Notes on Drupal, web development, AI tools and content creation.
19 January 2017
Watch this free webinar which I gave over at WebWash on Page manager and Panels. Enjoy. Link: Video: Create Custom Pages using Page Manager and Panels in Drupal 8
14 January 2017
Learn how to create custom pages using Page Manager and Panels. Link: How to Build Custom Pages Using Page Manager and Panels in Drupal 8
17 November 2016
The "Display Suite Switch View Mode" sub-module which comes with Display Suite, allows you to switch which view mode is used when displaying a node page. It allows you to implement multiple layouts…
16 November 2016
In this video, I introduce you to the Paragraphs module. The Paragraphs module allows you to create elements called paragraph types which are used to create landing pages in Drupal. Link:…
10 November 2016
I continue my series on using Display Suite over at WebWash by writing about how to use Display Suite fields. Think of a Display Suite field as just a fancy formatter which can only be used when you…
2 November 2016
In my latest Drupal 8 tutorial over at WebWash, I write about how to customize content pages or, put another way, entity bundles. Display Suite is a versatile piece of software. It converts "Manage…
20 October 2016
While working on the Drupal 8 module, I discovered this option to keep field storage persistent. By default a field storage is removed when it’s no longer used. This happens when you simply delete…
9 August 2016
When you start tinkering with a module or a theme in Drupal, eventually you’ll need to print a variable to see what’s inside. Now in PHP you have var_dump and print_r but these functions aren’t the…
2 July 2016
I recently upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan but I couldn't get the Split View functionality to work. For people who don't know, the Split View lets you run two apps side by side. To get it…
22 June 2016
Web Profiler, which ships with Devel, adds a toolbar at the bottom of each page and gives you stats about your Drupal site. Out-of-the-box, you get the number of queries, how much memory was used and…
26 May 2016
At this month's Sydney Drupal meet up I did a presentation about Search in Drupal 8. In the video, I explain three ways you can create a search page, they are as follows. Link: Presentation: Search…
11 May 2016
The core Search module in Drupal 8 now allows you to create custom search pages. Learn how to create one in my latest tutorial at WebWash. Link: How to Create a Search Page in Drupal 8
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