I’ve started work on the Media Transcriptions module today. This module will allow the attachment of Transcriptions (or Closed Captioning) to video and audio files. The initial version in CVS is from some work by Jonathan DeLaigle (grndlvl), who is a co-maintainer & developer of the module. For full functionality, you’ll need to wait for …
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Drupal Runs An Election Flash Widget
Drupal has powered a number of politech widget systems this election cycle, such as the Register to Vote widget from Rock the Vote. We are proud to add this new Get-out-the-Vote (GOTV) widget to the ranks of distributed technology systems this year. Our strategy department teamed up with some old friends from the Howard Dean …
Read more »Do YouTube With Drupal
A YouTube clone? In Drupal? Of course! I was asked by the organizers of the Do It With Drupal seminar if I would like the opportunity to create a YouTube clone in Drupal and talk about that process with the community. Of course! Do It With Drupal will take place in New Orleans, from December …
Read more »Views Slideshow for Views 2
I upgraded Views Slideshow to Drupal 6 this week. That means you can now continue to create a slideshow from any view, now easier than ever, thanks to Views 2! In the Drupal 5 version, you had to set global settings for all slide shows, and it was a bit of a pain to configure …
Read more »Anonymous Characters for 5 Second Game
Assuming the administrator gives access, anonymous users may now create and compete with characters at 5 Second Game (which is powered by the module of the same name). Additionally, if an anonymous user registers or logs in, they’ll be able to claim that character as their own, allowing for saving any statistics, etc. On the …
Read more »Drupal is One Function
Last night, Oleg (litwol) said that Drupal is one function: module_invoke_all(). Funny, but it does reveal the essence of how contrib interacts with core.
Read more »How to Use jQuery Media for Audio & Video
I sometimes hear a complaint that jQuery Media can’t be used for both audio and video on the same site, because it makes the player too large. This is not true at all. Although it does currently require some finagling. I plan to reconfigure the module soon to make it easier to pull in the …
Read more »Inline Video with jQuery Media!
Here’s a two-step formula for simple inline video, assuming you have jQuery Media installed on your site, doing both of these configuration steps from Administration > Site configuration > jQuery Media (at /admin/settings/jquery_media): Open the Node types field set and check the node type for which you wish inline video. Open the Classes field set, …
Read more »Minimalist Drupal Themes
Don’t get me wrong; I like Garland. It’s sleek, it has an easy-to-configure color scheme, it works well out of the box. And it’s identifiably Drupal, which, though sometimes thought to be a criticism, is not a bad label for the blog of a Drupal developer, such as the blog you’re reading. At the same …
Read more »Progressive Movementarians in The New York Times
The New York Times published an article about how bloggers and online activists are finding the experience of preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. They asked Advomatic what we were going to do while we were there. My answer: “I’m telling everyone to meet me at The Big Tent,” said Fred Gooltz, 30, …
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