https://mark.ieGatsbyJSWed, 27 Aug 2025 17:12:15 GMTUnderstanding the templates and CSS variables for LocalGov Drupal means you can design at scale, quickly, with no loss of quality.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/designing-for-localgov-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/designing-for-localgov-drupalWed, 27 Aug 2025 08:25:25 GMTOne of the great things about working with LocalGov Drupal is how easy we have made everything. But it can be like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - "it's only easy if you know the answer".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-sample-localgov-drupal-styleguidehttps://mark.ie/blog/a-sample-localgov-drupal-styleguideThu, 14 Aug 2025 10:55:03 GMTWhat better way to share all my knowledge than to package it up into an easily digestible, multi-part online course?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/im-launching-a-course-how-to-build-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/im-launching-a-course-how-to-build-a-localgov-drupal-websiteMon, 11 Aug 2025 13:08:36 GMTGreat month this month, tricky questions answered in Slack, via screenshare, and at Tech Group Drop-in. I'm feeling energised, read on, friends ...

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-july-2025https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-july-2025Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMTGreat month, lots done, including a new module for Drupal.org - modules_list.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-may-2025https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-may-2025Fri, 30 May 2025 16:00:00 GMTSomeone asked this question in the LocalGov Drupal Slack recently. I thought this is a perfect question for ChatGPT to get started. Here's the response.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/what-would-you-include-on-a-spreadsheet-to-track-all-of-your-micrositeshttps://mark.ie/blog/what-would-you-include-on-a-spreadsheet-to-track-all-of-your-micrositesFri, 30 May 2025 10:31:46 GMTHere's a brief outline of some topics to consider if you need to upskill your team for LocalGov Drupal development.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/need-localgov-drupal-training-heres-what-you-need-to-considerhttps://mark.ie/blog/need-localgov-drupal-training-heres-what-you-need-to-considerWed, 21 May 2025 06:55:10 GMTA slightly quieter week than I would have liked, but you can't get everything done all the time. That said, I worked on two pretty large issues - Font Awesome Icons in LocalGov Base and config setting for JS mobile breakpoint.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-april-18th-2025https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-april-18th-2025Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:00:00 GMTOpen source, sometimes you keep up with the notifications, and sometimes the notifications keep up with you.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-april-11th-2025https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-april-11th-2025Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:00:00 GMTI've been busy on other work since early January, so great to get back to contributing to LocalGov Drupal.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-march-14th-2025https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-march-14th-2025Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:00:00 GMTWriting good code is not about how many lines you deliver in a day, it's about the quality of those lines.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/daddy-why-did-it-take-you-3-hours-to-write-4-lines-of-javascripthttps://mark.ie/blog/daddy-why-did-it-take-you-3-hours-to-write-4-lines-of-javascriptFri, 07 Feb 2025 14:50:23 GMTI was asked via a private message on LinkedIn: What word of advice would you give to help me build a successful agency ?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/be-the-best-in-the-worldhttps://mark.ie/blog/be-the-best-in-the-worldFri, 07 Feb 2025 14:04:10 GMTWe are thrilled to announce the latest expansion of the AskAnApi app, now available for a wider range of platforms.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/exciting-news-askanapi-app-expands-to-new-platformshttps://mark.ie/blog/exciting-news-askanapi-app-expands-to-new-platformsFri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMTRewriting a lot of JavaScript and creating a contact component.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-december-20th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-december-20th-2024Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMTYour Go-To Source for Drupal Answers, direct from trusted sources only.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/introducing-the-new-chatgpt-powered-drupal-answers-portalhttps://mark.ie/blog/introducing-the-new-chatgpt-powered-drupal-answers-portalFri, 29 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMTThis week I fixed lots and lots of accessibility issues.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-29nd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-29nd-2024Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTThis week, lots of work on the LocalGov News module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-22nd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-22nd-2024Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTI’m thrilled to introduce Deny All Cookies, the ultimate one-click solution to help you reclaim your online privacy and eliminate those annoying cookie consent banners.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/take-back-control-say-goodbye-to-cookie-pop-ups-with-deny-all-cookieshttps://mark.ie/blog/take-back-control-say-goodbye-to-cookie-pop-ups-with-deny-all-cookiesTue, 19 Nov 2024 09:00:00 GMTLocalGov Drupal week + code contributions + getting elected on to the board of Open Digital Cooperative. It's been a busy week.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-15th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-15th-2024Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTI created a dashboard for testing multiple URLs at the same time using Axe.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-8th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-november-8th-2024Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTLocalGov Drupal is the epitome of the principles of a Digital Public Good.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-lgd-a-digital-public-good-transforming-government-serviceshttps://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-lgd-a-digital-public-good-transforming-government-servicesWed, 06 Nov 2024 15:28:06 GMTUsing CSS, we can make nested ordered lists automatically display in a numbered hierarchy—like "1, 1.1, 1.2, 2, 2.1", without any additional HTML markup changes. Here’s how to set it up!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/nested-lists-in-css-with-a-numbered-hierarchyhttps://mark.ie/blog/nested-lists-in-css-with-a-numbered-hierarchyMon, 04 Nov 2024 12:58:49 GMTLet’s explore why it’s the CMS of choice for councils across the UK!