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November 2009
A wander down Memory Lane
In a trip down a trail of broken websites, looking for answers in all the wrong places, I found an old friend. Back when I was starting to learn web design and all things wild and wooly on the Internet, there was a cool site called Web Monkey . I learned how to use CSS on the site. It was my primer in Javascript. All sorts of web-related bits and pieces. And today I found it again. Relaunched as 2.0 beta, the stream of content seems massive.
Panels 3 Presentation at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
I had a great deal of audience help in my presentation on Panels 3.
The website is online at http://panels.anguspratt.com Login is Guest and guest to see the different panels for anonymous and authenticated users.
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The Pratt Web Services Website is proudly
powered by Drupal 6.24. Drupal can be extended
using many different themes and modules. Below are all of the
modules and themes enabled on this site:
Modules:
| Name | Version | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| AddThis | 6.x-2.10 | Creates AddThis button as a block, to be used in themes and to node links. | http://drupal.org/project/addthis |
| Admin (Part of Administration) | 6.x-2.0 | UI helpers for Drupal admins and managers. | http://drupal.org/project/admin |
| Admin Role (Part of Administration) | 6.x-1.3 | Automatically assign all permissions to an admin role. | http://drupal.org/project/adminrole |
| Advanced help | 6.x-1.2 | Allow advanced help and documentation. | http://drupal.org/project/advanced_help |
| Aggregator (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Aggregates syndicated content (RSS, RDF, and Atom feeds). | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Autoload | 6.x-2.1 | Helper module to autoload classes under PHP 5. | http://drupal.org/project/autoload |
| Backup and Migrate | 6.x-1.3 | Backup or migrate the Drupal Database quickly and without unnecessary data. | http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate |
| Block (Part of Core - required) | 6.24 | Controls the boxes that are displayed around the main content. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| CAPTCHA (Part of Spam control) | 6.x-2.4 | Base CAPTCHA module for adding challenges to arbitrary forms. | http://drupal.org/project/captcha |
| CKEditor (Part of User interface) | 6.x-1.8 | Enables CKEditor (WYSIWYG HTML editor) for use instead of plain text fields. | http://drupal.org/project/ckeditor |
| Color (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows the user to change the color scheme of certain themes. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Comment (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows users to comment on and discuss published content. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Contact (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Enables the use of both personal and site-wide contact forms. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Content (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Allows administrators to define new content types. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Content Copy (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Enables ability to import/export field definitions. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Content Permissions (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Set field-level permissions for CCK fields. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Chaos tools (Part of Chaos tool suite) | 6.x-1.8 | A library of helpful tools by Merlin of Chaos. | http://drupal.org/project/ctools |
| Database logging (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Logs and records system events to the database. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Disqus | 6.x-1.9 | Uses the Disqus web service to enhance comments. | http://drupal.org/project/disqus |
| Disqus Migrate | 6.x-1.9 | Provides migration tools for moving comments between Disqus and the Drupal comment system. | http://drupal.org/project/disqus |
| Frequently Asked Questions | 6.x-1.12 | Manages configuration of questions for a FAQ page. | http://drupal.org/project/faq |
| Fieldgroup (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Create display groups for CCK fields. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| FileField (Part of CCK) | 6.x-3.10 | Defines a file field type. | http://drupal.org/project/filefield |
| Filter (Part of Core - required) | 6.24 | Handles the filtering of content in preparation for display. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Global Redirect | 6.x-1.4 | Searches for an alias of the current URL and 301 redirects if found. Stops duplicate content arising when path module is enabled. | http://drupal.org/project/globalredirect |
| Google Analytics (Part of Statistics) | 6.x-3.3 | Adds Google Analytics javascript tracking code to all your site's pages. | http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics |
| Help (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Manages the display of online help. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| ImageAPI (Part of ImageCache) | 6.x-1.10 | ImageAPI supporting multiple toolkits. | http://drupal.org/project/imageapi |
| ImageAPI GD2 (Part of ImageCache) | 6.x-1.10 | Uses PHP's built-in GD2 image processing support. | http://drupal.org/project/imageapi |
| ImageCache (Part of ImageCache) | 6.x-2.0-beta12 | Dynamic image manipulator and cache. | http://drupal.org/project/imagecache |
| ImageCache UI (Part of ImageCache) | 6.x-2.0-beta12 | ImageCache User Interface. | http://drupal.org/project/imagecache |
| ImageField (Part of CCK) | 6.x-3.10 | Defines an image field type. | http://drupal.org/project/imagefield |
| IMCE | 6.x-2.3 | An image/file uploader and browser supporting personal directories and user quota. | http://drupal.org/project/imce |
| jQuery Update (Part of User Interface) | 6.x-1.1 | Updates Drupal to use the latest version of jQuery. | http://drupal.org/project/jquery_update |
| Link (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines simple link field types. | http://drupal.org/project/link |
| LinkedIn (Part of Linkedin) | 6.x-1.0-beta1 | Provides LinkedIn integration. | http://drupal.org/project/linkedin |
| Linkedin profile integration (Part of Linkedin) | 6.x-1.0-beta1 | Retrieve profile infos from LinkedIn for registered users | http://drupal.org/project/linkedin |
| LinkedIn status update (Part of Linkedin) | 6.x-1.0-beta1 | Let users update their LinkedIn status message when creating nodes, leaving comments, .... | http://drupal.org/project/linkedin |
| Menu (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows administrators to customize the site navigation menu. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Mollom | 6.x-1.16 | Automatically moderates user-submitted content and protects your site from spam and profanity. | http://drupal.org/project/mollom |
