Source: https://jimbir.ch/blog/3/ # Blog ## Notes on the web, AI, open source and *building things.* Field notes, tutorials, community write-ups, and observations around the web, AI, open source and SEO. Subscribe by RSS or email to follow along. [RSS feed](https://jimbir.ch/rss.xml) Page 3 [![Drupal 7: Integrating Disqus Comments](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-integrating-disqus-comments.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-integrating-disqus-comments) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7: Integrating Disqus Comments](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-integrating-disqus-comments) When choosing whether or not to have commenting on your site, one of the factors that I always discuss with clients is whether or not the site has a need for logged in users. If the site has users... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7: Integrating Disqus Comments](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-integrating-disqus-comments) [![Drupal 7: Offsite Backups with Backup and Migrate](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-offsite-backups-backup-migrate.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-offsite-backups-backup-migrate) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7: Offsite Backups with Backup and Migrate](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-offsite-backups-backup-migrate) At the time of this writing, just under 300,000 websites use the Drupal Backup and Migrate module. It is an great tool for moving databases from production back to staging and development servers,... Jan 1, 2016 4 min read [Read more about Drupal 7: Offsite Backups with Backup and Migrate](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-offsite-backups-backup-migrate) [![Drupal 7: Organizing with Field Group](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-organizing-field-group.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-organizing-field-group) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7: Organizing with Field Group](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-organizing-field-group) The Drupal Field Group module has been on my Essential Drupal list since I first learned about it, and with 200,000 installs, I am certainly not the only one. Field Group lets you add the common CC... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7: Organizing with Field Group](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-organizing-field-group) [![Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager Existing Pages](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-existing-pages.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-existing-pages) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager Existing Pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-existing-pages) I plan on doing a more in depth article on how I've been using Panels instead of templates or contexts for laying out this Drupal 7 site, but I feel like I still have more to learn. Until then, I w... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager Existing Pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-existing-pages) [![Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager User Pages](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-user-pages.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-user-pages) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager User Pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-user-pages) By default, Page Manager has the User Profile Page (/user/user-id) and the User Edit Page (/user/user-id/edit), but there are a few user pages that are missing, most obvious will be the login page. Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7 Panels: Page Manager User Pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-panels-page-manager-user-pages) [![Drupal 7: Scheduling Posts with Scheduler](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-scheduling-posts-scheduler.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-scheduling-posts-scheduler) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7: Scheduling Posts with Scheduler](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-scheduling-posts-scheduler) The scheduling of posts was the first things I noticed that was missing from Drupal after moving over from Wordpress. Thanks to the Scheduler Module, we have that functionality back, with more cont... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7: Scheduling Posts with Scheduler](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-scheduling-posts-scheduler) [![Drupal 7: Simplify](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/drupal-7-simplify.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-simplify) Drupal 7 ### [Drupal 7: Simplify](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-simplify) The Drupal Simplify Module is a big help removing cruft from the eyes of the administrator in the Drupal UI. Simplify allows you to hide certain fields from the user interface on a global basis, or... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Drupal 7: Simplify](https://jimbir.ch/blog/drupal-7-simplify) [![Dude, Where are my Templates? Using the Drupal 7 Theme Developer to find the way.](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/dude-where-are-my-templates-using-drupal-7-theme-developer-find-way.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/dude-where-are-my-templates-using-drupal-7-theme-developer-find-way) Drupal 7 ### [Dude, Where are my Templates? 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Using the Drupal 7 Theme Developer to find the way.](https://jimbir.ch/blog/dude-where-are-my-templates-using-drupal-7-theme-developer-find-way) [![Essential Drupal: Global Redirect Module](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/essential-drupal-global-redirect-module.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-global-redirect-module) Drupal ### [Essential Drupal: Global Redirect Module](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-global-redirect-module) The Global Redirect module ensures that we will have the best possible technical output from Drupal for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It is available for Drupal 6 and Drupal 7, and it looks lik... Jan 1, 2016 1 min read [Read more about Essential Drupal: Global Redirect Module](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-global-redirect-module) [![Essential Drupal: Stage File Proxy](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/essential-drupal-stage-file-proxy.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-stage-file-proxy) Drupal ### [Essential Drupal: Stage File Proxy](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-stage-file-proxy) We can easily checkout code from our git repositories for our local, development, and staging servers. We can get a database from the live site through Backup and Migrate, drush, or a number of oth... Jan 1, 2016 2 min read [Read more about Essential Drupal: Stage File Proxy](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-stage-file-proxy) [![Essential Drupal: The Style Guide Module](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/essential-drupal-style-guide-module.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-style-guide-module) Drupal ### [Essential Drupal: The Style Guide Module](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-style-guide-module) Site builders and front end themers rejoice at the greatness of the Drupal Style Guide module. This module creates a page on your Drupal 6 or Drupal 7 site, displaying all the common html elements,... Jan 1, 2016 1 min read [Read more about Essential Drupal: The Style Guide Module](https://jimbir.ch/blog/essential-drupal-style-guide-module) [![Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS on your Drupal site](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/googlebot-cannot-access-css-js-your-drupal-site.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/googlebot-cannot-access-css-js-your-drupal-site) Drupal ### [Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS on your Drupal site](https://jimbir.ch/blog/googlebot-cannot-access-css-js-your-drupal-site) There was a time when search engine bots would come to your site, index the words on the page, and continue on. Those days are long past. Earlier this year, we witnessed Google's ability to determi... 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