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2bits: Reducing server resource utilization for busy sites by implementing fast 404s in Drupal

June 14, 2010 by admin

2bits: Reducing server resource utilization for busy sites by implementing fast 404s in Drupal - One of the things that a default Drupal installation does is that it handles 404s for static files within Drupal itself. In other words, a 404 for a .css or .jpg file causes a full Drupal bootstrap.

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Alldrupalthemes: Presenting SooperFish: jQuery plugin for Multi-Column Dropdown Menus

June 4, 2010 by admin

For those of you having trouble getting dropdown menus to work in your themes, you might want to look at this.

Alldrupalthemes: Presenting SooperFish: jQuery plugin for Multi-Column Dropdown Menus -

SooperFish is a highly configurable solution for animated dropdown menus. It combines the features of superfish, structured programming of Droppy and a ton of new features like multi-column dropdown menus and configurable show AND hide animation with custom easing.

Bryan Ruby: Drupal 6.17: The Drupal Super Fixer-Upper

June 4, 2010 by admin

Bryan Ruby: Drupal 6.17: The Drupal Super Fixer-Upper -

As much as I talk about Drupal here at CMS Report, I often don't talk about Drupal point releases that provide solely security and bug fixes and no new features. Every once in awhile though there is a new version of Drupal 6 that has been especially polished by Drupal's developers.

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White House Contributes to Drupal

April 22, 2010 by admin

The White House web site has been Drupal powered for several months now. In the past week, the Drupalistas at the White House have released their first set of custom modules for Drupal as Open Source. These are likely to be useful to any government agency building Drupal sites.