Drupal: Installing multiple contrib modules – the easier than ‘easiest’ way

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A while ago, I wrote about un-TARing multiple files in one go on the server to install multiple contrib modules for Drupal. Of course, it seemed like the easiest thing in the world back then… But then, in 2010, the world still had Kodak films in production. Now, allow me to show you the truly simplest … Read more

Much ado about Google

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Google has been in my twitterstream a LOT today. Google +, Google Takeout, new Google toolbar, new homepage and SERPS designs. I think most people are likely to pay most attention to the google plus announcement, with it’s promise of ‘circles’,  hangouts, sparks and more… However, I think that the Google home page and the … Read more

College Culturals Time

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Recently ChennaiParkour was invited to create a Parkour workshop for IIT-M, and even though that did not work out as planned, it has made me notice that this seems to be the time of year for college culturals. One that I’d like to point out to you, and bring your notice to is LIBA’s Chrysalis. … Read more

iXBRL – more XML based markup languages…

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So along with the XMLisation of a ton of other things, comes the evolution of accounting formats into XBRL or iXBRL. It’s supposed to make filing and sharing  of accounts between systems easier for everyone… Of course, there will be the initial hiccups in the implementation, and where there is a problem, there will be … Read more

Drupal: Installing multiple contrib modules – the easiest way

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Here’s how to quickly extract multiple tar.gz files in a folder using “find” or a loop. It’s easy, it’s simple, and it gets your drupal install up and running in less time than it takes to say “Upload via FTP”. If you want the solution right away, scroll down to the bottom if this post. … Read more