On one of the recent sites that was being built by us I was introduced with a new challenge of theming user profile pages. Drupal provides a very elegant solution to accomplish this task. I will show you how it's done in this post.

This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to create a realistic looking drop shadow using Adobe Photoshop. This technique works best for round objects and requires a little more work for any irregular in shape objects. I might do another tutorial on that, but if you get the basics of how this technique works, then I'm sure you will be able to figure out the rest. By the way, this exact technique was used for all the shoes that you see on ShoeGuru.ca.

Installing modules in Drupal is very important as it helps your website achieve more functionality. Often themes require additional modules in order to function properly. Themes that require support from modules are usually e-commerce themes, or themes that are more dynamic. This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how to install modules on your Drupal website.

Most of the popular hosting companies provide free installations for Drupal users. However if your hosting company is compatible with PHP/MySQL websites, Drupal can still work on your server and these simple steps are required in order to install your new Drupal website.

Quite a few people have requested some more information on how to achieve the following effect in your photos. Well, here it is. I should note though, that this doesn't work on all photos (or at least it doesn't look as good as it could). Also the values of radii I have used in this tutorial entirely depend on the size of the image and on the effect you wish to achieve. Less talk, more action...

Many frameworks these days allow for elegant 'chaining' of methods. This typically looks similar to $this->db->get()->users(); Want to know how to do this? we will show you how in the steps below.

A common task you might face when creating a web application is devising a simple, elegant method for formatting filesize. If you are using a PHP framework you most likely already have access to a function or method similar to below.