Flash video in Drupal (links)
6th May 2008
Some things to be aware of when enhancing Drupal site with FLV video playing/conversion features.
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6th May 2008
Some things to be aware of when enhancing Drupal site with FLV video playing/conversion features.
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12th April 2008
I’m providing regularly updated compiled linux and freebsd ffmpeg binaries, and also described how to use ffmpeg on shared hostings if not all the required libraries (like libmp3lame) are present. However, the solution recommended might not “fit all”, so here is another one – simpler and even more portable/universal than setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
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11th April 2008
NicEdit – lightweight inline configurable rich-text editor for the web. Can fit where both FCKEditor and TinyMCE are too clunky and monstrous.
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9th April 2008
As an update to WordPress anti-spam plugins, I highly recommend Spam Karma 2. For a time, it seems to be the ultimate protection. I turned off all the other anti-spam plugins (including Aksimet), and everything’s just perfect! SK2 gathers up to a thousand spam comments/trackbacks during a single week on this blog, and I never had a complaint from blog visitors on their inability to add a comment (though some did have to fill in captcha to post a comment with links).
And SK2 still works under WP 2.5! (SK 2.3 was released to support WP 2.1)
Kudos to Dave!
It would be a pity if this excellent plugin is abandoned and stops functioning in one of the upcoming WP releases.
Update: SpamKarma is now GPL (at google code).
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6th April 2008
This post provides several links which would be useful for the beginning Drupal developers, or developers deciding which CMS to use as the base for their next project. Also, strengths of Drupal are highlighted.
Intensively working with Drupal during the past two weeks, I find it to be an excellent tool, and also much more than a YACMS.
Now I think that Drupal is also a framework – providing invisible to developer caching, session handling, access control, theming, localization, and more. The minimal effort required to extend already huge Drupal functionality is to write your own module – and, if done right, your module will immediately benefit from all the bonuses Drupal provides.
But Drupal also really shines as a CMS! You can start with a free design theme, and without any PHP knowledge have your custom portal built within a week – with your own hands, if you desire! (Note: “within a week” is true, but only if you already know what exactly you should be doing; learning time is short, but it’s not within that same week.)
What makes Drupal so powerful? I’d say that beautiful core and numerous modules.
What Drupal has to offer?
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31st March 2008
Is that only me, or WordPress is really leaning towards the Drupal ideology?
Here’s what I mean:
I wonder, what will be next. PHPTemplate support, as default theming engine?
Or no-backwards-compatibility policy?
Or, best for WP users, advanced Drupal-like caching and throttling techniques?
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26th March 2008
drupaldojo.com – at the moment of writing, has 42 video-lessons (screencasts) of developing with Drupal.
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