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We have been providing IT solutions to home users for the last four years and we have realized that most customers who come to us come with a base configuration possibly recommended by friends/colleagues. The problem with this is that one kind of spec does not always have to apply to every need. We have compiled four base configurations of desktop computers and have published them here as a standard reference in terms of prices and specifications. The target users are typical home users, gamers/students and SOHO entrepreneurs. Checkout the prices of these four standard configurations, as on November 2011, below.

Drupal uses a reasonably powerful mechanism to create, prepare and send emails generated within the system. We maintain two modules related to emails in Drupal - Mail Merge and MailQ (Mail Queue) - and get the opportunity to work with the mail subsystem in Drupal. Here is a brief write-up on how the mail system works in Drupal.

When you work on forms in Drupal where you want to have the same form array elements used multiple times in a form you can use the concept of for form tree. For example if you are working on a purchase order form where you want to have multiple rows of product information like say product name, product code, quantity, price etc, for each product added to the form. This can easily be done using the form tree as follows.

We are looking for a Content Coordinator / Content Writer who can help us build content for our internal websites and also for our client websites. The person would be responsible for writing and proofreading content. He/she would also have to coordinate content development by a team of freelance content developers (APPLY ONLINE). Specifically, the person will be responsible for the following

We are looking for a Business Development Manager (and Business Development Executives) who can help us position ourselves in the Drupal market, acquire new small and mid sized projects from across the world and play a role in building sustained relationships with clients (APPLY ONLINE). Specifically, the person will be responsible for the following

Broken Link Checker Broken Line Checker is a Wordpress plugin that will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found. Link Checker is the Drupal module to detect broken hypertext links. Currently this module is not available for Drupal 7.

Bad Behavior Bad Behavior prevents spammers from ever delivering their junk, and in many cases, from ever reading your Wordpress site in the first place. Bad Behavior is available for Drupal It seems there is no plan yet for a Drupal 7 version and is only supported till version 6 of Drupal

WP Security Scan Security Scan is a Wordpress plugin that scans your WordPress installation for any security vulnerabilities. I Security review is the Drupal module that offers the same functionality will do the same kind of security check for Drupal.

Newsletter Newsletter is a Wordpress plug-in that lets you collect subscribers on your blog with a single or double opt-in subscription process. Double opt-in is law compliant and it means the user has to confirm the subscription following simple standard instructions sent to him via email.

MapPress Easy Google Maps MapPress is is the most popular and easiest way to create great-looking Google Maps and driving directions in your Wordpress blog.

Lightbox Plus Lightbox Plus is a Wordpress plugin that permits users to view larger versions of images, simple slide shows, videos and content all in an overlay. It uses the popular colorbox jquery plugin. Colorbox module for Drupal will provide full integration of the colorbox plugin.

WP- DB Backup WP-DB-Backup is a Wordpress plugin that allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database. In Drupal the Backup and Migrate module (is the best automated backup solution integrated with Drupal.)

WP e-Commerce WP e-Commerce is a free WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin that lets customers buy your products, services and digital downloads online. Ubercart is the popular tool for ecommerce applications in Drupal. It is a superior e-commerce solution available when compared to the wordpress equivalent and has tons of features.

WP-Super Cache WP-Super Cache is a Wordpress plugin that generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts. Boost is the popular alternative in Drupal for static page caching.

Redirection Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections and keep track of 404 errors without requiring knowledge of Apache .htaccess files. Path redirect is the popular alternative in Drupal

Simple Tags Simple Tags add some tools for taxonomies like Terms suggestion, Mass Edit Terms, Auto link Terms, Ajax Autocompletion, Click Terms, Auto terms, Advanced manage term In Drupal: By default Drupal taxonomies support tags with auto-complete option. Other features like tagcloud and manage tags can be done using the

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site. Similar Entries is the Drupal equivalent module that can do this same task.

Akismet Akismet is a Wordpress plugin that checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog's "Comments" admin screen.

Social plugins Wordpress comes with the popular social plugins Addtoany and Addthis. Both of these plugins provide share icons of the popular social bookmarking websites. Add-to-any allows integration with google analytics and Addthis allows customization of the social icons.