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/why-your-council-should-consider-localgov-drupal-for-your-websites-cmshttps://mark.ie/blog/why-your-council-should-consider-localgov-drupal-for-your-websites-cmsFri, 01 Nov 2024 15:43:29 GMTAs I said on linked in, this week my brain was fried and also buzzing while working on getting a beta release of the LocalGov Live Preview module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/live-preview-module-for-localgov-microsites-is-beta-readyhttps://mark.ie/blog/live-preview-module-for-localgov-microsites-is-beta-readyThu, 24 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMTThis week was powered by the letter M and the noun "meetings".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-october-18th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-october-18th-2024Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMTThis week as part of my "Editor Experience" work for LocalGov Drupal, I worked on creating a feature to allow editors to clone pages of their sites.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/cloning-content-in-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/cloning-content-in-a-localgov-drupal-websiteThu, 10 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMTThis week, I spent my time mostly looking at issues tagged with "Editor Experience".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-october-4th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-october-4th-2024Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMTI spent a lot of time this week working on LocalGov Base. It's great to have a strong core that all other themes can build upon.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-27th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-27th-2024Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTToday I launched a new service, matching available Drupal developers with recruiters and agencies that are hiring.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/need-to-hire-drupal-developers-i-can-help-youhttps://mark.ie/blog/need-to-hire-drupal-developers-i-can-help-youMon, 23 Sep 2024 19:00:00 GMTDo one thing, do it well - this week I spent most of my time creating a live preview module for microsites.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-20th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-20th-2024Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTI had great fun today expanding what was a proof-of-concept module from last year into a very usable live preview module for LGD Microsites.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/live-previews-for-localgov-microsites-design-changeshttps://mark.ie/blog/live-previews-for-localgov-microsites-design-changesMon, 16 Sep 2024 15:48:09 GMTThis week's big issue was building a prototype for "Axe Thrower" so we can "throw" multiple URLs at AXE at the same time.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-13th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-13th-2024Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTLet's see how to test multiple URLs for accessibility issues all at the same time, and digested into a report.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/testing-multiple-urls-at-once-with-axe-corehttps://mark.ie/blog/testing-multiple-urls-at-once-with-axe-coreWed, 11 Sep 2024 10:38:46 GMTI've got some big news.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/the-confident-mark-conroys-new-drupal-agencyhttps://mark.ie/blog/the-confident-mark-conroys-new-drupal-agencyFri, 06 Sep 2024 11:03:09 GMTOne of those weeks where we got lots and lots of smaller issues cleared up, and a new module released, and a very quirky bug discovered.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-6th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-6th-2024Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTThis week was all about catching up on notifications and open PRs from last week, and creating a mega amount of new PRs.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-30th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-30th-2024Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTWhen the value of the placeholder is the same as the value you need in the field, it just looks like a disabled field.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/placeholders-are-often-a-bad-ux-patternhttps://mark.ie/blog/placeholders-are-often-a-bad-ux-patternThu, 29 Aug 2024 10:31:11 GMTI've been spending some time recently trying to get the Umami demo message from toolbar into the navigation module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-23rd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-23rd-2024Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:23:16 GMTThis week I built a LocalGov Drupal dashboard, so we can better keep track of all our projects.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-23rd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-23rd-2024Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-16th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-16th-2024Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-16th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-16th-2024Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-9th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-9th-2024Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-9th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-9th-2024Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTI have a small window of time available if you'd like to get credits for sponsoring Drupal contributions.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/sponsorship-slot-available-for-drupal-contribution-creditshttps://mark.ie/blog/sponsorship-slot-available-for-drupal-contribution-creditsWed, 07 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-2nd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-august-2nd-2024Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-2nd-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-august-2nd-2024Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's a short video outlining the features of the LocalGov Drupal KeyNav module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-use-the-localgov-drupal-keynav-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/how-to-use-the-localgov-drupal-keynav-moduleThu, 01 Aug 2024 08:21:23 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-26th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-26th-2024Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-26th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-26th-2024Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-19th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-19th-2024Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-19th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-19th-2024Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTWouldn't it be cool if we could get around our LocalGov Drupal websites by using keyboard shortcuts?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/keyboard-navigation-for-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/keyboard-navigation-for-a-localgov-drupal-websiteWed, 17 Jul 2024 09:27:06 GMTNo tricks, no gimmicks, just straight-up vanilla CSS with 3 custom properties to create a vertical rhythm system to use on all your projects.