Closures are a very powerful yet underused features unique to JavaScript (and other ECMAScript languages). They essentially provide your code with private variables that other scripts can't access. This is accomplished by exploiting three interesting features (or "quirks") of JavaScript:

This is the first in a series of blog posts whose goal is to easily explain the important parts of building your own custom Drupal website. As the most important part of any website is displaying content to your viewers, we'll start by discussing what a content type is, how to create one, and how to display it to viewers of your website.

On a number of occasions in the last year, we've created new websites that required importing a great deal of content from an old website. Instead of going through the hassle (not to mention the sheer length of time) of entering each page via the node insert form, it's much easier to utilize the programmatic node insert feature of Drupal.

I see it all to often. A new project starts (of any size) and everyone is fired up. The staff is excited, the clients are thrilled to get a new web presence that accurately portrays their business, and everyone is looking towards the future of making the web a central point for terrific ROI. Then it happens...

The designs are approved, functionality is completed, everything is done except for the content....

More and more of us are doing business without ever meeting our service providers face-to-face. There’s one common stumbling block that can hinder any deal, and that’s the issue of trust.

Here are five simple steps that have helped us to build trust online.

Many web developers like to dive head-first into code. Others prefer careful planning first, creating a road map, and then coding it piece-by-piece. No matter what your methodology is, there are several best-practices you can adopt to build a successful web application. Here are some general tips to keep in mind:

One of the best things about developing in Drupal 6 is the almost limitless ability to hook into core functions, contributed modules, and being able to tailor Drupal to meet your individual needs. For me, a lot of these awesome features involve the ability to programmatically utilize Drupal core modules, such as Views and CCK.