Found great article about Drupal 6.x performance

must read & keep
http://www.morningtime.com/Drupal-6x-Performance-Guide/513

If you need to theme the node.tpl.php for a specific node, create node-[nid].tpl.php file from node.tpl.php

add to your template.php file

function THEMENAME_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
  
  $node  = $variables['node'];
  if (!empty($node)) {
    $variables['template_files'][] = "node-" . $node->nid;
  }
  
}

If you need to create image map , we have found this online tool.

This tool let you create and position the spots inside the image easily

http://www.image-maps.com/

Have fun

One of our clients, asked for an "Accessible website", and he wanted to "know how much will it cost"?

So what does Accessibility means?

For example, text provided for Images and meaningfull names for Links, helps blind users using text-to-speech or text-to-Braille.
Big images and underlined links make it is easier for poor-sight and color blind users to notice and understand.
Many people navigate by keyboard only, because they cannot use a mouse, so anything should be navigable without a mouse, and no keyboard traps!
Flashing effects may cause seizures, and more...

Having a live drupal website, that needs to be upgraded, or just a simple task such as adding Languages or changing a Themes, we would like to hold all content changes, till the work is done.

We found a nice module to set the site for Read-Only mode

http://drupal.org/project/readonlymode

Using the module is simple, just need to check the box, and the site moves to a Read-Only mode

The only thing missing in that module was that it still allows to add comments.

This article uses the OpenSearch Specification that is
implemented inside Google Chrome

Today I want to show you the use of Google Chrome search engines on drupalsearch.org site.

when you visit drupalsearch.org site in Chrome, Chrome automatically adds this provider to your browser search providers
this magic happens because this site implements OSDD - OpenSearch description document

After few years working & hosting Drupal sites , we can say that Drupal hosting is not simple as hosting html sites

By fitting your wesite demands & users demands to the hosting you can save hundreds of dollars every year

You have 2 options :

1. shared Hosting
2. VPC or Dedicated Servers

DreamHost is one of the best shared hosting solutions for drupal, we use them for sites abroad, or for small sites

In Israel you can use SPD their services are very good, they offer shared hosting & vpc too

If you have uploaded a new web site to the internet
Here are a list of popular search engines to might want to add to

google
- http://www.google.com/addurl/
- https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home

yahoo
- https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites

bing
- http://www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx
- http://www.bing.com/webmaster

Dark Shaddows on Internet Explorer :-)

We built a drupal site with google maps, and it worked fine on our browsers. However, our customer pointed for us on a big & scarry shaddow where the markers should have seen

Aperently he was using ie7, and we found a javascript error in the markers. Doing some research and changes, we returned to the default settings, and suddenly it worked fine.

For those of us who prefer using a mouse and some GUI,

we found a great article by Scott Hanselman @shanselman

about using patch for Windows

Using a Windows version of GNU Patch.exe with CVS and Diff Files

Read more about this issue in Drupal.org forum discussion:

Has anyone found a good "patch" for Windows XP?