I spent some time tonight finishing the module selection and site setup for Cashkeeperscanada.com. We’re doing a re-launch of the site in June using Drupal 6. Tentative date is June 7th, 2008 (6/7/8).

Drupal 6 has been released. Announcement here I’m really excited about this release because there’s been major performance improvements, and it paves the way for building some really exciting community applications.

We’re in the middle of re-building CashKeepers Canada to use Drupal 6 and we’re adding some really neat functionality into it. We’re expecting another month before final release.

Here’s another great article about a school board in Indiana making great use of open source software to stretch a technology budget. The strategy has let them meet some aggressive targets in student access to technology.

Wow, this was a really tough one. I learned how to totally redesign the Drupal contact form without hacking a single line of core.

Here's what we needed.

I found this great video on YouTube that shows the benefits of using Google Docs to collaborate on writing, budgeting, or presenting.

So I’ve been making some progress and here’s what I’ve come up with based on current feedback.

1. Getting Started:
   1. Tools of the trade: Text Editors or IDEs, resources
   2. Key Concepts: Nodes, Taxonomy, hooks
   3. Base Drupal Install in 20 Minutes
2. Drupal Modules
   1. Core Modules
   2. CCK
   3. Views
   4. Panels
   5. Social Networking Modules (module selection may vary)
      1. Buddylist
      2. Invite
      3. Userpoints
   6. Collaboration Modules
   7. Activism & Advocacy Modules
      1. Petitions
      2. Forward
      3. Event + Signup
   8. Modules for Ecommerce
      1. Ecommerce
      2. Ubercart

I’m pretty excited, got my CVS account today.

I’m working on a mini-feed module for Drupal. Minifeed takes a user’s activity and places it on their profile in an easily digestible format. Some social networking sites have used this tactic recently, and I want to make it more accessible to the Drupal community.

So I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and here’s my first draft at an outline for a drupal recipie book.

1. Getting Started. This would a be a list of things you should know, resources you should have at your disposal, and some key concepts before the book would start showing its value. Might be things like setting up a test environment, some basic drupal terminology, and an overview of drupal at a farily high level.
2. About Drupal Modules (ingredients)
3. Recipies
   1. Social Networking Sites
   2. Media Hosting Sites
   3. Rating Sites
   4. Corporate Sites

I’ve run into several instances where people have asked how do they remove the temporary files from a computer.

Well, the answer is different for each browser, and usually also for each version of that browser. Just follow the steps below for your browser and holler if you need help.

IE 5 Macintosh

To delete temporary files in Internet Explorer 5.x on a MAC:

• Open INTERNET EXPLORER.
• Click EDIT and select the PREFERENCES option.
• Select WEB BROWSER.
• Select ADVANCED from the category listing.
• On the right there are options to CLEAR HISTORY, EMPTY NOW (delete cache).

Google Apps for Domains service is doing such a great job that I will no longer be hosting email, not even my own.

I've moved three clients over to it after running a test on a small domain I manage myself.

I am moving my email over to Google starting today, I can then shut down my incoming mail and know that someone with a few billion dollars in the bank is looking after it.