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-a-vertical-rhythm-system-in-10-lines-of-csshttps://mark.ie/blog/create-a-vertical-rhythm-system-in-10-lines-of-cssFri, 12 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-12th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-12th-2024Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-12th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-12th-2024Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTContributing to LocalGov Drupal is a great way to get used to how the platform works, and, in turn, makes the platform better for everyone. Here's some thoughts on how to get started.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/want-to-contribute-to-localgov-drupal-but-dont-know-where-to-starthttps://mark.ie/blog/want-to-contribute-to-localgov-drupal-but-dont-know-where-to-startMon, 08 Jul 2024 09:08:47 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-5th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-july-5th-2024Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTOver the past few weeks I've been sharing handy ways to set up Drupal for easier Drupal core development. Here's a bash script for installing Drupal and allowing you to choose what profile you want.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-bash-script-to-install-different-drupal-profiles-the-easy-wayhttps://mark.ie/blog/a-bash-script-to-install-different-drupal-profiles-the-easy-wayFri, 05 Jul 2024 09:49:54 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-5th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-july-5th-2024Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-28th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-28th-2024Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-28th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-28th-2024Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:21:30 GMTI wanted to see if I could build a basic, non-invasive analytics system with Supabase. Answer, I could.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-i-built-a-simple-analytics-system-in-less-than-20-lines-of-javascript-with-supabasehttps://mark.ie/blog/how-i-built-a-simple-analytics-system-in-less-than-20-lines-of-javascript-with-supabaseSat, 22 Jun 2024 21:10:58 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-21th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-21th-2024Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTLast week I wrote about how to set up Drupal for core contributing using DDEV. This week I decided to write a bash script so I wouldn't have to remember what I did, it would "just work".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-bash-script-to-set-up-drupal-for-local-development-using-ddevhttps://mark.ie/blog/a-bash-script-to-set-up-drupal-for-local-development-using-ddevFri, 21 Jun 2024 09:45:11 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-21th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-21th-2024Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Code Enigma for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-14th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-drupal-core-contributions-for-week-ending-june-14th-2024Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTContributing to Drupal core is a little different to contributing to a contrib module. This blog post was written during my Drupal core contribution time, sponsored by Code Enigma.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-a-local-development-environment-with-ddev-to-contribute-to-drupal-corehttps://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-a-local-development-environment-with-ddev-to-contribute-to-drupal-coreFri, 14 Jun 2024 11:42:01 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-14th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-14th-2024Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-7th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-june-7th-2024Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-may-31th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-may-31th-2024Fri, 31 May 2024 16:00:00 GMTHere's what I've been working on for my LocalGov Drupal contributions this week. Thanks to Big Blue Door for sponsoring the time to work on these.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-may-24th-2024https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-may-24th-2024Thu, 23 May 2024 16:00:00 GMTNo sooner had I written a blog post suggesting people could sponsor my work on LocalGov Drupal than Big Blue Door had answered the call.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/big-blue-door-are-going-to-sponsor-me-to-work-on-localgov-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/big-blue-door-are-going-to-sponsor-me-to-work-on-localgov-drupalFri, 17 May 2024 15:46:53 GMTLots of agencies want to contribute more to Drupal, but don't have the time due to client work. Let's fix that.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/does-your-agency-want-to-contribute-more-to-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/does-your-agency-want-to-contribute-more-to-drupalMon, 13 May 2024 14:00:17 GMTWant to create a simple image for sharing a blog post. I created a little web app for this this evening.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/social-media-image-generatorhttps://mark.ie/blog/social-media-image-generatorWed, 27 Mar 2024 20:04:29 GMTCreate subsites with a different look and feel to the rest of your LocalGov Drupal website.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/using-the-localgov-drupal-subsites-extras-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/using-the-localgov-drupal-subsites-extras-moduleWed, 27 Mar 2024 12:32:26 GMTHow do hide the arrow on the details summary element with CSS? Easy.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/hide-the-arrow-on-details-summary-elementhttps://mark.ie/blog/hide-the-arrow-on-details-summary-elementFri, 15 Mar 2024 11:11:44 GMTI had a great time talking today with the other members of the first GOV.UK design system assembly.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/the-first-govuk-design-system-assemblyhttps://mark.ie/blog/the-first-govuk-design-system-assemblyTue, 05 Mar 2024 17:21:27 GMTMost CSS nesting works, but some does not.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/nesting-css-in-ios-less-than-ios-17-is-a-little-bit-buggyhttps://mark.ie/blog/nesting-css-in-ios-less-than-ios-17-is-a-little-bit-buggyThu, 29 Feb 2024 16:46:45 GMTInstead of showing the original author of a node, show the last person to edit it.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/show-the-last-author-of-a-node-in-the-drupal-content-listhttps://mark.ie/blog/show-the-last-author-of-a-node-in-the-drupal-content-listWed, 07 Feb 2024 14:40:18 GMTI don’t think web components get the kudos they deserve. But as we start to see a shift towards writing more vanilla CSS and JavaScript, I think they are going to become more popular in the coming years.