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Here is another Free Google App script from Zyxware. This is a simple Google Spreadsheet based Google App which we had developed in-house to manage tasks that are coordinated closely by our Project Management Office. We are releasing this utility as Free Software under a GPL license. We use Redmine as our project management system and manage all the project related tasks through redmine. However there would still have to have management / supervision effort put in to manage and review the execution of these tasks, groups of tasks and the project as a whole. This app helps us in taking care of that.

Multisite concept allow us to run multiple sites in single drupal core installation . Each site in the multisite will have it's own modules and themes as well as files folders. Setting up multiple sites like this will save on patch administration, permissions administration, setting up APC etc. Follow the below steps for running multiple sites in single drupal installation.

If you want to send out mails from your Drupal website hosted on an Amazon AWS you would want to install a mail server on the AWS instance. Sendmail is an easy mail server to install and set up. Read on for knowing how to install sendmail on your Amazon AWS if it was set up using a Bitnami AMI based on Ubuntu.

One of the errors we come across in a Drupal 6 installation is "htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /includes/bootstrap.inc on line 860". This is an issue with the Internationalization and Taxonomy translation modules. This issue can be fixed by adding a line in the bootstrap.inc file. If you want to know how to solve the warning, continue reading.

Drupal uses a variety of caching systems to improve the site performance. However in certain scenarios they may not be sufficient and more powerful external caching mechanisms are required to improve the performance. One such mechanism is memcached. If you want to know how to install memcached in CentOs then read on to know the steps.

We need to develop websites for a variety of mobile devices along with regular desktop versions. To do this effectively we need to detect the mobile devices when they access the website which can be done through Javascript. Read on to know how to detect mobile devices using Javascript

Many Drupal users wanted to know how to get the list of allowed values in a field in Drupal 7. If you are faced with the same question just like we were in your Drupal site with respect to the Drupal field module in the Drupal 7 core then read on to find out the solution.

One of our Drupal clients asked us to customize the search box in one of their Drupal themes and bring in rounded corners and a search icon. However the solution we came up with was causing the search text to overlap the search block from in IE. If you are facing the same issue in your Drupal site and would like to know how to prevent search text from overlapping Drupal search block form in IE then read on to find out the solution.

Drupal 7 supplies developers with a platform neutral format for generating database queries. If you are a Drupal developer, you might need to see the actual SQL query that is generated by Drupal for debugging and testing purposes. If you would like to know how to print an SQL query with arguments while using db_select in Drupal 7 then read on to find out the solution.

AJAX is now widely used in web development to make the user interfaces simpler and faster. We may use AJAX to load images after page load in order to increase performance. However if you want to have a lightbox popup with the full image bound to an image loaded by AJAX then you might run into problems. You will find that even after linking the JS, CSS files and adding the rel="lightbox" attribute to the images it might not work.

We had encountered a situation on one of our Drupal sites where we had to create HTML links which on clicking should point to different locations on a different page. We solved this problem by making use of the 'name' attribute of anchor tags. If you are facing the same scenario in your Drupal site and would like to know how to use the 'name' attribute of anchor tags to redirect links to a location on a different page then read on to find out more.

If you are a Drupal developer, you should know about Drupal theming. Have you ever got a chance to build a Drupal theme completely? If you are a Drupal theme developer you might have wanted to know how to extend the content width if there are no sidebars in your Drupal themes. If you are looking for the answer to the question then read on to find out how.

Google Analytics is a service offered by google which is mainly used to analyze the traffic of drupal/non drupal websites. This module gives statistical information such as

Two important aspects about managing multiple projects with multiple teams are scheduling of the projects & milestones and allocation of resources to these projects. Over the past few years we have been using a simple Google Spreadsheet based utility which we had developed in-house to schedule projects and to allocate resources for projects. We had earlier released this as Free Software under a GPL license and made this available as free template and over 1000 users are currently using this tool.

Colorbox can be used to display content pop-ups. By default, the popup's height and width will be exactly the same as that of the original content. But there may be times, when you want to load the content as per the screen height. This can be done easily using jQuery.

The steps you may follow to achieve this are:

Error guessing is a testing technique based on guessing. It is not just guessing, but the skill of a tester. The tester acquires this skill from his prior experience in testing. This technique has got important significance in testing, and is discussed below.

Many a times, IE7 stands out from the group of modern web-browsers owing to its notorious incompatibility with many a standard HTML/CSS/JS. In this article, we are seeing the following case of incompatibility: CSS border for Select (Drop down) element does not work.

Many a times, IE7 stands out from the group of modern web-browsers owing to its notorious incompatibility with many a standard HTML/CSS/JS. In this article, we are seeing the following case of incompatibility: In IE7, the CSS 'border-collapse' does not override cell spacing related tags.

An exciting vision, power of the web, commitment to professional standards, and a vibrant work environment. Those are what makes Zyxware Technologies a great place to be. We are looking for a Business Analyst who can lead our web applications development process through in depth client engagement and strong appreciation of web application development. This is an opportunity to achieve tremendous professional growth as a Business Analyst in the Web Applications domain.

The spread of Information Technology has introduced a number of challenges as well as opportunities into the Kerala society. Kerala needs to empower its citizens and make digital literacy universal to enable them to utilize the opportunities and manage the challenges. Nevertheless IT penetration is not optimal in a state with such a favorable scenario for IT penetration as it faces a number of challenges. The Government of Kerala has taken a number of steps to address them and they seem to have begun bearing fruit.