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Drupal 6 Site Blueprint by Timi Ogunjobi is a hands on practical examples of building 12 different sites. This book is actually very useful if you are starting out with Drupal for the first time. As anyone can tell you with the abundant of modules available it takes a long time to familiarise yourself with which module to choose to get the job done, as well as the time it takes to test them out. read more »

Ask around any Open Source community and you'll get a positive response that Drupal is a very flexible platform to build social networking sites. But with any powerful and highly configurable CMS there will inevitably be a steep learning curve.

This is where this book Drupal 6 Social Networking by Michael Peacock aims to compliment Drupal by lowering the barrier and learning curve so any one with very little programming knowledge can build their own social network site. So does this book really live up to its expectations and teach many site builders the easy way of setting up a social network?  read more »

Working with a Drupal development team on a large website that was continually being updated by the client sets some very challenging issues. You'll know the hassle when it comes the time your client wants to start adding more new features or sections to their existing site. The question you'll begin to ask yourself is

"How do we add the new features while the client continues to update their site without losing the updated contents when the new features have been completed?" read more »

The main idea behind grid-based designs is a solid visual and structural balance of web-sites you can create with them. Sophisticated layout structures offer more flexibility and enhance the visual experience of visitors. In fact, users can easier follow the consistency of the page, while developers can update the layout in a well thought-out, consistent way. However, it’s quite hard to find your way through all the theory behind grid systems: it isn’t easy at all. Some important notions and related key-facts can help to learn basics and keep essential techniques in mind.

This is a Drupal 6 Zen sub Theme. It is taken from the excellent theme by Dvessel called NineSixty based on the 960 grid-system read more »

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Some Mac fun - If you a lucky owner of an Apple Mac computer and want to make it talk then open a terminal and type say follow by anything you want it to say.

For example, if you want it to say Hello Master, then just type:

Lastly, if you want to know how my name is pronounced (not a lot of people get it right the first time round), type:

Enjoy