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/nesting-web-components-in-vanilla-javascripthttps://mark.ie/blog/nesting-web-components-in-vanilla-javascriptMon, 29 Jan 2024 14:53:34 GMTEver needed to give a Drupal content editor access to edit site sections instead of the whole site? Introducing the Content Access by Path module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-content-access-by-path-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-content-access-by-path-moduleThu, 18 Jan 2024 15:47:13 GMTThere are 2 parts to a link, the "text" you see and the "destination" that you will be brought to.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/this-is-how-you-can-get-caught-out-when-you-click-on-a-link-in-a-text-message-or-emailhttps://mark.ie/blog/this-is-how-you-can-get-caught-out-when-you-click-on-a-link-in-a-text-message-or-emailThu, 04 Jan 2024 14:02:55 GMTDon't get caught out by changing the colour of one thing on your website but affecting the colour of something you didn't intend to affect.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/regression-testing-by-adding-backstopjs-to-your-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/regression-testing-by-adding-backstopjs-to-your-websiteWed, 06 Dec 2023 15:21:09 GMT2013 to 2023, where did that time go?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/10-years-at-annertech-todayhttps://mark.ie/blog/10-years-at-annertech-todayFri, 01 Dec 2023 15:47:37 GMTOnce is a Drupal library - available on npm - that ensures your JavaScript only runs once when working on any item.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-use-once-in-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/how-to-use-once-in-drupalFri, 17 Nov 2023 15:19:41 GMTThere's a (hidden away) module in LocalGov Drupal that's a game-changer for layout possibilities.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/adding-advanced-layouts-to-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/adding-advanced-layouts-to-a-localgov-drupal-websiteWed, 15 Nov 2023 14:22:59 GMTEver needed to create a "decision tree" or "Smart Answers" feature and didn't know where to start? It's pretty easy if you use Drupal's webform module and add conditional handlers for the confirmation settings (all through a few clicks in the webform UI).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/using-drupals-webform-module-to-create-a-decision-treehttps://mark.ie/blog/using-drupals-webform-module-to-create-a-decision-treeMon, 13 Nov 2023 14:16:14 GMTThis is a short video for how to use the LocalGov Content Access Control Module, based on Drupal's Workbench Access module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-access-control-with-drupals-workbench-access-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-access-control-with-drupals-workbench-access-moduleWed, 08 Nov 2023 10:38:39 GMTWe added Drupal's default pink background to LocalGov Drupal's unpublished pages recently. It didn't go down as well as we might have hoped!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/proposed-new-theme-settings-for-localgov-drupal-unpublished-contenthttps://mark.ie/blog/proposed-new-theme-settings-for-localgov-drupal-unpublished-contentWed, 08 Nov 2023 10:20:43 GMTA short video demo showing how I quickly created 4 LocalGov Drupal Microsites themes.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-a-localgov-drupal-microsite-themehttps://mark.ie/blog/create-a-localgov-drupal-microsite-themeThu, 20 Jul 2023 14:49:38 GMTHere's my set up for starting up the apps I use each day before I get to my computer in the morning.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/automate-the-boring-bitshttps://mark.ie/blog/automate-the-boring-bitsTue, 18 Jul 2023 19:06:27 GMTUpdate your microsite and see the changes in real time without having to publish them.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/live-preview-of-changing-the-design-of-your-localgov-drupal-micrositehttps://mark.ie/blog/live-preview-of-changing-the-design-of-your-localgov-drupal-micrositeThu, 06 Jul 2023 13:02:19 GMThttps://mark.ie/blog/very-basic-example-of-editing-drupal-nodes-in-a-modalhttps://mark.ie/blog/very-basic-example-of-editing-drupal-nodes-in-a-modalWed, 05 Jul 2023 19:30:47 GMTYou know what's cool about writing vanilla CSS and JavaScript, and NOT using minification tools?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/keepin-it-simple-writing-vanilla-css-and-javascript-onlyhttps://mark.ie/blog/keepin-it-simple-writing-vanilla-css-and-javascript-onlyMon, 19 Jun 2023 09:06:52 GMTSingle-Directory Components (SDC) is the biggest change to Drupal theming since the introduction of Twig. Here's an "unboxxing" walkthrough of how it works.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/wtf-is-sdc-in-drupal-corehttps://mark.ie/blog/wtf-is-sdc-in-drupal-coreFri, 21 Apr 2023 11:57:00 GMTWe've had lots of requests for changing the design of subsites in LGD. Here's how I'd do it.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/creating-different-styles-for-subsites-within-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/creating-different-styles-for-subsites-within-a-localgov-drupal-websiteThu, 09 Mar 2023 17:52:19 GMTDecoupling your frontend (Gatsby) from your backend (Drupal) is the Holy Grail. Change/update one without affecting the other. But what happens when both frameworks release a new version at the same time?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/double-whammy-upgrading-to-drupal-10-and-gatsby-5-at-the-same-timehttps://mark.ie/blog/double-whammy-upgrading-to-drupal-10-and-gatsby-5-at-the-same-timeFri, 06 Jan 2023 10:59:24 GMTIn CSS, how do you calculate flex-basis (or width) for items to make sure they fill the area they are supposed to, without using flex-grow.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/calculating-flex-basis-for-items-when-the-parent-flex-item-uses-gaphttps://mark.ie/blog/calculating-flex-basis-for-items-when-the-parent-flex-item-uses-gapWed, 05 Oct 2022 13:14:02 GMTResetting CSS variables in the age of stylelint!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/am-i-a-genius-or-is-this-madness-or-bothhttps://mark.ie/blog/am-i-a-genius-or-is-this-madness-or-bothThu, 29 Sep 2022 08:53:52 GMTHere's a small edit to the Drupal field template we could make so it's much easier to read.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/simplified-drupal-field-template-but-the-same-markup-renderedhttps://mark.ie/blog/simplified-drupal-field-template-but-the-same-markup-renderedFri, 02 Sep 2022 10:41:10 GMTWhile searching for a clickbait generator to post something funny on an internal team chat, I came across writecream.com which claims to write high quality AI-generated articles. Here's what it came up with for an article titled "Drupal Security Best Practices".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/this-is-an-ai-generated-article-about-drupal-security-best-practiceshttps://mark.ie/blog/this-is-an-ai-generated-article-about-drupal-security-best-practicesWed, 24 Aug 2022 09:58:07 GMTThanks to Tipperary County Council for making this work open source, so any council in Ireland can automatically publish all their council services on their website.