A Drupal site is composed of many parts, often similar to a puzzle. Just like a puzzle, you need to be able to control the pieces at any time. In the software development world, where software exists in the form of source code files, this is handled by a version-control system (such as CVS, Subversion or git - naming just the ones we use for Trellon). By using a VCS, you're able to check-in and check-out all the PHP files that make up Drupal and all the contrib and custom-made modules that compose a site. Read More >>>

With the recent release of Drupal 7, the community should now focus on upgrading existing Drupal 6 modules to Drupal 7.

Having already upgraded the print module from 4.7 to Drupal 5, and from that to Drupal 6, I can tell you that this time the process will be both harder and easier.

A lot harder

Three weeks ago, I attended the 6th Drupalcamp Ireland along with Martin Hrabovcin and Michael Haggerty. Together, we were there representing Trellon, which was a proud sponsor of the event.

Drupalcamp Ireland was held on the Trinity College campus over a weekend. Over 70 Drupalists showed up, and there were more than 20 sessions, ranging from introductory Drupal 101 to an advanced Drupal Security talk by a member of Drupal's security team.

It was an interesting time to be in Ireland, as the IMF probably arrived in the same planes as we did, but that didn't affect the mood of the Irish Drupal Community. Read More >>>

This post is an entry in our 20 APIs in 20 Days series. Learn more about how best practices lead to sustainable development at www.trellon.com. Read More >>>

People at Trellon have been working on the Dashboard module as part of the Drupal.org redesign. A new version came out the other day, and we could use some help testing it and getting some feedback.

Dashboard is available at http://drupal.org/project/dashboard. It lets users create personalized dashboards with drag and drop interfaces. Administrators can create widgets for people to place on their dashboards, and there is a widget browser where people can filter down into different types of widgets. Kind of like iGoogle, but with support for nodes and blocks.

We tested this module extensively prior to release and it appears to be farily stable. Before getting into another major feature roll out, it would be helpful to collect people's impressions on this version and get it all nice, polished and fancy. Read More >>>