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Making server connections with one password
When you have to connect to a new server you can save a ton of time by uploading your public key so you do not have to remember and type the password again and again for every server. (you are using different passwords for all your slices and VPSes?) If you do not have a public key then, on Mac or...
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Two good sources of documentation for the Omega theme
http://groups.drupal.org/omega-framework/docs http://groups.drupal.org/node/155884 I hear there will be an updated set of online docs but for me it was hard to find some key info until I found these docs. In this case we had to make a custom grid. And even though the Admin --> Settings area allowed...
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MAMP Pro and memcache
Great post on how to do this with MAMP and for the most part it works with MAMP Pro. Nate Haug at Lullabot http://www.lullabot.com/articles/setup-memcached-mamp-sandbox-environment The paths are a bit different as they are broken down one more level /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.2.17 and /...
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Command line tools to backup your drupal files and database
Two command line scripts that are great solutions to backing up your drupal database and filesystem. Sure there are tons of ways to do this but these two have worked well for me for numerous years. And since they are command line tools, once in place they just work. rdiff-backup This is a great way...
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2011 Yale Drupal Camp Presentation: You have a new drupal site and are the drupal admin, what now?
Feedback is welcome on this form  You can see the video at http://blip.tv/rvtc/2011-yale-drupal-group-5486561 I broke up the sections into chapters so you can jump around. Here are some of the moduels covered. Also a video below on how to install a module.   Modules D6 D7...
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CiviCRM CiviMail and Archiving your Mailings
 Just noticed this token to add a link to your CiviMail "Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it on our website."   It is a bit tricky but here are the steps. Step 2 in the mailing make sure to check Step 3 of the mailing insert the token Once the token is in...
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Speaking at Valley Summit about drupal
http://valleysummit.org/ Topics (depending really on the audience) What is drupal? Drupal for the simple website needs Drupal for the complex website needs Pros and Cons SaaS Solutions for Drupal Drupal Distributions Drupal as a SaaS foundation Where to begin Some nice features that are not...
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Ubercart Shipping Report
The client needed a basic report they could export to show shipping costs for a date range. Not sure why ubercart did not come with this (maybe I am missing the obvious?) but it was easy to make with Views and Views Bonus Pack. Here is a video http://blip.tv/file/4726303 Here is the repo where this...
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Installing Twitter Beta3 module
The latest version is much easier. http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/twitter-6.x-3.0-beta3.tar.gz Beta 3. But I still used the oauth noted on the top of the page. But I did not have to set the RSA settings on it. Not sure why. Also the twitter module defaults to "true" for every node so I made a...
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Drupal Camp Western Mass 2011
 
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