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/programmatically-adding-all-your-irish-councils-services-to-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/programmatically-adding-all-your-irish-councils-services-to-a-localgov-drupal-websiteMon, 27 Jun 2022 09:47:55 GMTI created a small web app to keep track of things I learn each day.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/til-today-i-learned-a-web-app-by-mehttps://mark.ie/blog/til-today-i-learned-a-web-app-by-meMon, 20 Jun 2022 19:56:39 GMTHow to create a Drupal field group programatically in Drupal 8, 9, 10, etc.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-drupal-field-group-programmaticallyhttps://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-drupal-field-group-programmaticallyThu, 02 Jun 2022 13:26:12 GMTDemo/tutorial on how to create a color-picker field for a Drupal website (since color module is now deprecated).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-colour-picker-field-for-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-colour-picker-field-for-drupalWed, 01 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMTHere's a braindump to a question I answered on Slack today about choosing an e-commerce solution for Drupal.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/braindump-choosing-an-e-commerce-solution-for-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/braindump-choosing-an-e-commerce-solution-for-drupalWed, 11 May 2022 20:41:20 GMTI took the schema.org blueprints module for a spin in a "box-opening" video. I was amazed!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/what-is-the-schemaorg-blueprints-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/what-is-the-schemaorg-blueprints-moduleWed, 11 May 2022 10:10:22 GMTHere's a short video giving a proof-of-concept for how to create a customisable footer for a microsite based on LocalGov Drupal and Group Module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/sneak-peak-proof-of-concept-of-customisable-footer-for-a-localgov-drupal-micrositehttps://mark.ie/blog/sneak-peak-proof-of-concept-of-customisable-footer-for-a-localgov-drupal-micrositeWed, 20 Apr 2022 11:28:01 GMTI had great fun on the Talking Drupal podcast, where myself, Will, and Finn shared thoughts and experiences of the LGD distribution that we've been working on.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-on-the-talking-drupal-podcasthttps://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-on-the-talking-drupal-podcastFri, 25 Feb 2022 15:13:29 GMTSure, you have a strong password, but does it look good?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/generate-your-password-based-on-css-colour-nameshttps://mark.ie/blog/generate-your-password-based-on-css-colour-namesFri, 03 Sep 2021 20:32:22 GMTSimple PoC to decoupled the news section of a LocalGov Drupal website using Gatsby.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-a-decoupled-council-news-site-with-localgov-drupal-and-gatsbyhttps://mark.ie/blog/create-a-decoupled-council-news-site-with-localgov-drupal-and-gatsbyTue, 17 Aug 2021 13:49:20 GMTWe've put together a pretty cool base theme for the LocalGov Drupal distribution. Then we created a script for sub-theming. Everything is simple.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-a-sub-theme-for-a-localgov-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/create-a-sub-theme-for-a-localgov-drupal-websiteThu, 15 Jul 2021 15:24:03 GMTTheme settings are simple and powerful, here's me figuring out how to create one.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-a-theme-settings-page-for-a-drupal-themehttps://mark.ie/blog/create-a-theme-settings-page-for-a-drupal-themeWed, 02 Jun 2021 20:59:41 GMTDrupal currently supports IE11, and will do until Drupal 10 in about a year's time. Here's my proposal for how to support IE11 in a distribution without holding back from modern CSS.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/supporting-ie11-while-still-using-modern-csshttps://mark.ie/blog/supporting-ie11-while-still-using-modern-cssThu, 13 May 2021 15:00:43 GMTWe often end up with a lot of templates when theming, but we should also remember to create "sensible defaults", so before you start theming specifically your site doesn't look broken.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-creating-sensible-defaults-in-your-themehttps://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-creating-sensible-defaults-in-your-themeThu, 13 May 2021 12:01:56 GMTHere's an example of where "less is more" sometimes. I reckon we can make the video paragraph type in LocalGov Drupal simpler by just removing the template.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-refactoring-code-video-paragraph-typehttps://mark.ie/blog/localgov-drupal-refactoring-code-video-paragraph-typeTue, 11 May 2021 14:51:54 GMTCurrently LocalGov Drupal relies on Bootstrap for its grid system. I think we can achieve a really nice grid system with about 30 lines of CSS. Let's see!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/proof-of-concept-new-grid-system-for-localgov-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/proof-of-concept-new-grid-system-for-localgov-drupalThu, 29 Apr 2021 16:06:57 GMTI've been doing a lot of contribution to LocalGov Drupal. Here's my thought process when refactoring some code for the alert banner module.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/refactoring-code-localgov-drupal-alert-bannerhttps://mark.ie/blog/refactoring-code-localgov-drupal-alert-bannerThu, 29 Apr 2021 10:13:28 GMTOk, maybe the title is a bit ambitious, but here's a little proof-of-concept video of any idea for sub-theming I have been working on.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-theming-like-a-prohttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-theming-like-a-proWed, 28 Apr 2021 20:05:37 GMTJust had my first article for CSS Tricks published, where I wrote about creating a tag cloud using some very simple CSS and JS.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/css-tricks-article-create-tag-cloud-with-css-and-javascripthttps://mark.ie/blog/css-tricks-article-create-tag-cloud-with-css-and-javascriptMon, 28 Dec 2020 16:08:35 GMTHere are two short, related videos demoing how I create a view mode component, use that view mode in a views list in Patternlab, and then integrate both with Drupal.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/create-view-mode-component-and-views-list-in-patternlab-and-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/create-view-mode-component-and-views-list-in-patternlab-and-drupalWed, 23 Dec 2020 10:15:24 GMTWhen every tutorial for syntax highlighting in Gatsby talks about highlight.js markdown but you have a Drupal website, you need to write your own for posterity. Here's mine.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/add-highlightjs-syntax-highlighting-to-a-gatsby-rendered-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/add-highlightjs-syntax-highlighting-to-a-gatsby-rendered-drupal-websiteThu, 10 Dec 2020 19:57:30 GMTI created a small page to display every named-css colour (or color, depending on your flavour (or flavor!) of English)!)

