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Building a custom realtime chat module for Drupal 7 (part 1)
There was a time, not long ago, when implementing a real-time chat system was beyond the coding skill of most web developers. That's no longer the case, thanks to the awesomeness of Node.js.
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If you haven't already read part one, you should start there.Step 1: Creating a basic Node.js serverAs preparation for part 1 of this tutorial series, you should have installed Node.js on your server,...
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If you've followed along with my previous two posts in this series, you should now have a functioning chat on your Drupal 7 site.If not, start with those: Part 1, Part 2That's kind of exciting, right?...
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Parsing a Youtube URL
More than a few times in the past few years I've been tasked with enabling a user to add a youtube video to a piece of content in Drupal.Sure there are specific modules out there that try to address...
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Adding one or more fields to the Drupal 7 contact form
Usually when someone wants a custom contact form on their Drupal website the easiest solution is to use the webform module, however if you don't need to store submissions on your site, and you're only...
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Extending the Follow Module to Add Custom Networks
Extending the follow module is really pretty simple. Follow along, I'll show you how it's done! (Bad pun may or may not have been intended)
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AJAX Buttons and how to make Drupal less dumb about which was clicked
I've struggled with this in the past, and every time I work on a project with a custom FAPI form that involves multiple elements and submit buttons to either add another, or do some other fun AJAXy...
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AngularJS on top of Drupal
AngularJS can be used along with, or more precisely on top of, Drupal fairly painlessly.I've had a few occasions recently that called for a good deal of javascript to process and display data, and...
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