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Michael J. Ross

Michael J. Ross is a web developer who uses Drupal and other leading technologies to create custom websites for businesses and non-profits. He writes articles and book reviews, of which more than 560 have been published in print and online.

Articles and blog posts from Michael J. Ross

Content Workflow Basics in Drupal 7

Modules and Techniques for Managing Approvals and Notifications

Drupal Taxonomy Tips and Tools

After your beloved cat dies, you’ll want to preserve her in as lifelike an appearance as possible... oh wait, no, that’s taxidermy. This one’s about hierarchies in Drupal.

RESTful Web Services Module Basics

Drupal 8 may not be released until Winter, 2015. Meanwhile, there is REST for the weary; a simple, effective technique for leveraging the RESTful module in Drupal 7.

Drupal 7 Form Building

Ah, the humble but essential webform; here are two different strategies – Drupal modules and Webform – that ably support the development of capable forms.

Drupal 7 Content Types from Code

You say you want to automate your content types, reduce the tedium and errors, and expand your module-writing capabilities? Read on.

RedHen: A Drupal CRM System

Enterprise-level software for dedicated customer relationship management is being supplanted or supplemented by CRM- capable websites; an overview of this native Drupal answer to CiviCRM.

Creating a Drupal 7 Distribution

How to craft your own custom distribution — in this case one that could serve as a starting point for building new web sites. And while you’re at it, why not share it with the Drupal community?

Drupal Functions for Sanitizing User Input

A survey of the many functions available within Drupal for securing websites from possibly dangerous user input.

Drupal 7 Starter Themes

A survey of the leading starter themes, and comparison of their features.

Drupal Mobile Website Development Book Available

This article is a review of James Pearce's new book, "Professional Mobile Web Development with WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal", published by Wrox. Even though the book is CMS-neutral among those three leading CMSs, my article looks at it from the perspective of Drupal. I provide a synopsis and overview of the book as a whole, and also focus on the two Drupal-specific chapters, to give the reader a sense of the suitability of the technical information and recommendations as resources for Drupal developers and themers who wish to create mobile-ready websites.