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-list-of-every-named-css-colourhttps://mark.ie/blog/a-list-of-every-named-css-colourFri, 30 Oct 2020 20:22:32 GMTThis is a small proof-of-concept in which the colours of a website change based on the time of day.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/website-colours-decided-by-timehttps://mark.ie/blog/website-colours-decided-by-timeSat, 24 Oct 2020 12:21:52 GMTHere's a small repo/example I set up, updating the <meter> element with JavaScript, depending on the current date/time.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/what-percent-of-time-is-ithttps://mark.ie/blog/what-percent-of-time-is-itTue, 13 Oct 2020 15:53:41 GMTI was working on a 5-year old codebase today. Here's a tiny section of CSS that I think I tidied up quite nicely.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/refactoring-some-old-codehttps://mark.ie/blog/refactoring-some-old-codeMon, 12 Oct 2020 18:26:08 GMTI had a very large key_value_expire table, even though Honeypot module had been uninstalled.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-keyvalueexpire-table-is-very-large-because-of-honeypot-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-keyvalueexpire-table-is-very-large-because-of-honeypot-moduleWed, 29 Jul 2020 18:52:09 GMTURLs, the foundation of the web, vs image maps (which 1999 told to come in for their dinner a long time ago).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-links-are-waaaaaay-better-than-invision-hotspotshttps://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-links-are-waaaaaay-better-than-invision-hotspotsFri, 19 Jun 2020 19:00:00 GMTThe web is a publishing platform. First things first, we should get our semantics right, just like we expect a book publisher to do.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/get-the-semantics-right-then-the-styling-right-try-to-keep-everyone-happyhttps://mark.ie/blog/get-the-semantics-right-then-the-styling-right-try-to-keep-everyone-happyWed, 08 Apr 2020 10:20:46 GMTI think I have enough keywords in the title to get a few clicks about Gatsby, Netlify, GitHub, and Strava!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/build-a-netlify-hosted-github-auto-deploying-gatsby-based-website-to-display-your-strava-datahttps://mark.ie/blog/build-a-netlify-hosted-github-auto-deploying-gatsby-based-website-to-display-your-strava-dataMon, 06 Apr 2020 09:00:00 GMTMany years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/what-is-the-best-opening-sentence-to-a-novel-you-have-readhttps://mark.ie/blog/what-is-the-best-opening-sentence-to-a-novel-you-have-readFri, 06 Dec 2019 13:21:57 GMTSomeone asked in Slack today how to print the URL of the node that a paragraph is on. I was up to the challenge.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/printing-values-of-a-parent-node-from-a-drupal-paragraphs-fieldhttps://mark.ie/blog/printing-values-of-a-parent-node-from-a-drupal-paragraphs-fieldThu, 03 Oct 2019 16:01:25 GMTDon't want to hit print, then save as PDF, then open the PDF viewer ... again and again and again?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/viewing-your-website-in-print-mode-when-creating-print-stylesheetshttps://mark.ie/blog/viewing-your-website-in-print-mode-when-creating-print-stylesheetsMon, 16 Sep 2019 17:01:54 GMTWanna know my rules when I am writing templates in PatternLab for Drupal view modes such as teasers, cards, search results, etc? Read on, my friend...

