January 2010

Drupal Easy Ajax Content, Lightbox2, Nodes and a few hacks

It seems like every new site I build, there is a need to pull another node in via Ajax. This can be done with the lightbox overlay or by emptying a div and refilling it with another node.

 

Drupal vs. Ruby on Rails first impressions.

I have been playing around with Ruby on Rails for the past week. Everything is so different than Drupal which I have been working with over the past year.  It seems like I spend so much time hacking away at Drupal to properly display my output in a themable manner. Drupal 6 is better but still a bit grey as far as documentation is concerned.Here is how I would some up the two:Drupal = a over grown Bonsai Bush that you have to hack down to size.Ruby on Rails =  a sparse tree that you only grow the leaves you need.