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The Vertical Tabs Default Tab module is a great enhancement for the Vertical Tabs module. It does one little trick: allowing one to make the fields that aren't normally displayed in vertical tabs (title, body, etc.) into a new vertical tab. I find this makes the user interface for content entry much cleaner and less distracting. The entry fields are easier to focus on, and the form takes less vertical space. Read more »

Like the cobblers children with wornout shoes, developers often neglect their personal sites. I finally brought my Electronovelty personal services site up to the latest module versions, rethemed it, and gave it a narrower focus. Reviewing my portfolio, I am reminded of the fun of creativity, along with the battle of keeping features from expanding out of control. Advice given to me decades ago still rings true: never let the client know how easy it is to change anything!

Here's a quick and easy way to reach out to social networks: the addtoany module. It creates the little button bar below posts like this, allowing site visitors to blog posts, pages, stories, and other content types (you choose). It works very well, is simple to use, and is well maintained.

Calling all Sacramento-area Drupal users, developers, and folks who want to more about it - we have a local user's group that's getting stronger all the time. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, next meeting in April 15.

Here's our d.o page: http://groups.drupal.org/sacramento-area Read more »

Here's another wee little module that just creates a simple block; in this case, the "tweetme" block you see at the top of the left nav column on this site.

This is something I was asked to build for a friend, who wanted to have a way for folks to click on a link and get to his twitter profile page. I made it a little more general purpose; it has a settings page where you can specify your twitter handle, and the text to display to the left of it. Read more »