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/writing-view-mode-templates-in-patternlabhttps://mark.ie/blog/writing-view-mode-templates-in-patternlabFri, 13 Sep 2019 16:53:20 GMTI was playing around with the SpeechRecognition API last night and thought, "wouldn't it be cool if we could use voice to administer a website?". Then, I put together this tiny proof of concept module for use with Drupal.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-very-simple-poc-of-using-voice-to-admin-a-drupal-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/a-very-simple-poc-of-using-voice-to-admin-a-drupal-websiteTue, 14 May 2019 11:10:34 GMTWe had a case where on some views we needed to print the header above the exposed filters and on others we needed to print the header after the exposed filters. Here's my simple solution.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/printing-regions-in-views-in-different-places-using-the-same-templatehttps://mark.ie/blog/printing-regions-in-views-in-different-places-using-the-same-templateWed, 10 Apr 2019 11:08:38 GMTLinking patterns allows us to give our users a real feeling for how the website is going to work, on real devices, which things like InVision can never do. Here's some simple approaches.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-linking-to-patternshttps://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-linking-to-patternsThu, 07 Mar 2019 11:27:25 GMTWhen using the flex shorthand, you cannot use % for flex-basis if using calc.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/ie11-flexbox-bug-flex-basis-with-calc-when-using-flex-shorthandhttps://mark.ie/blog/ie11-flexbox-bug-flex-basis-with-calc-when-using-flex-shorthandTue, 05 Mar 2019 08:21:02 GMTA simple request: we need an 'Add to Calendar' widget to add our events to Google Calendar, iCal, and Outlook. Simple (once I had completed it!).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/creating-an-add-to-calendar-widget-in-drupalhttps://mark.ie/blog/creating-an-add-to-calendar-widget-in-drupalTue, 08 Jan 2019 21:11:37 GMTI'm often asked about Parkrun (in Portumna, Galway specifically), so here's a brief outline.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/parkrun-portumna-a-brief-outlinehttps://mark.ie/blog/parkrun-portumna-a-brief-outlineFri, 04 Jan 2019 11:00:15 GMTNot exhaustive, not fully-fleshed out, but here's a braindump on what I believe helps sustainable front-end development. Oh, and there's 12 tips, so you can ignore the two controversial ones if you want!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/10-simple-tips-for-front-end-developershttps://mark.ie/blog/10-simple-tips-for-front-end-developersWed, 19 Dec 2018 17:36:16 GMTSketch file complaining that it is missing fonts? Need to have Ionicons installed on your system so you can see what icons are being used in Sketch? Read on my friends...

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/sketch-missing-fonts-how-to-install-ionicons-on-a-machttps://mark.ie/blog/sketch-missing-fonts-how-to-install-ionicons-on-a-macMon, 05 Nov 2018 10:49:35 GMTI have a card component with a title, image, text, and link. How come all my card variants are inheriting all the values from the default one? Short answer, you don't. It's a feature, not a bug.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/can-i-stop-patternlab-variants-from-inheriting-data-from-their-parent-componenthttps://mark.ie/blog/can-i-stop-patternlab-variants-from-inheriting-data-from-their-parent-componentFri, 19 Oct 2018 12:01:33 GMTWhat would make for a first-class, enterprise-ready, front-end development team?

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/10-thoughts-on-running-a-front-end-team-for-an-enterprise-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/10-thoughts-on-running-a-front-end-team-for-an-enterprise-websiteSat, 22 Sep 2018 13:55:45 GMTResponsive images in PatternLab get a bit of a bad rap sometimes, because they are tricky to have in PL and Drupal. Here's my "easy way" of achieving it.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/responsive-images-with-patternlab-and-drupal-the-easy-wayhttps://mark.ie/blog/responsive-images-with-patternlab-and-drupal-the-easy-wayThu, 20 Sep 2018 15:39:06 GMTIt does what it says on the tin.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/simple-flexbox-layout-for-sidebar-main-content-areahttps://mark.ie/blog/simple-flexbox-layout-for-sidebar-main-content-areaWed, 19 Sep 2018 08:52:14 GMTI first read Epic by Patrick Kavanagh for my Junior Cert in the early '90s. At 40, I find it very hard to not consider it my favourite poem. An epic piece of work.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/epic-by-patrick-kavanaghhttps://mark.ie/blog/epic-by-patrick-kavanaghMon, 17 Sep 2018 11:47:19 GMTYes, I know, there's more than one way to integrate PatternLab with Drupal. Here's how I create a card component and map it to Drupal.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-card-component-in-patternlab-and-mapping-to-drupal-the-right-wayhttps://mark.ie/blog/creating-a-card-component-in-patternlab-and-mapping-to-drupal-the-right-waySat, 08 Sep 2018 12:51:07 GMTYou know the scenario - you want to list nodes that have the same taxonomy term(s) as the node you are currently viewing. Easy, but you also want to exclude the currently-being-viewed node from the list. Always trips me up.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/exclude-current-node-from-list-of-related-nodes-by-taxonomy-termhttps://mark.ie/blog/exclude-current-node-from-list-of-related-nodes-by-taxonomy-termSat, 28 Jul 2018 10:28:37 GMTTo the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, to the next time when I need to get the value of file field to use as a variable in Drupal 8 with Twig.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/getting-value-uri-of-a-drupal-media-file-field-from-within-a-twig-templatehttps://mark.ie/blog/getting-value-uri-of-a-drupal-media-file-field-from-within-a-twig-templateTue, 17 Jul 2018 16:07:47 GMTHow do I align a custom list-style/bullet point in a list with CSS? You use flexbox!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/css-align-before-items-vertically-with-contenthttps://mark.ie/blog/css-align-before-items-vertically-with-contentMon, 16 Jul 2018 09:46:40 GMTToday, I got to film one flying over my house, then swooping out of sight (I presume for prey - if not, let me believe so!).