W2tQ & H2CM: the old site and CSS3 & HTML5

As mentioned before this blog is shifting down a gear or two (besides - less is more).

The effort to engage by providing creative and original content
+ selective announcements will continue and 

many thanks 

to the people who have recently seen fit to contact me

and say they appreciate what is here.
You are welcome!

I need to 'finish' a basic Drupal 6 site, start on h2cm for Drupal 7. This will include tinkering with the old site. Yes, I know.... but it's a good way to learn about CSS3 and HTML5. I've invested a lot in the links pages and Autumn - Winter's the time to try Drupalesence.

So there will be some changes on the old site, content and formatting which may not look 'finished' (there's that word again) or work cross-browser. Thanks for your patience and your visit.

[I know there are 27 posts on the PostRank list, but there's quite an archive now so the top 27 of 700+ is still sorting itself out.]

Drupal musings 19 to follow just after midnight GMT on DrupalCamp Edinburgh ... ;-)

Drupal musings 11: Git up and go ...

For more than I care to remember I've recognised that version control is an essential facet of software development. During this time though I've not had a need for version control. Renewed awareness of this tool was inevitable as I decided to identify a content management system [CMS], which brought me to Drupal and I simultaneously also discovered Ruby.

Now I'm pleased that over the past three years I did not commit to Concurrent Versions System [CVS] as used by the Drupal community. I listened to talks, downloaded, and tinkered, but now - the (old) news that Drupal 8 development will use GIT.

So, for me it is time to jump on-board with git for version control: a book and presentations next week:

http://cph2010.drupal.org/sessions/git-fundamentals

It's not that I'll be contributing to D8, it just makes sense to git up to speed on this (sorry!). I've been through the program and created my schedule for next week in Copenhagen. There is so much to look forward to!

Version control is one thing, having the need and discipline for testing is another ...

Drupal musings 10: Archive & FAQ

There are now three archive pages more or less complete. I'm using HTML 5 and CCS3 (well trying) to mark and style the pages, with the addition of the new semantic tags:

article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {display:block;}

(I'm not sure if these disappeared at one point in the editor, so everything is a work in progress.)

Next up - the FAQs. As a live document this will be styled differently. As yet I am not quite sure how, but I still need to sort the way to handle quotes. The method I found includes blockquote: hover: after in the style sheet, then combines blockquote, cite and p on the page. The problem is you can't copy and paste, something that visitors may wish to do. A related issue is how to display when the page was updated and accessed - an essential piece of page furniture. A search reveals many other examples and now is the time to experiment.

I also have to remember that I still don't know what the final theme and look for the site will be. So global settings, columns and such like need to be kept in-check for the moment. There may be Drupal modules to add page access / updated details, so time to check on this and accessibility. And all with just ten days more to work - then Drupalcon! :-)

The questions and answers are being be completely revised; so if you have any you would like to see please get in touch: h2cmng at yahoo.co.uk

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