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I spent some time tonight finishing the module selection and site setup for Cashkeeperscanada.com. We’re doing a re-launch of the site in June using Drupal 6. Tentative date is June 7th, 2008 (6/7/8).

W. Bro. Dafoe steps up to the plate yet again to clearly subtly articulate one of the many challenges facing the fraternity. The lesson is veiled in allegory and illustrated with burgers, but I think you'll get the point.

Drupal 6 has been released. Announcement here I’m really excited about this release because there’s been major performance improvements, and it paves the way for building some really exciting community applications.

We’re in the middle of re-building CashKeepers Canada to use Drupal 6 and we’re adding some really neat functionality into it. We’re expecting another month before final release.

Here’s another great article about a school board in Indiana making great use of open source software to stretch a technology budget. The strategy has let them meet some aggressive targets in student access to technology.

I just made the leap into Twitter and I couldn’t help but notice the alliteration.

I suppose it just had to be done. Try saying that five times fast.

Wow, this was a really tough one. I learned how to totally redesign the Drupal contact form without hacking a single line of core.

Here's what we needed.

I found this great video on YouTube that shows the benefits of using Google Docs to collaborate on writing, budgeting, or presenting.

So I’ve been making some progress and here’s what I’ve come up with based on current feedback.

1. Getting Started:
   1. Tools of the trade: Text Editors or IDEs, resources
   2. Key Concepts: Nodes, Taxonomy, hooks
   3. Base Drupal Install in 20 Minutes
2. Drupal Modules
   1. Core Modules
   2. CCK
   3. Views
   4. Panels
   5. Social Networking Modules (module selection may vary)
      1. Buddylist
      2. Invite
      3. Userpoints
   6. Collaboration Modules
   7. Activism & Advocacy Modules
      1. Petitions
      2. Forward
      3. Event + Signup
   8. Modules for Ecommerce
      1. Ecommerce
      2. Ubercart

I’m pretty excited, got my CVS account today.

I’m working on a mini-feed module for Drupal. Minifeed takes a user’s activity and places it on their profile in an easily digestible format. Some social networking sites have used this tactic recently, and I want to make it more accessible to the Drupal community.

So I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and here’s my first draft at an outline for a drupal recipie book.

1. Getting Started. This would a be a list of things you should know, resources you should have at your disposal, and some key concepts before the book would start showing its value. Might be things like setting up a test environment, some basic drupal terminology, and an overview of drupal at a farily high level.
2. About Drupal Modules (ingredients)
3. Recipies
   1. Social Networking Sites
   2. Media Hosting Sites
   3. Rating Sites
   4. Corporate Sites