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Develop for Drupal & Other Web Applications on Windows!

Written by Michael Palmer on October 09, 2024 @ 10:02 am (PDT) |

For the past 6 years, I've been a developer using a MacBook as my local machine. I've been in the camp for some time that Windows just wasn't the right platform for Web development, especially for PHP applications and frameworks. They were slow, not very compatible, and the underlying technology...

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Using Drupal's Search API to Create a Sitewide Search Feature

Written by Michael Palmer on May 21, 2024 @ 6:32 pm (PDT) |

Drupal’s Search API is a powerful tool that allows you to create custom searches on any entity known to Drupal, using any kind of search engine. Typically, you would use the same database source to create the search indexing, however for large sites, this is not recommended and you should...

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10 Essential Drupal Contrib Modules every Website Should Have

Written by Michael Palmer on May 03, 2024 @ 6:35 pm (PDT) |

Having experience with Drupal for over 5 years, I wanted to share my thoughts on what essential Drupal contributed modules that I love to have in my sites. These modules help me not just with site development, but also management, SEO, and more! But first, let me explain what Drupal...

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Cloudflare + DreamHost + Drupal - A User's Experience

Written by Michael Palmer on April 21, 2024 @ 6:46 pm (PDT) |

I've used DreamHost as my hosting service for many years now. They've always been reliable, helpful, and never had much of any kind of problem with their service. A few years ago, they partnered up with CloudFlare, allowing some seamless integration and communication between the two services (as well as...

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Enabling APCu on DreamHost Servers with PHP 8

Written by Michael Palmer on April 15, 2024 @ 6:28 pm (PDT) |

Now that PHP7.4 is coming to an EOL (End of Life) at the end of this year, many are upgrading to PHP8. I needed to do this for not only this site, but some other projects that were still running on PHP7.4. Thankfully, DreamHost made the upgrade process from PHP7.4...

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Review: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Written by Michael Palmer on April 11, 2024 @ 6:49 pm (PDT) |

It's been about a whole month (as of this review post) since Pokemon Scarlet & Violet has been released. I feel I have thoroughly gone through both games to the end-game content, and given not just Raids a good amount of time, but the breeding mechanic and online battles. The...

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Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a Great Breath of Fresh Air

Written by Michael Palmer on April 01, 2024 @ 6:38 pm (PDT) |

Ah Pokémon! You've gotta catch them all. And with this latest game, not only can you catch them all without having to trade with others, but you can go out into the open world of Pokémon, see the creatures roaming, and make decisions on whether you want to catch them...