In one way or another, I have developed, configured, and worked with Drupal for over 15 years. On almost every website I’ve had the privilege of working on, there have been various forms of forms—comment fields, contact forms, membership requests, and so on. And something that’s always been present is spam.
For those of you who usually read my blog, it's no news that I dabble with the content management system Drupal. This website is built on Drupal, as well as many of my other websites such as Alla Talar Svenska or the podcast platform Voffor Då Då. Drupal is more or less a Swiss Army knife when it comes to building different kinds of solutions, and behind it is an open-source community that ensures its development and maintenance.
Drupal is known for its robust security features, making it a popular choice for websites that handle sensitive information. Drupal's security architecture includes multiple layers of protection, including secure coding practices, access controls, and input validation. However, even with these built-in security features, it's always a good idea to take extra precautions when it comes to website security.
"A picture is worth more than a thousand words". True, but a large picture will make your webpage slower, which will affect your SEO in a negative way. And eat away at your servers space, megabyte after megabyte.
There are several ways to remedy such a behaviour, but one way is to use image compression services to save space. With online services or programs on your computer you can remove unnecessary information and compress images with sometimes up to 80% gain.
The coffee module is a Drupal equivalent to Spotlight on Mac and using the Windows key to search. It's by far the most used module in all of my Drupal installations.
Sometimes you just want to get rid of that pesky title in your Drupal installation. Perhaps you're displaying it via Views for some reason, or you just want to be a bit annoying... what do I know. If you want to remove the title - perhaps depending on what kind of content type (node type) you are displaying - there are many ways to do this.
I'm going to show you some of the ways you can do this.
Drupal 7
Embedding videos can be a tricky thing to do when it comes to both the web and different CMS's. When it comes to embedding videos in the content section - the body of the page - The Video Filter module offers an easy and great solution.
Taxonomies is an important part of Drupal, of course depending on your needs, but I haven't built a website on Drupal without using taxonomies for tags or categories in some way.
From the website of Kodamera: "There are many ways of exporting and importing taxonomies and terms in Drupal, but one of the more simpler ways is to use the Taxonomy CSV import/export module. It lets you choose one of many taxonomies, like the tag taxonomy for example, export it to a comma-separated list which you then can import in a similar way."
I just love forms. A for Drupal we use the Webform module. It's wonderful!
From Kodamera's website: "The Webform module is a powerful ally when you need complex forms. In this video I talk briefly about when you can use Webform, what different components that ships with the module and also a little about the functionality the the module offers when is comes to sending emails and showing the information added to the webform."
When classic Drupal-sites like GotDrupal, YadaDrop, NodeOne and DrupalDude aren't updating their Drupal resource sites and/or pages anymore, there are always new sites around the corner to help you in your Drupal quest. I've listed 5 of them earlier, and here's five more...