Building a Programmers Blog

Building a Programmers Blog: Syntax Highlighted Code

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 16/10/2010 - 08:00

Source code will eventually make an appearance on any programmers blog. Presenting the code well, including niceties like syntax highlighting, is relatively easy with Drupal.

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Building a Programmers Blog: Printable Pages

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 09/10/2010 - 08:00

Depending on your chosen theme, pages on your site may not print very well. The built in Garland theme prints relatively well, with the sidebar blocks suppressed, but other themes are not so well behaved.

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Building a Programmers Blog: Images

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 25/09/2010 - 09:00

One of the surprising omissions from Drupal Core is that of image handling. There are plenty of modules that provide different kinds of image support. And that, strangely enough, is the core of the problem.

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Building a Programmers Blog: External Links

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 11/09/2010 - 09:00

On Wikipedia, internal links (to other wikipedia pages) are distinuished from external links (to other websites) by small icons that appear next to the links. Some users find this very helpful. You can do this on your blog by using ELF.

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Building a Programmers Blog: Scheduled Posts

Submitted by Bevan on Sat, 04/09/2010 - 09:00

Sometimes you don't want all of your content to post at one time. Instead of a flurry of posts at the weekend, when you have time to write them, it's better for your site (and your readers) if new posts appear at regular and consistent intervals. Scheduling posts in advance can help you do this.

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