal port of an existing site design. When I have a moment, I am going to try it out as it seems like a good way to get one’s feet wet!

Designing for Drupal

A recent post by one of the designers that worked on the fabulous Garland theme has sparked a very interesting conversation about the problems surrounding developing themes for Drupal, of which there are many. The comments there are well worth the read. I will have more to say on this once I have get a [...]

Drupal Dojo

I don’t know how, but somehow I managed to hone in on Drupal Groups and, in particular, Drupal Dojo, from the very beginning. I count myself very lucky indeed, for this is where the action is if you want to learn the Drupal way. The group was created by Josh Koenig, co-founder of DeanSpace (remember [...]