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Google Plus Pages for Business is finally here

07/11/2011 - 21:44

As I write this, Google is rolling out its business pages for everyone.

It will be interesting to see what details they will manage to do better, same or worse compared with Facebook.

As soon as they let me, I will try it out and let you know about the results. And from then on, it will obviously be a standard options for my clients and their pages if they choose to get connected...

Facebook button in Germany still not sanctioned

21/10/2011 - 19:49

Ongoing trouble regarding the Facebook Like button on websites.

German IT magazine heise.de reports that there is still no final decision behind the legal consequences that arise with the use of Facebook Like buttons due to to its tracking nature. At...

Responsive Web Design Drupal themes

18/09/2011 - 16:10

@ewebchick started a discussion of what Drupal theme actually works best for people to do responsive web design.

There are some interesting thoughts and comments. The Omega theme seems to be a strong contender.

Alternatives to a full custom Drupal website

22/07/2011 - 14:35

Not everyone needs a custom-designed website with a lot of functionality. For some people, a simple blog with contact form and additional fixed content would do just fine.
Problem is: Drupal up to version 7 can be a bit unfriendly to the novice non-technical user who wants to quickly build his website.
In the past, this often meant that people would use systems like Joomla or...

DrupalCon 2012 in Denver with amazing anouncement website

11/06/2011 - 18:29

I was pretty surprised to find the other day a DrupalCon anouncement website in one of the web galleries that I browse for inspiration.

It seems that the guys planing the DrupalCon 2012 in Denver really took their work on step further and created a singlepage HTML5 website with an amazing design, that was good enough to be...

Samir Kaila from portalsolutions.in messaged me today

01/06/2011 - 13:32

He offered to do websites for me. 

As a web developer, I actually took the time to visit his website, look at his service offerings and then answered his business request, telling him what I thought of it. I was pretty direct, to be honest, but I feel, that I was still fair to him. He was a bit rude for my taste in his answer.

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Further information Drupalcamp 2011 Sevilla

20/04/2011 - 18:06

The facts

When: 01.10.2011 - 02.10.2011
Where: Sevilla - http://goo.gl/maps/613p
Homepage: http://2011.drupalcamp.es/
Facebook Group:...

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Drupalcamp in Sevilla 2011

11/04/2011 - 14:21

Hey,

seems we have a final date now for the Drupalcamp in my hometown Seville this year: 1st and 2nd of October 2011.
At that time of the year, weather conditions are normally perfect over here, around 25 degree Celsius and sunny. So make sure to make your travel arrangements as soon as possible. This will be great.

More information on the official website:...

Drupal Coaching now comes with your own Drupal installation

29/09/2010 - 00:22

From now on you will get a free Drupal installation (currently in version 6.19) with any Drupal Coaching that you get from me.

This means:

  • Your own ftp access
  • Your own MySQL database
  • Your own Drupal playground to play around with and do live exercises on

Those installations are temporary for the training courses but can be extended on request...

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Testing beers with Drupal - my new pet project

15/08/2010 - 00:14

I just started development for the relaunch of the beer test web site biertest-online.de.

This beer site has an impressive database on breweries, beers and beer tests together with a loyal crows of followers who like to test beers. What it needs is a modern CMS that can handle the load. The old custom development reached its...