Packt Interview: Trevor James

Packt Publishing recently interviewed me and the interview is now featured on their Authors Web site:

http://authors.packtpub.com/content/interview-trevor-james-author-drupal...

Enjoy.

-Trevor

Drupal Views Tutorial of note

The folks over at HTML Goodies have posted a great introductory tutorial on using the Views module. A good article and examples coupled with excellent screenshots. Check it out if you are just beginning to build some basic View pages and blocks.

Drupal 7 Preview

My preview of Drupal 7 is featured on Packt's Web site:
http://www.packtpub.com/article/drupal-7-preview

This is a first look at Drupal 7 (still in its alpha phase). You can download the latest alpha version of Drupal 7 from drupal.org and try it out while you're reading the article.

Drupal 6 Content Administration book review featured on Slashdot

I wrote a review of J. Ayen Green's book Drupal 6 Content Administration. The review is featured on Slashdot here.

Nominate and Vote for your favorite Open Source projects!

Packt Publishing has announced their 2010 Open Source Awards. Head over to their site to nominate and vote for your favorite open source projects. All the details here: http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home

Packt presents the e-Pub format

From my colleagues at Packt comes this exciting news:

Packt books are now available in e-Pub format, which enables readers to read the e-copies on their ipad, e-book readers etc. For more about this see the attached press release ... and happy reading!

More at Packt's site.

Drupal 7 update

Drupal 7 news posted today over at Network World.

Plone 3 Multimedia review featured on Slashdot

I wrote a review of Tom Gross' book Plone 3 Multimedia. The review is featured on Slashdot here.

Drupal 6 Performance Tips Articles available on Packt's site

Packt has published 2 articles that excerpt content from my book Drupal 6 Performance Tips. Articles are available after each jump below. Enjoy.

Drupal 6 Performance Optimization Using Views and Panels Caching

Drupal 6 Performance Optimization Using Throttle and Devel Module

Packt promotes latest in its Plone title series

For those of you using the Plone content management system you should be aware of some new promotions over at the Packt Publishing Web site. I've been informed by my friends over at Packt that any one who makes a purchase of two specific Plone books within the first 2 weeks of their publishing date have a chance of winning an iTunes voucher/Amazon Gift Card through a random draw. In addition to this, there are also a good amount of discounts that are running on the Packt website for these Plone books. The books are:

Plone Multimedia: https://www.packtpub.com/plone-3-3-multimedia-website/book

Plone 3 Products Development Cookbook: https://www.packtpub.com/plone-3-3-products-development-cookbook/book

Remember here - I don't work for Packt so I can't guarantee these offers but I've been told about them and so I wanted to pass along the info. You can read more about the offers in the attached press release (see below). Good luck and happy reading!

-Trevor

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