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Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies - About Content

mary — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:40:18 +0000

This is the fifth segment in a series of posts on how to build a Drupal website from scratch. In the time since I wrote the last Drupal post, I have been learning more and delving deeper into the power and beauty of Drupal, and will be sharing a...

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Installing razorCMS - Resolving the Internal Server Error

mary — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:38:47 +0000

In my last post, Introducing the razorCMS Testing Pad, I discussed this new flat-file CMS and the small website I am building as a way to test and experiment with razorCMS. I installed a barebones system with no extra bladepacks, just the basic...

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Introducing the razorCMS Testing Pad

mary — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:51:50 +0000

After my post on flat-file content management systems, I learned about a new CMS that started out as a fork of the nanoCMS that I referenced in my earlier post. (You can read more about nanocms and flat-file systems here). smiffy6969, the creator...

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Guest post: Excel add-ins tutorial

JP — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:40:52 +0000

First, I would like to thank Mary for giving me this opportunity to introduce my first Excel add-in on her website. It is an excellent programming resource. My purpose in this blog entry is to describe the Data Filter Tool, an add-in I created for...

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Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies - Building Your Site

mary — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:52:51 +0000

This is the fourth in a series of posts on how to build a Drupal website from scratch. My apologies for the delay in getting this installment out, a lot has been happening on the home and work front that sort of slowed me down, but here we are. In...

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Care for some Java?

mary — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:43:24 +0000

Then you need to visit Another Random Developer Blog. This is a Java development blog with some great tutorials and practical code tips, tricks, and snippets that you can actually use. Even though I am not a Java developer I’ve been...

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Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies - Setting up your Site

mary — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:51:23 +0000

This is the third in a series of tutorials on how to build a Drupal website. In the first segment we introduced Drupal, and went over what we would need to work with Drupal. In the second part, we went over how to install Drupal, either using a...

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Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies - Installing Drupal

mary — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:06 +0000

There are many resources out there on how to install Drupal, so I am going to go over this in brief in this post. If your webhost provides you with control panel that has a script installer, check if Drupal is listed. An example of a script...

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Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies - Introduction

mary — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:14:59 +0000

As promised in my post on Kings among Content Management Systems, I am creating a tutorial for newbies on how to create a Drupal website. Being a relative Drupal newbie myself, I figured this would be the best way for me to learn and share what...

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The Painless Way to Migrate a Wordpress Blog

mary — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:14:26 +0000

First, let me say that the Drupal tutorials are on the burner, and I will be posting the first segment soon. But today I want to talk about moving a blog. I’ve had some hosting issues that have forced me to consider terminating my...

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