Open Source

Alternative Admin panel for Drupal

Rootcandy

Dan from Inigo has kindly emailed me a link for a Drupal alternative admin panel called Rootcandy by Sotak. It is a customisable admin template that tries to tackle usability issues by rearranging the admin panel interface. Latest version now integrates with colour module (as used on the Garland theme) so users can change the colour of the admin panel to whatever suits them.  read more »

The long awaited Virtuemart 1.1 (stable) has finally been released

Virtuemart 1.1

The VirtueMart Team is proud to announce the release of VirtueMart 1.1.0 Stable. The VirtueMart Team and the VirtueMart Community have put many hours into this release of the VirtueMart eCommerce Solution. Thanks to all those who have donated their time and skills to make VirtueMart a leading eCommerce solution that is both full featured and easy to use (see the full feature list).

Virtuemart

Drupal wins 2008 Webware 100 award

Drupal wins 2008 Webware 100 award -


Congratulations to Drupal for winning a CNET Webware 100 award in the publishing category.

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12 patches to improve Drupal search

As a site becomes larger and fill with rich contents, it is vital to have a search feature that will make life easy for your end user to find what they want on your site.

Drupal is aware of this and has ensure the built in search can go beyond just merely listing contents on a page(s). It is now more smarter and more usable than before. Here are 12 patchs submitted by Robert Douglass. The list is impressive:  read more »