I have been using Google's Page Speed tool to help improve the the load times of this site. In doing so, I discovered that I never configured any of the performance settings provided by Drupal. I also discovered that GoDaddy does not use mod_gzip or mod_deflate to compress the documents being requested.

    I was recently tasked with hiring a web developer for a redesign of workxpress.com. I was surprised at the number of poor quality responses I received. The original post can be found at http://drupal.org/node/602292. Looking back, I should have included more details in my post, but that still doesn't excuse the poor quality of some of these emails.

    I have taken examples from many of the emails that I have received for us to analyze. Names and URLs have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals. So, without further ado, I present you with some simple tips when responding to a web developer job post.

    On my site I use the External links to add the image next to any external links. I also use the GeSHi Filter module for syntax highlighting. These two modules together were causing some undesirable effects.

    The GeSHi Filter module adds links to the PHP manual entry for functions. Because this is an external link, it receives the image from above. This doesn't look quite right:

    Have a Viddler account and looking to embed videos on your website? You could embed the videos directly into the body of your nodes, but that doesn't give you as much control as you may desire. You could use CCK and the Embedded Media Field (emfield) module, but that doesn't support Viddler. Or does it?