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I added an iPhone theme to MacMegasite, based on the .mobi loader drupal module. When the site is viewed with an iPhone it will automatically use the alternate theme.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “iPhone theme for MacMegasite”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/08/iphone-theme-for-macmegasite/” });

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I got rid of the e-commerce module, which was a big pain. Instead I’m now using Amazon product nodes and I created a custom content type for CD Baby products. The store is now a new view which simply shows all Amazon and CD Baby product nodes. I can easily add other affiliates with the [...]

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I’ve completed most of my enhancements to WorldBeatPlanet. The emphasis is on community and user’s content. I’m now allowing all registered users to have a blog and a member page and upload audio or video. The video module allows YouTube videos to be embedded as well as uploaded video files. Instead of stories, the primary [...]

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I’ve been working on more features for WorldBeatPlanet. One of the enhancements I just added is Digg-style voting using the DrupalIt module. I also made a new logo and added a right sidebar for top picks, user pages, and recent posts.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “New WorldBeatPlanet Features”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/18/new-worldbeatplanet-features/” });

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I’ve been thinking of reviving my old domain name ShareYourMusic.com (which used to redirect to WorldBeatPlanet) in connection with the new changes I’m making to WorldBeatPlanet. When I checked it today I discovered that it’s now parked at a ‘domain for sale’ page by a domain squatter, and they want at least $2500 to buy [...]

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I’ve been working on making WorldBeatPlanet a more social site. I’ve added the buddy list & invite modules and I’m now allowing all users to create blogs, upload audio & video, and create a custom ‘mysite’ page.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “WorldBeatPlanet is getting social”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/16/worldbeatplanet-is-getting-social/” });

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I’ve decided on a compromise for IntelliTXT at MacMegasite. I’m keeping it, but using the Userpoints module to disable it for users with more than 50 points, which means users who have submitted 5 or more articles.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “IntelliTXT Decision”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/04/22/intellitxt-decision/” });

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I decided to get rid of freeform tagging at MacMegasite because it was becoming too unmanageable. Since members can create their own tags by simply entering names, there were many duplicate tags with misspellings and lots of unique tags that were only assigned to a single post.
Drupal lists all taxonomy terms from different vocabularies together, [...]

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I finally upgraded WorldBeatPlanet. Unlike MacMegasite, this upgrade was painful, since I was running Drupal 4.6 with lots of modules and several custom content types. I had to first upgrade the database to Drupal 4.7 and then to 5.1. A few features still don’t work, but the site looks a lot nicer now.
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I’ve added a few new features to MacMegasite to bring more AJAX yumminess and make it more social. Blocks and menus are now collapsable and buddy lists are supported. It can also notify Twitter when content is posted.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Now with AJAX goodness”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/02/07/now-with-ajax-goodness/” });

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I upgraded MacMegasite to Drupal 5.1. The upgrade was fairly painless except for the RSS feed redirections to Feedburner, which I had to fix in my .htaccess and make a few small changes to the node module.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “MacMegasite Upgraded to 5.1″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/02/04/macmegasite-upgraded-to-51/” });

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Drupal 5.0 has finally been released. I plan to upgrade all of my sites. MacMegasite should be pretty straightforward, since it’s already running 4.7. WorldBeatPlanet will be more difficult since it’s still running 4.6 and uses several extra modules, including e-commerce.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Drupal 5.0 Released”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/01/15/drupal-50-released/” });

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Drupal 5.0 is already in beta. I still haven’t upgraded WorldBeatPlanet to Drupal 4.7 as I did with my other sites, since it uses a few custom modules as well as eCommerce, so it’s a lot more difficult. I’ll probably upgrade it directly to 5.0. Right now I’m pretty busy with work & XPressLinux so [...]

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Via Planet Drupal:
One blog is accumulating Google code searches that reveal information they shouldn’t. For example this search produces a list of some Drupal database usernames and passwords. Most are for distributions but a few folks have unwisely put backups of their configuration files in .tar files inside their web accessible directories.
Simply put, no [...]

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I’ve installed the new theme at MacMegasite and I’ve also created a mobile edition, available at http://mobile.macmegasite.com/ which uses a minimalist theme with no graphics. I did it through the magic of Drupal’s multiple site feature. I copied settings.php from the default site to a new site directory and simply added an override for default_theme.
Now [...]

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Windows x net is a new Drupal-based Mac-friendly Windows site. Unfortunately they screwed up the Drupal configuration badly — all users have FULL administrative access! I took advantage of having administrative access to fix it by turning off all administrative options for regular users.
Blogged with Flock
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Windows X net”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2006/09/07/windows-x-net/” });

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Dries Buytaert: Google to invest 70.000 USD in Drupal:
Rumor has it that Google will sponsor 14 Drupal developer stipends in this year’s Summer of Code program (SoC). To inspire young developers to work on FOSS projects during the summer, Google will provide a stipend of 5000 USD to each student developer, of which 4500 [...]

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Gunnar Langemark: Free Alaa!:
Alaa Abd El-Fatah - egyptian blogger, democracy activist and Drupal contributor was arrested a few days ago for being on a demonstration for democracy.
So what to do? googlebomb the egyptian government?
Sign a petition?
Write a blogpost?
Read the news?
Or all of the above?
Please join the campaign.
Also visit Manalaa to check it out for [...]

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I just finished upgrading MacMegasite to Drupal 4.7. The upgrade was quick & painless. I had already installed the modules, made a few patches (most notably redirecting the feed to FeedBurner) and tested everything with a back up of the database from several days ago. To do the switch, I disabled posting, dumped the database, [...]

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I’ve been working on upgrading MacMegasite to Drupal 4.7. It’s now running on my MacBookPro, so I’ll probably go live with it in a few days.
My old theme didn’t work with 4.7, so I made this new theme based on Chameleon.

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Upgrading MacMegasite”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2006/05/07/upgrading-macmegasite/” });

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