You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney

It just wouldn't be a picnic without the ants. — Author Unknown

Troubles. Adversity. These are the tests that wake us from complacency, allowing us to see the good around us. So it is, too, with the update from Drupal 6 to 7. Struggling through the update's attendant troubles, a Drupal user is rewarded in the end with a renewed appreciation of a true wonder of the Web:

WordPress.

But. While it's true that I've migrated a simple site or two to WordPress for learning purposes, it would hardly be kosher for a site called Drupal Ace to run on a platform sans pointy-headed mascot. So. After much delay and hesitant tests, I've finally moved this site to Drupal 7. And it works!...

...sort of. Here's a very shortened look at some roadblocks I hit, and some of the weirdness that remains in the D7 site: Read more about Drupal Ace: Now with Drupal 7!

Back to Drupal!

As a simple look at this site's posting record makes clear, your Drupal Ace A.i.N.O. (Ace in Name Only) has been away from any real Drupal development activities for several months. Blame real-life commitments and all that other stuff that a new module can't banish. Read more about Responsive themes make going mobile a snap

Something's been nagging me for quite a while now. The world is going mobile, but my Drupal sites aren't.

Drupal 7 Mobile Web Development hits a timely topic. While Drupal was born for the desk, it's ready to hop off of it. I know that Drupal can and is being used to create mobile-specific sites. I also know that the transformation is a big topic and a big job. It's good to see resources popping up to help people make the move. Read more about Coming up: Review of Packt Publishing's "Drupal 7 Mobile Web Development"

If I've not been posting much lately, it's been for the following reasons: wanting to get a good external blogging client working (more or less solved; stay tuned!), and a strange sudden loss of ability to place inline images into posts. Read more about Solved: Strange Drupal image problem

Is MarsEdit 3.x now ready to make me the happiest Drupal-based blogger ever? It just might be! (And if this intended excerpt actually gets posted as an excerpt, all the better…) Read on. Read more about Test post using MarsEdit 3.4.x