I was just encountered with the need to have a multi-site drupal install which utilized a specific theme for each site. In a lot of cases, multi-sites are set up on one drupal install, but utilize individual databases for each site. This is done by setting $db_url in settings.php to point to the database to be used for each site.

In our case, we needed to have a multi-site platform on one drupal install using only one database, but each site needed to display its own theme. This is accomplished by modifying each settings.php file for each site and un-commenting the following code.  read more »

I have been reading with interest the discussions at http://drupal.org/node/337079 and http://groups.drupal.org/node/15965 which both basically deal with the fact that Drupal has versions, and with each version comes a new set of changes both for procedural instructions and code samples, yet the Drupal Documentation can't handle changes in the same way.

So I came up with this idea. Let's continue the process of making a single page in the Handbooks for an idea, such as "Checking Code Out Of CVS", but then use jQuery to toggle hiding for all version-specific info of code snippets or explanations which don't pertain to your current Drupal version.  read more »

As most of you might know, Ubercart is chock full of AJAX, jQuery, and Special Sauce that both helps users along and also keeps them safe. One of those safety features is a nice little security check function which erases the credit card information on the Checkout Review page (cart/checkout/review) should a user's browser be refreshed. If a refresh occurs, the user gets redirected back to the cart/checkout page and must re-input their credit card information and then re-submit the form in order to get back to the Checkout Review page again.

This, as you might have guessed, is *really* not themer-friendly.  read more »

Yes, the San Diego Drupal User Group meeting is upon us yet again. This month, we’re meeting at Platt College on Wednesday night the 12th of November.

The topic of this meeting will be…Lightning talks! Unless Harry’s concocted another badass presentation that I don’t know about, we’ll be doing a round of lightning talks, followed by a group discussion of the topic that interested you most during the talks.  read more »

We’re not headed to DrupalCon DC until next March, but it’s already causing a lot of buzz around WorkHabit this week as we make plans, submit our talks, and watch and wait through the voting process.  read more »

This year at Drupalcon DC, I'll be doing a session on Patch Testing for Drupal 7. It's long been a premise of mine that patch testing is really fun once you get the hang of it, it's just too hard to learn how the Drupalistas want it done!

Fear no more. I'll make it easy for ya. Come see me at my Drupalcon Patch Testing session and I shall outline a process whereby anyone can download a patch file, install it, figure out what it does, and report the results in a meaningful manner.  read more »

I'm going to Drupalcon! Whee!

I missed the Szeged conference, but I'll be there at the Washington, DC convention. W00t! I can't wait. I love this stuff.

Recording videos for drupal camps and cons.

I’ve been pleased to be a part of the budding WorkHabit Sessions online video movement, but now that we’ve done video capture for two Drupal camps I have learned a few things that I thought I’d share with the community in case someone else is struggling with the same things we are.  read more »

Jon mentioned we'd be at Drupal Camp LA this weekend, but he didn't mention what all we're doing and how big of an event this really is.  read more »

You want to attend Drupal events that matter, and DrupalCampLA 2008 already has more than 270 attendees registered. If the pattern holds for Drupal events, the last week will include a lot of last minute registrations, making this a larger non-DrupalCon events.

We're planning to be there, and we're bringing video and audio gear for three rooms, and sponsoring the video so all sessions get up online at the conference site.  read more »