Drupal is a highly customizable content management system. If more designers were able to get past the programmer-speak, we'd see a lot more Drupal websites out there. WordPress is great, too, but Drupal may be more versatile and flexible, able to power small brochure websites, blogs, as well as vast social networks and online communities.… Read more »

I see I get some inadvertent traffic from people searching for how to create a testimonials page in Drupal. Since that's what people want, I'll be glad to tell you how! I'll assume you're somewhat familiar with Drupal 6 and web design, in general, and with the basic concept of installing modules. You'll need to have Drupal 6 Views and CCK installed for this one.… Read more »

Drupal is awesome. I've been a big fan for a couple years, now, and I'm convinced that there's nothing it can't do. It's biggest problem, however, has been the learning curve. With the latest version of Drupal 7 out on the horizon, I think we finally have a WordPress-killer, since getting a website design up and running is now just as easy as the famed blogging platform. Don't get me wrong, WordPress is great, but it has a very narrow use-case. I think with Drupal 7, we'll see many more web designers venturing into what was once Programmerland to create stunning, beautiful and versatile websites.… Read more »

With Drupal being used for social networks more and more, there's a strong need to have Drupal displaying user content in their own profiles. You can use views to display a tab in a user's profile which will show their content. I'm going to show you how to make a tab to a user's images, "My Images" show up in their profile. We're going to take this a step further by using ImageCache to have thumbnails of the user's images created specifically for this View.

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In my recent advocacy for Drupal as being perfect for small websites and designers, I have decided to start writing tutorials. These tutorials will be perfect for web designers, rather than developers, because that's the area I see myself in. Drupal has a steep learning curve, but once the concepts are tackled, I think it's accessible enough for people who don't know how to write code.… Read more »

Wow!! Looks like HeadlinerCreative is making headlines! My website was just featured on the front page of Drupal.org! Thanks to the Drupal community members for sticking up for the little guy! I hope my website demonstrates to all nay-sayers and timid designers that Drupal really can be a perfect choice for small and simple websites. Check out the article here. … Read more »

I have a wonderful free gift to you designers! I see way too many people building their portfolio websites out of blogging platforms, and it makes me queasy. Wordpress is awesome, for sure, but it's certainly not ideal for displaying your portfolio! So, I have taken the liberty of packaging up a Drupal install which contains a fairly decent structure and layout for portfolio websites - it's what this site is using. I also created a plain vanilla black-and-white theme for you to mess with and make look beautiful!

Drupal is not just for the huge and complicated websites! Drupal is for YOU!… Read more »

There is so much war going on between the fanatics of the different open-source content management systems. I’d say it’s between Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal. They each have their pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses, and I’ve used all of them. I have seen a ton of designers make their online portfolios based on a Wordpress installation, and it’s always bothered me. I had a lot of debate with myself which one to use for my portfolio site, or if I should even bother using one at all, and in the end, I chose Drupal. Here’s why:… Read more »