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Using the Drupal 6 Fivestar module with Views

If you're using the Fivestar module for Drupal you'll probably at some point want to use your ratings within a View. Assuming you're enabling the Fivestar rating against the content type as opposed to via a CCK field then you'll need to include it in your View via a relationship in order to display it with the associated node. Read the full article »

Attempting to understand the Drupal 7 Media module

The Drupal 7 Media module seems like a step in a really good direction for handling media files and providing an improved user-interface. However, it feels unfinished to me. Read the full article »

arc_youtube new releases

I've finally gotten round to releasing a couple of updates to the arc_youtube plugin for Textpattern. arc_youtube v1. Read the full article »

Using the Drupal teaser break with filtered HTML in Drupal 7

A quick Drupal 7 tip for anyone trying to use the Drupal teaser break (<!--break-->) with an input format other than full HTML: to ensure that the teaser break is observed HTML comments need to be included in the allowed HTML tags so that they are not filtered out of the content. You can do this by adding <!--> to the allowed tags of your input format (Configuration > Text formats). Read the full article »

TXP Tweet 3 released

TXP Tweet 3 is now available for Textpattern and includes arc_twitter v3 and a new extension plugin, arc_twitter_intents. arc_twitter_intents adds four new tags that output Twitter web intents widgets integrated with arc_twitter. Read the full article »

Latest tweets

  • #BBCAmerica are remaking the the excellent French series #Spiral, I can't see that working - just watch the original! http://t.co/A7swy3Ax Friday 27 January 2012 1:14 pm
  • RT @richardathome: Ahhh! NOW I understand WHY they called it FACEbook! Its because you constantly smash your face into the keyboard whil ... Thursday 26 January 2012 4:02 pm
  • @wion me neither, but I still like the simplicity of email for keeping in touch. Wednesday 25 January 2012 3:11 pm
  • @wion FB's UI is terrible and if you only log in every now and then the changes they make seem immense and quite intimidating! Wednesday 25 January 2012 2:43 pm
  • RT @lewispeckover: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. WTF? Is this normal? Check if your network does to ... Wednesday 25 January 2012 10:17 am

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