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[![Integrating Drupal with Cloudflare](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/integrating-drupal-cloudflare.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/integrating-drupal-cloudflare)

Drupal

### [Integrating Drupal with Cloudflare](https://jimbir.ch/blog/integrating-drupal-cloudflare)

The super smart lead developer at Xeno Media first brought the Cloudflare service to my attention as it was integrated with one of the hosts we were using. We experimented with a site that was expe...

Jan 1, 2016 3 min read

[Read more about Integrating Drupal with Cloudflare](https://jimbir.ch/blog/integrating-drupal-cloudflare)

[![Login Destination: Sending us where we need to go!](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/login-destination-sending-us-where-we-need-go.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/login-destination-sending-us-where-we-need-go)

Drupal

### [Login Destination: Sending us where we need to go!](https://jimbir.ch/blog/login-destination-sending-us-where-we-need-go)

Rare is the site where the user who logs in, and needs to end up on their User page. This is the default behavior of Drupal. It makes sense if you are making a community or social media type websit...

Jan 1, 2016 3 min read

[Read more about Login Destination: Sending us where we need to go!](https://jimbir.ch/blog/login-destination-sending-us-where-we-need-go)

[![Manage Drupal 7 Configurations using Features built with Features Builder](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/manage-drupal-7-configurations-using-features-built-features-builder.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/manage-drupal-7-configurations-using-features-built-features-builder)

Drupal 7

### [Manage Drupal 7 Configurations using Features built with Features Builder](https://jimbir.ch/blog/manage-drupal-7-configurations-using-features-built-features-builder)

Most of us have been using the Features module for configuration management in Drupal 7 for years now. This is not what the module was originally intended for, but it has allowed us to move variabl...

Jan 1, 2016 3 min read

[Read more about Manage Drupal 7 Configurations using Features built with Features Builder](https://jimbir.ch/blog/manage-drupal-7-configurations-using-features-built-features-builder)

[![Midcamp 2016 Recap - Where the Drupal community comes together!](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/midcamp-2016-recap.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/midcamp-2016-recap)

Community

### [Midcamp 2016 Recap - Where the Drupal community comes together!](https://jimbir.ch/blog/midcamp-2016-recap)

MidCamp 2016, the Midwest Drupal Camp was a roaring success. We had 36 Sessions and 1 keynote were spread across the University of Illinois at Chicago's Student Center West. All of the sessions wer...

Jan 1, 2016 4 min read

[Read more about Midcamp 2016 Recap - Where the Drupal community comes together!](https://jimbir.ch/blog/midcamp-2016-recap)

[![No more usernames! Setting up Drupal 7 for Email Login](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/no-more-usernames-setting-drupal-7-email-login.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-usernames-setting-drupal-7-email-login)

Drupal 7

### [No more usernames! Setting up Drupal 7 for Email Login](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-usernames-setting-drupal-7-email-login)

Sorry, the user name 'Super Incredibly Good Looking Jim' is already taken... I don't need another username. I really don't need another username on a site that I am not going to have a public profi...

Jan 1, 2016 3 min read

[Read more about No more usernames! Setting up Drupal 7 for Email Login](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-usernames-setting-drupal-7-email-login)

[![No more View pages](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/no-more-view-pages.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-view-pages)

Drupal

### [No more View pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-view-pages)

Views has long been one of the magic pieces that makes Drupal my CMS of choice. Views allows us to easily create queries of content in the UI, giving great power to the site builder. When you first...

Jan 1, 2016 3 min read

[Read more about No more View pages](https://jimbir.ch/blog/no-more-view-pages)

[![In search of the most optimized image in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/search-most-optimized-image-drupal-7.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/search-most-optimized-image-drupal-7)

Drupal 7

### [In search of the most optimized image in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/search-most-optimized-image-drupal-7)

I have been on a performance kick lately, trying to optimize the delivery of caching and delivery of pages to users from Drupal. It seems like the biggest piece of every site I work on are the imag...

Jan 1, 2016 5 min read

[Read more about In search of the most optimized image in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/search-most-optimized-image-drupal-7)

[![Submit your sessions for Midcamp 2016 - Midwest Drupal Camp in Chicago](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/submit-your-sessions-midcamp-2016-midwest-drupal-camp-chicago.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/submit-your-sessions-midcamp-2016-midwest-drupal-camp-chicago)

Community

### [Submit your sessions for Midcamp 2016 - Midwest Drupal Camp in Chicago](https://jimbir.ch/blog/submit-your-sessions-midcamp-2016-midwest-drupal-camp-chicago)

MidCamp is returning to Chicago, Illinois on March 17th through the 20th, 2016. We will be returning to the University of Illinois at Chicago, this time, on the west side of the campus. MidCamp is...

Jan 1, 2016 1 min read

[Read more about Submit your sessions for Midcamp 2016 - Midwest Drupal Camp in Chicago](https://jimbir.ch/blog/submit-your-sessions-midcamp-2016-midwest-drupal-camp-chicago)

[![Using CKFinder to organize image uploads by Content type in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/using-ckfinder-organize-image-uploads-content-type-drupal-7.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-ckfinder-organize-image-uploads-content-type-drupal-7)

Drupal 7

### [Using CKFinder to organize image uploads by Content type in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-ckfinder-organize-image-uploads-content-type-drupal-7)

As you may have noticed, /sites/default/files can quickly become a pretty busy place in your Drupal installation. When creating image or file fields, we can add folders in the Drupal UI to organize...

Jan 1, 2016 4 min read

[Read more about Using CKFinder to organize image uploads by Content type in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-ckfinder-organize-image-uploads-content-type-drupal-7)

[![Using Drupal's Environment Indicator to help visually manage Dev, Stage, and Production Servers](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/using-drupals-environment-indicator-help-visually-manage-dev-stage-production-servers.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-drupals-environment-indicator-help-visually-manage-dev-stage-production-servers)

Drupal

### [Using Drupal's Environment Indicator to help visually manage Dev, Stage, and Production Servers](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-drupals-environment-indicator-help-visually-manage-dev-stage-production-servers)

There are days that I work on half a dozen different websites. I'm sure some of you are in the same boat. We make client edits and change requests with rapid efficiency. We work locally, push to st...

Jan 1, 2016 2 min read

[Read more about Using Drupal's Environment Indicator to help visually manage Dev, Stage, and Production Servers](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-drupals-environment-indicator-help-visually-manage-dev-stage-production-servers)

[![Using Fences and Page Manager to optimize HTML markup in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/assets/blog/using-fences-page-manager-optimize-html-markup-drupal-7.avif)](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-fences-page-manager-optimize-html-markup-drupal-7)

Drupal 7

### [Using Fences and Page Manager to optimize HTML markup in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-fences-page-manager-optimize-html-markup-drupal-7)

I have been searching for a way to make Drupal output cleaner, lighter, more semantic HTML since I started theming. We all know Drupal core, and it's many contrib modules have a tendency to inject...

Jan 1, 2016 7 min read

[Read more about Using Fences and Page Manager to optimize HTML markup in Drupal 7](https://jimbir.ch/blog/using-fences-page-manager-optimize-html-markup-drupal-7)

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