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How To 301 Redirect Multiple Domains Into One Domain

If you need to do a 301 redirect between multiple domain names, and force all domains to direct to the "www", use the following code in your .htaccess file.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_Host} ^(www\.)?secondary-domain1\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_Host} ^(www\.)?secondary-domain2\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Super! The best Drupal SEO Modules

Back in 2008, when LevelTen made the official switch to only supporting the Drupal CMS, one of the primary factors in our decision making was the marketing capabilities that Drupal provided. From a purely search engine optimization standpoint, Drupal was (and still is) heads and shoulders above other open source content mangement systems. Why is Drupal so much better?

  1. Great coding.
  2. Ease of content creation.
  3. Modular functionality.

Great Coding

Add Customized Dashboard Magic to Drupal Theme

If you haven't already tried Open Atrium, you should immediately do so. Once you do, you'll want to put all their cool customize stuff into your website. While the documentation says that it uses context, spaces and features to accomplish their "whiz bang" features, they also use a few theme tricks to bind it all together.

Six Secrets to Attracting and Retaining Quality Drupal Developers

Attracting and retaining quality Drupal developers can be challenging for a Drupal business. This is complicated by the disparity of supply and demand that exist. Drupal developers are among the most coveted and there doesn't seem to be a slowdown for their demand.

Upgrade from Drupal 6 to 7, how hard is it?

This site have been upgraded from Drupal 6 to 7 and I have more site migration is the work at the moment. Upgrading is, still as I'm writing this, a rocky ride with a few sharp corners. For the one that have been with us since Drupal 5 and have some wage memories from back then we started migrating from 5 to 6, all this sound painfully familiar.

Upgrading from Drupal 6 to 7

Upgrading your Drupal installation

Upgrade vs. Update

Before you continue reading, we need to define the difference between upgrading and updating:

Upgrading Your Site From Drupal 6 to Drupal 7

Recently there was an upgrade from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. If you want to update your site there are few tips that you should follow. The upgrade process is easy and the process automatically updates any functionality from Drupal 6 to 7 and updates content to use new features when possible. Before updating your site be careful to backup all data about your site. Backup site’s files and your database(if you are using MySQL you can backup your database using phpmyadmin).

Upgrading Sites from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7

When should I be upgrading to D7? Is it ok that I still have a D6 site? What are the benefits? What are the costs?

These are the questions that are coming from clients. I'm starting to hear more of them, and we (as a community) don't have all of the answers yet. However, we're totally getting there. This session is a chance to get fodder for your elevator pitch when you're cornered with these questions.

I'll go over use cases for D7: where it works, where it's not there yet, and what's likely to end in disaster.

5 Important Things In Drupal 7

A couple of weeks ago saw the release of Drupal 7 so I thought I would run through a few new features that might be of interest. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list of new things as there is a lot of changes in this new version.