Technical articles on Drupal module development, theming, and best practices by Tao Starbow.
An archive of notes and deep dives into Drupal development — covering module creation, site-building techniques, and lessons learned from working with Drupal 5 and Drupal 6. Topics range from the Backup & Migrate module and the Popups API to development tooling and conference experiences.
A short note praising ronan and the Backup and Migrate module. The module lets you back up your Drupal database from inside the site itself, with smart defaults that exclude unnecessary data — a big advantage over manual phpMyAdmin exports.
DrupalA look at the Drupal 5 Views Recipes book, covering practical approaches to building and customizing Views for Drupal sites.
DrupalAn exploration of challenges and solutions around the Popups API module, including related submodules like Popups: Add & Reference and Popups: Subedit. A presentation on the Popups modules was given at the March 2009 Berkeley Drupal Users Group meeting.
DrupalA discussion of work toward improving Drupal 7 install profiles, referencing a simpler alternative approach to install profiles previously shared on starbow.net.
DrupalA practical note on configuring cron.php correctly in Drupal — a reminder that careful attention to documentation pays off.
DrupalObservations on spam tactics targeting Drupal sites and reflections on anti-spam strategies, tying into the broader Drupal and Spam 2.0 conversation.
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