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menu_link_save doesn't like aliases (drupal)

Submitted by Damien on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 11:30am

A quick tip.. while working on an install profile in Drupal I discovered that the menu_link_save() function requires an internal URL, e.g. "node/123" instead of "my-cool-page". Once I tracked down the issue I was able to very easily create lots of menu items as needed, but it wasn't entirely obvious this was needed.

Searching Drupal - my presentation from FLDrupalCamp

Submitted by Damien on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 7:42pm

Today at the first annual FLDrupalCamp I presented a talk on searching Drupal, covering some gotchas, tips and how to best set up your site for both internal searching (searching when on your site) and external searching (someone searching via e.g. Google). This was knowledge built over my career as a web developer, but primarily during the past eight months working on SkiNet.com.

Come to DrupalCamp Florida on Feb 7th, 2009

Submitted by Damien on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 2:43am

Anyone who has February 7th (2009) available, and who isn't already going to the excellent Acts_as_Conference, should take a trip to Altamonte Springs for DrupalCamp Florida! This new event promises a day's worth of free presentations on all things Drupal from some of Florida's best consultants and advanced users, including the exceedingly talented Ryan Price.

Why Trac sucks

Submitted by Damien on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 12:01am

Reasons to use Trac:

It has been around for ages so it's pretty well known.
It works with Subversion.
Built-in Wiki.
The milestones system works fairly well.

Why Trac sucks, IMHO of course:

Key Drupal 5 concept - boxes are not automatic

Submitted by Damien on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 1:04am

A key feature in Drupal is being able to create plugins/modules that create their own blocks, chunks of functionality that can be placed anywhere on the page by using the blocks/regions configuration or panels. If you do happen to create your own, bear in mind that while you automatically gain the features of the mail blocks table, you do not gain access to the boxes table, so you have to create your own body content block. Just thought you should know. And yes, this fact has just dawned on me. Doh.

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