Sixrevisions getting started with Drupal Guide

Getting Started with Drupal: A Comprehensive Hands-On GuideDrupal is a popular open source content management system. With its powerful and advanced features, you can build complex websites with ease, compared to building them from scratch. With the support of a huge community and a big number of available modules, no wonder Drupal is a system you keep hearing about over and over again.

How to get added to Planet Drupal

After a bit of searching I found the info on how to get added to the Planet Drupal aggregator. 1.) Create a taxonomy for only items that will be sent to "Drupal Planet"2.)  Create a webmasters issue
asking to be added to the Planet. Make sure you include the link to

Translating SQL thinking to Drupal

Below is a good article about Translating your SQL thinking into the Drupal Views and content type thinking.Translating SQL thinking to Drupal | OpenCraft

Feeds + XPath Parser = XML importer

Here is some really well done documentation on using feeds and XPath Parser to import XML feeds.Document XPath features. | drupal.orgDocument XPath features

Dutch Baby (aka Big Pancake)

Dutch Baby (aka Big Pancake)
Makes 2 large pancakes, 4-6 servings each (maybe 2 servings each... for big men)

4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter

Lemon wedges
Powdered sugar
Berries
Pure maple syrup

Preheat oven to 425° F.

Expose a Custom Field - table to Views

Real short and simple write up on how to expose a field in a coustom table.

 

http://www.freshblurbs.com/drupal-expose-custom-field-views2

10 Free Online Books for Web Designers

Though linked to very often, these are 10 good (and free) web books about web development. Each one is well worth the read.  10 Free Online Books for Web Designers | Freebies

Import HTML - Really nice tool to import html files into Drupal

Import an old existing, static HTML site structure into the Drupal
CMS as structured nodes!
Allows an admin to define a source directory of an existing
traditional static HTML website, and import (as much as possible) the
content and structure into a drupal site.
Source files will be stripped of exisiting chrome and navigation
elements before being inserted as nodes.Import HTML | drupal.org

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