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< p class = "posted text-light" > 16th February 2013< / p >
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< p > This post outlines the steps required to create your own custom tokens in Drupal.< / p >
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< h2 > Checking if a user is logged into Drupal (the right way)< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 9th January 2013< / p >
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< p > I see this regularly when working on Drupal sites when someone wants to check whether the current user is logged in to Drupal (authenticated) or not (anonymous).< / p >
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< h2 > How to use SASS and Compass in Drupal 7 using Sassy< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 6th December 2012< / p >
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< p > I've recently started using < a href = "http://sass-lang.com" > SASS< / a > rather than LESS to do my CSS preprocessing - namely due to its integration with < a href = "http://compass-style.org" > Compass< / a > and it's built-in CSS3 mixins. Here are three modules that provide the ability to use SASS within Drupal.< / p >
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< h2 > Open Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Command Line< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 17th November 2012< / p >
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< p > How to open Sublime Text from the command line.< / p >
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< h2 > Accessible Bristol site launched< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 15th November 2012< / p >
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< p > I'm happy to announce that the < a href = "http://www.accessiblebristol.org.uk" > Accessible Bristol< / a > website was launched this week, on Drupal 7.< / p >
< p > The site has been developed over the past few months, and uses the < a href = "http://drupal.org/project/user_relationships" > User Relationships< / a > and < a href = "http://drupal.org/project/privatemsg" > Privatemsg< / a > modules to provide a community-based platform where people with an interest in accessibility can register and network with each other.< / p >
< a href = "/blog/2012/11/15/accessible-bristol-site-launched" > Read more → < / a >
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< h2 > My Sublime Text 2 settings< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 25th October 2012< / p >
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< p > < a href = "http://www.sublimetext.com/2" > Sublime Text 2< / a > has been my text editor of choice for the past few months, and I use it at home, in work, and on any virtual machines that I run. So rather than having to manually re-enter my settings each time, I thought that I'd document them here for future reference.< / p >
< p > These preferences ensure that the code is compliant with < a href = "http://drupal.org/coding-standards" title = "Drupal coding standards on Drupal.org" > Drupal coding standards< / a > - using two spaces instead of a tab, no trailing whitespace, blank line at the end of a file etc.< / p >
< a href = "/blog/2012/10/25/my-sublime-text-2-settings" > Read more → < / a >
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< h2 > Reflections on speaking at UnifiedDiff< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 6th September 2012< / p >
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< p > Yesterday evening I went along and spoke at the < a href = "http://www.unifieddiff.co.uk" > UnifiedDiff meetup< / a > in Cardiff, having offered previously to do a presentation providing an introduction to Drupal.< / p >
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< h2 > Display a Custom Menu in a Drupal 7 Theme Template File< / h2 >
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< p class = "posted text-light" > 18th August 2012< / p >
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< p > For reference, this is the code needed to display a menu in a Drupal 7 template file, including the navigation ARIA role.< / p >
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< h2 > Writing an Article for Linux Journal< / h2 >
< p class = "posted text-light" > 27th July 2012< / p >
< p > I'm absolutely delighted to announce that I'm going to be writing an article for < a href = "http://www.linuxjournal.com" > Linux Journal< / a > magazine's upcoming Drupal special.< / p >
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< h2 > Install and Configure the Nomensa Accessible Media Player in Drupal< / h2 >
< p class = "posted text-light" > 14th July 2012< / p >
< p > This week I released the first version of the Nomensa Accessible Media Player module for Drupal 7. Here's some instructions of how to install and configure it.< / p >
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