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September 8, 2014, 10:29 am

While we wait patiently for Drupal 8’s beta release, we thought it would be useful to share our process for implementing responsive images in the current version of Drupal.

What are the benefits of responsive images? In short: faster loading times and less bandwidth for mobile and tablet...

Creating a sub-theme for Zen 7.x-5
February 4, 2013, 12:01 pm

One of the mistakes I have noticed junior Drupal developers tend to make is directly editing base theme files. It is an easy mistake to make if you are new to Drupal and have not yet gotten into the habit of reading README.txt files for modules and themes.

The reason we don't modify our...

media machine responsive design
November 29, 2012, 5:02 pm

Update: The method outlined in this article was before drupal 7 had good, stable releases of the Bootstrap framework. There are plenty of great, responsive frameworks available now. Use them!

Over the last year the trend towards responsive...

June 28, 2012, 4:23 pm

Drupal caters for all kinds of sites, but for this example we will assume that it will be a simple brochure ware/information site.

I won’t be dealing with the actual set up of the site. That will follow in a future article. The main focus is to identify modules that work well with one...

Theming SELECT Lists
December 6, 2011, 4:22 pm

Theming form elements can be tricky. Each browser and operating system renders form controls in their own unique way.  Being unique might be great in a social context but not when your SELECT list background image which looks great in Firefox, doesnt appear in I.E  urghh!

Whenever I have...

September 16, 2011, 12:15 pm

We've finally hit the "Go Live" button on our shiny new website. We thought, well, now that we have moved into our new offices, and have a few new faces around, its time to give our website a fresh layer of paint. Hope you like it!