Drupal Page Rendering (part 12)
The time for a page to render in a user’s browser is comprised of two factors. The first is the time it takes to build a page on the server. The second is the time it takes to send and render the page...
View ArticleDrupal Performance Quick Reference (part 13)
Time to revisit the different types of Drupal sites to see where gains can be made. What type of site do you have? This quick reference recaps the previous articles and lists the areas where different...
View ArticleDrupal and the Semantic Web: RDFa in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 will ship with RDFa built into the core. This will enable thousands of Drupal websites to publish semantic markup alongside the usual HTML, enabling robots such as Google and other aggregators...
View ArticleMobile Drupal (part 1): The groundwork
Recently I was involved in a project to convert a site into a mobile site for Drupal. During the process I had to overcome a number of problems – problems which pretty much everyone designing a mobile...
View ArticleMobile Drupal (part 2): Site setup
A previous article covered some basic groundwork for mobile sites in Drupal. This article goes on to look at different ways to setup a mobile site in Drupal. It covers single site, multisite, single...
View ArticleMobile Drupal (part 3): Code
Previous articles have discussed the conceptual groundwork and setup of mobile sites in Drupal. It’s now time to look at a number of themes and modules which will help you in your endeavours. We’ll...
View ArticleMobile Drupal (part 4): Conclusions
The conclusive article on a four part series on mobile sites in Drupal. Previous articles have discussed the groundwork, setup and code required for setting up a mobile site in Drupal. It’s now time to...
View ArticleThe business of Drupal
Last night I made a presentation on the “Business of Drupal” to the Sydney Drupal users meetup. The talk covered the subject areas of scalable jobs and wild randomness, basic business models in the...
View ArticleCustomer Underground
Customer Underground is an independent customer ratings and review site for Australian businesses. It was launched mid 2010 and has steadily grown to be a reliable and fun source of information on the...
View ArticleCDNs made simple fast and cheap
A few weeks ago I presented “CDNs made simple fast and cheap” at the Drupal Downunder conference in Melbourne Australia. The talk covered: the importance of good client side performance, how A CDN...
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