High Rock Media Blog

  • How to add a block region to a node page in Drupal 6

    30 / Dec / 2010 | by Danny Englander

    As a Drupal themers / front end developers, we are always asked to push the envelope of what's possible with design and theming. With Drupal 6, custom block regions are usually added in page.tpl.php which is normally outside of the actual page node...

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  • Screencast: Tracking File Downloads in Drupal 6

    10 / Nov / 2010 | by Danny Englander

    In this video, we explore how to track file downloads in Drupal 6 using the Filefield Download Tracking, CCK and Private Download modules. I'll also show you how to do this using a hybrid public / private file system.

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  • Theming Unique Home Page Elements in Drupal with $is_front & PHP

    20 / Oct / 2010 | by Danny Englander

    Ask 10 Drupal Themers how they would accomplish a task in Drupal and you just might get 10 different answers. Most likely those 10 different ways of accomplishing the task would all be valid and unique. This concept would apply when theming a home page...

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  • Creating Custom Content Type Page Templates with Drupal & PHP

    2 / Jun / 2010 | by Danny Englander

    We were recently asked to create custom landing pages for a Google ad campaign for a Drupal site we developed. The issue we faced was that the layout for the landing page was not really close to anything in the existing theme. (Updated for Drupal 7).

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