Kristen Pol

I have just released the Views Examples module at drupal.org. It is a library of views that you can enable and use directly within the views UI.

Here's what views examples are included so far along with what they look like on this site:

• vex_accesslog_general
• Recent access page - example: http://www.kristen.org/recent-access
• Recent referrers block - example: upper left block on http://www.kristen.org/recent-access

Here are some Drupal AHAH Form examples using the Drupal 6 Form API and the wonderful AHAH Helper module. It's much easier creating AHAH forms with the AHAH Helper module than without using it.

Someone requested that I add functionality to my Drupal featured content block module to sort by the nodes that are the closest match to the node being viewed based on vocabulary terms. I did this, but then someone asked if I could integrate with views to allow for this same type of sorting. I thought maybe it could be done already, and sure enough, I was able to do it using views and the views group by module.

There are many ways to add Drupal related content blocks on your website. One easy way is to install the new featured content module:

I recently created a fairly complex Drupal AHAH/AJAX form for a client. The user was able to interact with the form and the results would show up on-the-fly instead of having the entire page reloaded each time. The form worked great, but when you navigated away from the form and then used the browser back button, the form ended up in a weird state.

Google provides a free keyword research tool to easily see what keyword phrases are popular. The tool is here:

These are good HTML validation tools to ensure your HTML is clean... clean HTML means better SEO (search engine optimization) and typically faster page loads.

You will get free DrupalCon SF tickets if you win this contest:

http://drupalmodules.com/articles/drupalcon-2010-ticket-contest

Thanks to NatureBridge for helping sponsor this module! If you like this module, please consider donating to the non-profit NatureBridge to help them continue connecting youth with the natural world.

I will be proposing some sessions/talks for DrupalCon SF in April, 2010, and want to find out what Drupal users/developers want to learn about. It can be at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level. What Drupal tutorial would you like to see?

I presented a talk on building Drupal image galleries using the Dynamic Display Block (DDBlock) module at the Stanford Design4Drupal camp (http://d4dstanford.prod.acquia-sites.com/schedule). I'm attaching my how-to doc and presentation docs here as well as a zip of the database and entire code tree.

Here's a grid of top ten Drupal modules recommended by the top websites (per Google - 2009 posts only) as of December 2009. The websites are numbered 1 to 10 and if the particular module was listed in that site's top 10 Drupal modules list, then it has an X in the column for that site. So far, I have gone through 6 websites.

I gave a Drupal SEO presentation at the recent BADCamp in Berkeley along with Jen Lampton of Chapter Three.

For those who couldn't be there or were in one of the other sessions, I'm attaching my Word document that goes through quick instructions on the most common and necessary Drupal SEO modules you should set up for your website.

I went to an awesome talk on creating high performance Drupal sites by Josh Koenig of Chapter Three at the recent BAD Camp in Berkeley. You should check out the slides, but here's a recap:

I get a lot of calls and emails for Drupal work. Often many more than I can handle. It's common for these companies to complain about how hard it is to find a "Drupal expert". So what can these companies do to find the right Drupal programmer for their project?

Are you wondering how to make Drupal SEO friendly? You can start by taking a look at the list of Drupal SEO modules that are available for free.

If I was only allowed to install my top 10 drupal modules (besides core and SEO-related modules), here's what they'd be. Also, check out the list of Drupal SEO modules.

Current Availability

I am currently working on several contracts, and will be too busy to take on new clients until at least May 2010. At that time, I *may* be able to take on additional projects depending on their scope and timeline. For example, I may be able to take on a project that will only take a few days, or a project that only needs a few hours/week.

I get some comments on this site yet I was missing some since I don't check my comments "approval queue" regularly. I want to get an email when someone posts a comment. This is easy to using Drupal actions and triggers. This is built-in functionality for Drupal 6.

You can get the Drupal Revision Moderation module working along side the Drupal Worklow module. I've just done it for Drupal 6.