| Node (Part of Core - required) | 6.24 | Allows content to be submitted to the site and displayed on pages. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Node Reference (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines a field type for referencing one node from another. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Nodewords (Part of Meta tags) | 6.x-1.13 | Implement an API that other modules can use to implement meta tags. | http://drupal.org/project/nodewords |
| Nodewords basic meta tags (Part of Meta tags) | 6.x-1.13 | Add the 'abstract', 'canonical', 'copyright', 'description', 'keywords', 'revisit-after' and 'robots' meta tags. | http://drupal.org/project/nodewords |
| Number (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines numeric field types. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| OAuth (Part of OAuth) | 6.x-3.0-beta4 | Provides OAuth functionality | http://drupal.org/project/oauth |
| Option Widgets (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines selection, check box and radio button widgets for text and numeric fields. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Page manager (Part of Chaos tool suite) | 6.x-1.8 | Provides a UI and API to manage pages within the site. | http://drupal.org/project/ctools |
| Page Title (Part of SEO) | 6.x-2.5 | Enhanced control over the page title (in the <head> tag). | http://drupal.org/project/page_title |
| Panels (Part of Panels) | 6.x-3.10 | Core Panels display functions | http://drupal.org/project/panels |
| Path (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows users to rename URLs. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Path redirect | 6.x-1.0-rc2 | Redirect users from one URL to another. | http://drupal.org/project/path_redirect |
| Pathauto | 6.x-1.6 | Provides a mechanism for modules to automatically generate aliases for the content they manage. | http://drupal.org/project/pathauto |
| PHP filter (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows embedded PHP code/snippets to be evaluated. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Quotes | 6.x-1.42 | Allows users to maintain personal lists of quotations and display quotes in one or more blocks. | http://drupal.org/project/quotes |
| reCAPTCHA (Part of Spam control) | 6.x-1.7 | Uses the reCAPTCHA web service to improve the CAPTCHA system. | http://drupal.org/project/recaptcha |
| Search (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Enables site-wide keyword searching. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Search 404 | 6.x-1.11 | Search 404 | http://drupal.org/project/search404 |
| SEO Checklist | 6.x-3.0 | A Search Engine Optimization checklist for Drupal. | http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist |
| Site map | 6.x-2.2 | Display a site map. | http://drupal.org/project/site_map |
| Sitenotes | 6.x-1.2 | Enables creating site notes for administrators. | http://drupal.org/project/sitenotes |
| Statistics (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Logs access statistics for your site. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Stylizer (Part of Chaos tool suite) | 6.x-1.8 | Create custom styles for applications such as Panels. | http://drupal.org/project/ctools |
| System (Part of Core - required) | 6.24 | Handles general site configuration for administrators. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Taxonomy (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Enables the categorization of content. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Text (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines simple text field types. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Token | 6.x-1.18 | Provides a shared API for replacement of textual placeholders with actual data. | http://drupal.org/project/token |
| TokenSTARTER | 6.x-1.18 | Provides additional tokens and a base on which to build your own tokens. | http://drupal.org/project/token |
| Token actions | 6.x-1.18 | Provides enhanced versions of core Drupal actions using the Token module. | http://drupal.org/project/token |
| Trackback | 6.x-1.2 | Allow for sending and receiving TrackBacks, which is a way for sites to notify another that they have commented on a post. | http://drupal.org/project/trackback |
| TweetMeme | 6.x-1.3 | Allows tracking of links on Twitter, through the TweetMeme web service. | http://drupal.org/project/tweetmeme |
| 6.x-3.0-beta9 | Adds integration with the Twitter microblogging service. | http://drupal.org/project/twitter | |
| Update status (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Checks the status of available updates for Drupal and your installed modules and themes. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| Upgrade Assist | 6.x-1.1 | Assists in upgrading Drupal to a new major version. | http://drupal.org/project/upgrade_status |
| Upgrade status | 6.x-1.1 | Checks to see if the installed modules are available for the next major version of Drupal. | http://drupal.org/project/upgrade_status |
| Upload (Part of Core - optional) | 6.24 | Allows users to upload and attach files to content. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| User (Part of Core - required) | 6.24 | Manages the user registration and login system. | http://drupal.org/project/drupal |
| User Reference (Part of CCK) | 6.x-2.9 | Defines a field type for referencing a user from a node. | http://drupal.org/project/cck |
| Vertical Tabs (Part of User interface) | 6.x-1.0-rc2 | Provides vertical tabs for supported forms like the node edit page. | http://drupal.org/project/vertical_tabs |
| Views (Part of Views) | 6.x-2.16 | Create customized lists and queries from your database. | http://drupal.org/project/views |
| Views Bulk Operations (Part of Views) | 6.x-1.13 | Exposes new Views style 'Bulk Operations' for selecting multiple nodes and applying operations on them. | http://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations |
| Views content panes (Part of Chaos tool suite) | 6.x-1.8 | Allows Views content to be used in Panels, Dashboard and other modules which use the CTools Content API. | http://drupal.org/project/ctools |
| Views exporter (Part of Views) | 6.x-2.16 | Allows exporting multiple views at once. | http://drupal.org/project/views |
| Views Rotator (Part of Views) | 6.x-1.0-alpha2 | Provides a rotating item views display plugin. | http://drupal.org/project/views_rotator |
| Views Turntable (Part of Views) | 6.x-1.0 | Displays nodes on a rotatable disk | http://drupal.org/project/views_turntable |
| Views UI (Part of Views) | 6.x-2.16 | Administrative interface to views. Without this module, you cannot create or edit your views. | http://drupal.org/project/views |
Themes:
| Screenshot | Name |  | seven |  | marinelli |  | garland |
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