- Toyna Chin, San Francisco, CA
Internet Marketing Strategies and Drupal Tips
The Best Way to Update Contributed Modules in Drupal
1. Put your site into Site Maintenance mode. Go to Site Configuration>Site Maintenance and set your Site status to offline.
2. Flush the cache. Go to Site Configuration>Performance. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page and click on “Clear cached data” button. I recommend installing the module called "Admin menu". (http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu) It places all the Drupal Admin functions in a menu bar at the top of your screen. You can easily clear the cache by clicking on the favicon on the upper left side of the menu and select "Flush all caches". As a Drupal developer, I end up clearing the cache a lot so having this shortcut is really helpful.
Surrey Drupal Meetup: April 14, 2011: How to Use Template.php to Power your Drupal Themes
Colin says:
We'll explore the purpose of the template.php file in theming as well as the relevant Drupal API functions. We'll then delve deeper into creating the most basic functions needed in the file. Finally we'll explore the process of reading the code of other modules to help you find the places where you can change their output via template.phpCome and join us at 6:30 pm for our meetup at the ABC Restaurant in Fleetwood. Please RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/surrey-drupal/events/16607568/
New Website for Wagging Tales Pet Food & Supplies
Mar 2011: Get Higher Google Rankings with Article Marketing
Article marketing is becoming increasingly popular on the Internet. Instead of reading ads that pushy or in your face, consumers are more likely to read informational how-to articles. Instead of writing why you’re the best real estate person in all of Vancouver, you can write an article on “How to Buy a House in Vancouver” and discuss the general process while giving good tips and free advice.
At the end of every article you get to add your information about you and your business to close the article. This personal closing encourages readers to click on the link to visit your website to learn more about you and your business.
Have you Planned your Online Marketing Strategy for 2011? Contact Katy for free 30 minute Skype consultation. Only 5 slots available.
Read How to Get Higher Google Rankings with Article Marketing
Best Free Online Tool of the Month - Free Article Submission
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How to Small Biz Owners can Save Money at Tax Time
My passion has always been to help other entrepreneurs understand taxes; hence I specialize in Small Business and Home-based Businesses.I have been able to help thousands of entrepreneurs and look forward to helping many more. What I like to cover in my presentations are tax strategies that you may be able to use to reduce the amount of income tax you pay if you operate a small business in Canada.For more information, go to http://www.valleywomensnetwork.com/node/1048
Socializing your Way to More Clients and More Cash Flow
This teleseminar was broadcast on the web so I didn't get any long distance charges. I also had the option of listening via Skype. Sue talked about these topics: How to make connections to bring in more prospects, How not selling at networking events will get more clients and How to evaluate which networking events to attend.
My Favourite Videos of Drupalcon Chicago for Design and Theming
Intermediate Theming
By Morten from Denmark
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/how-make-awesomesauce
http://www.archive.org/details/drupalconchi_day3_how_to_make_awsomesauce
Avoiding Frankenstein Website Design: Collaborating with Clients
Samantha Warren
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/avoiding-frankenstein-website-des...
Design in the Browser: Use CSS to Stop Lying to Ourselves and Our Clients
Mason Wendell
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/design-browser-use-css-stop-lying...
Using HTML5 and CSS3 to Build a Blog Design
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/html-5-and-css-3-t...
2. This tutorial was written in 2009, so some of the HTML5 specs have changed since then.
- The element header must not appear as a descendant of the footer element.
- The section element should not be used to wrap articles just to demarcate content as described here http://html5doctor.com/the-section-element/
HTML5 Rocks Drupal 7 was well attended in Surrey on Mar. 10th
You can view the video screencast and download the slides here:
http://2010.drupalcampla.com/sessions/html5-and-drupal-theming
A big thank you to Roberto and Izzy for doing lightning talks: