The wmfilter module for Drupal allows the use of syntax such as [google:omarzblog] to create links like: [google:omarzblog].

Or [dictionary:syntax] to look up the definition of [Dictionary:syntax]

Moreover, there are tons of other wiki based sites that have already been mapped out there (Interwiki Map). For the hell of it, I decide to try out all of them by using a simple text editor to create these 166 (mostly useless) links to search for "omarzblog"...

... on AbbeNormal >> [AbbeNormal:omarzblog]

Content Management Systems (CMSs) help create identity, community and collaboration, and Rich Site Summary (RSS) automates and fosters communication within and between these identities and communities. If CMS-based websites are like silos of knowledge on specialised issues, RSS is like the wind that blows between them, cross-polinating all the ideas, people and communities along the way. Aaaaaahh... sounds del.icio.us to me.

Anybody wanting to have "presence" online today should be looking into how they too can both use and provide RSS feeds such as del.icio.us does. Integrating web-based RSS generation services into personal or organisational websites is a simple and yet extremely powerful and combination which should be integrated into any all online communication strategies.

I had never seen or heard about PubSub before. I first saw it over at
bryght.com where they have integrated it with Drupal.

Integrating PubSub, MyYahoo or any other automated RSS generation service into CMS aggregators such as Drupal is a powerful combination.

The degree to which it has become possible for individuals to automate the process of extracting precise bits of information from the overwhelming and growing mass of data flowing across the planet is really amazing .

In fact, I found Bryght by using Google to look for sites linking to my site. Apparently, some of my blogs had been aggregated by PubSub (probably using the term "Drupal"), included in the Bryght's PubSub page and cached by Google.

The navigation box in Drupal contains a collection of links that are particularly useful for registered users. When surfing a Drupal site anonymously, there are fewer links and often, when building a web site that is NOT intended for the public to open accounts, the site adminitrators decide to only display this box for internal members team (administrators, editors, etc.). This thread on Drupal describes how to do this. Basically, it involves adding one line to the user_block funtion in the user.module file.

Open user.module in a simple text editor, find the string "user_block", scroll down to where is says "Case 1", and add... "if (!$user->uid) return;" before "if ($menu = theme('menu_tree'))". Save and upload the file.

So what do you think of the newlook of OmarzBlog?

It is based on Drupal's Pushbutton theme.

My hacks to the code aren't very pretty either. I'd love to know a cleaner and/or more intuitive way to accomplish the box trick.

You can visit the download page for this theme .