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Twitter style Login box for Drupal

In this tutorial I’ll show just how easy it is to do a Twitter style drop-down login form in Drupal 6 (probably just as easy if not identical in Drupal 5 and 7). If you don’t know what this looks like these days you better get over to http://twitter.com/ and scope it out so you know that I’m on about - see the link in the top right corner…

Requirements

Login Toboggan

  • Download and install the module

Border Radius Reference

Full reference for khtml, moz and webkit + CSS3 rounded corners.

Styling Google Calendar

A recent project used the Google Calendar widget - this is embedded in a iframe (in a standard Drupal block) and thus can’t be styled with CSS as per normal - but we wanted to style it to match the overall design.

After a bit of hunting around for a solution I found this: MyGoogleCal. The download link is a bit hidden - grab it directly here…

Rounded Corner Tools and Techniques

Heres a quick list of rounded corner tools and techniques you can use in your Drupal theme.

Font Family Groups

Quick list of some handy font family groups (often called “font stacks”) for web design and Drupal theme development. Includes the three groups that come with Adaptivetheme starter theme and an example of how to set the font-family in your CSS.

Agile and Scrum Videos

This is likely to become a pretty big collection of videos about Scrum and other other Agile based managements processes.

Getting Started with CSS

Prolly one of the most frequently asked drupal design questions to me and others in the Drupal forum is “how do I [insert question] CSS”. Answering these questions provide little more than the proverbial fish, whereas we really want to be teaching them how to fish. Heres a few resources that can really give you a head start with CSS.

Smashing Magazine Book Giveaway

Smashing magazines new Smashing Book

We’re giving away a copy of Smashing magazines new Smashing Book! All you need to do is fill out a short survey and you’re in the draw.

UPDATE: this survey is now closed. The winner was Sean O’Rourke.

5 Groovy Icon Resources

In case you hadn’t noticed I really like icons, in fact I love icons. A great set of icons, or even a few nice ones can really lift your Drupal themes from drab, to fab, and all it takes is a bit of leg work to find a suitable set for your rocking Drupal theme. Heres a short list of 5 icon resources I have plundered used recently.

How to Write A Drupal Design Brief

PSD icon with Drupal icon

A design brief, sometimes know as the creative brief is a relatively short, high-level document that clearly outlines the important elements of the web design project—whether its a full Drupal theme development project or an ROS banner campaign each project needs this foundation document.