Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I never realized before that the difficulty with XHTML and allowing comments has a solution so breathlessly simple that I hit myself for not having seen it before. I have configured the htmLawed module to “scrub” comments, but that wasn’t the solution. The solution is not to allow a person […]
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Live, on Drupal
I’ve now successfully made the move from WordPress to Drupal. The move was challenging at times, not the least of which I was so comfortable with WordPress and was moving into a completely new environment. However, now that I’m finished and I’ve had a chance to look around, I’m happy I’ve taken the time—both in […]
XHTML and the Forum
An issue I had with supporting XHTML in my WordPress weblogs is that it can be difficult to control others’ input in comments. I solved the issue with Drupal by not supporting comments directly on posts. Instead, I’ve provided a forum, using the Drupal Forum module, here at RealTech. I’ve only provided the one forum […]
XHTML and template.php
Since I use inline SVG in all of my sites, I need to serve my pages up as XHTML. I couldn’t find a Drupal module or option that triggers Drupal to serve the pages up as XHTML, so I added the following code at the very top of the page.tpl.php page: <?php header(“Vary: Accept”); if […]
The SVG Radial Gradient
Chapter 7 in the book provides an introduction into some of the many useful elements in SVG. Included is a discussion of the two gradients, linearGradient and radialGradient. They can’t be used to create a visual element by themselves, but are, instead, used to fill any shape that takes the fill attribute. For instance, one of the book […]