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/white-tailed-sea-eagle-diving-for-prey-portumna-galwayhttps://mark.ie/blog/white-tailed-sea-eagle-diving-for-prey-portumna-galwayWed, 04 Jul 2018 12:21:50 GMTHere's a very short video demo of editing a menu using Drupal's Settings Tray module. Things like this will be what drives Drupal adoption.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupals-settings-tray-module-is-freakin-awesomehttps://mark.ie/blog/drupals-settings-tray-module-is-freakin-awesomeThu, 21 Jun 2018 08:55:17 GMTLet's revisit my recent post and see if we can come up with more user-friendly names for PatternLab items.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-your-clients-dont-need-a-science-lessonhttps://mark.ie/blog/patternlab-your-clients-dont-need-a-science-lessonMon, 18 Jun 2018 20:24:52 GMTOver and over again, I get designers telling me "this is a h4, and the following text is a h3". You cannot place a h3 inside a h4. Let's nation-build.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/if-heading-tags-were-a-nation-statehttps://mark.ie/blog/if-heading-tags-were-a-nation-stateFri, 15 Jun 2018 12:33:28 GMTI'm sometimes asked for an overview of my general approach to PatternLab. Simple: put everything for each component in the same directory!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-approach-to-patternlabhttps://mark.ie/blog/my-approach-to-patternlabFri, 18 May 2018 14:43:04 GMTHere's two very interesting takeaways I got from the IndieHackers Podcast with David Smooke of Hacker Noon.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/once-youre-80-happy-with-your-content-publish-ithttps://mark.ie/blog/once-youre-80-happy-with-your-content-publish-itWed, 16 May 2018 09:47:17 GMTMission: you have 2 fields in a Drupal paragraph bundle, one a node reference field and one a boolean field. Show certain fields in the referenced node depending on the value of the boolean field.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/showing-fields-in-a-referenced-node-depending-on-the-value-of-a-boolean-in-a-paragraph-bundlehttps://mark.ie/blog/showing-fields-in-a-referenced-node-depending-on-the-value-of-a-boolean-in-a-paragraph-bundleWed, 25 Apr 2018 13:18:40 GMTEver gotten this error: User error: “attributes” is an invalid render array key? Here's what I do to get around it. If you've a better solution, let me know.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/adding-attributes-to-a-drupal-patternlab-themehttps://mark.ie/blog/adding-attributes-to-a-drupal-patternlab-themeMon, 16 Apr 2018 18:52:17 GMTSliders, those big ugly ad-like things on the top of most homepages, are, for the most part, hiding your most important information.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/add-a-slider-to-your-website-if-you-do-not-want-your-visitors-to-see-your-contenthttps://mark.ie/blog/add-a-slider-to-your-website-if-you-do-not-want-your-visitors-to-see-your-contentFri, 16 Mar 2018 10:24:54 GMTWho's responsibility is it to know about the site's information hierarchy? The designer's? The developer's? I believe everyone's.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-basic-outline-of-using-html-heading-tagshttps://mark.ie/blog/a-basic-outline-of-using-html-heading-tagsWed, 14 Mar 2018 16:32:58 GMTImplementing designs is tricky at the best of times. But you, as a designer, can make life easier.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/designers-as-a-frontend-developer-here-are-some-things-i-do-not-want-from-youhttps://mark.ie/blog/designers-as-a-frontend-developer-here-are-some-things-i-do-not-want-from-youWed, 14 Mar 2018 16:28:15 GMTSome thoughts on the great purge that happens every now and then, also known as "I'm removing anyone who hasn't commented on my Facebook posts recently".

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/facebook-the-theory-of-the-great-purgehttps://mark.ie/blog/facebook-the-theory-of-the-great-purgeFri, 02 Mar 2018 21:04:12 GMTHere's a small piece of CSS - simple, but posting here for posterity - to add a different style to a hovered/focussed link's ::after pseudo element.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/differentiating-a-hovered-links-after-pseudo-elementhttps://mark.ie/blog/differentiating-a-hovered-links-after-pseudo-elementFri, 02 Mar 2018 13:45:26 GMTAfter two years of planning, discussing, and (eventually) coding, the "Out of the Box" initiative has just been committed to Drupal Core.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/out-of-the-box-has-just-been-committed-to-drupal-core-86xhttps://mark.ie/blog/out-of-the-box-has-just-been-committed-to-drupal-core-86xFri, 19 Jan 2018 13:30:20 GMTLet's get to grips with having a text with image paragraph bundle set up with PatternLab, including having options for left/right for the image/text.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/integrating-a-drupal-text-with-image-paragraph-bundle-with-patternlabhttps://mark.ie/blog/integrating-a-drupal-text-with-image-paragraph-bundle-with-patternlabSat, 30 Dec 2017 14:25:52 GMTI was an early adopter of Atom, starting sometime in 2014 when Atom was still in Beta. Here's a short list of my currently installed packages.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/my-atom-packageshttps://mark.ie/blog/my-atom-packagesThu, 28 Dec 2017 16:35:32 GMTThis is the first post in a series about how to integrate Drupal with PatternLab. In this first blog post, we'll look at a simple text paragraph bundle, which just has one field: text (formatted, long).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/integrating-a-simple-drupal-text-paragraph-bundle-with-patternlabhttps://mark.ie/blog/integrating-a-simple-drupal-text-paragraph-bundle-with-patternlabThu, 21 Dec 2017 19:49:51 GMTMetatag cannot directly extract an image url from a media field referenced by another entity.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/adding-tokens-for-metatag-image-fields-when-using-drupal-media-entityhttps://mark.ie/blog/adding-tokens-for-metatag-image-fields-when-using-drupal-media-entitySat, 14 Oct 2017 13:19:50 GMTSeems like just yesterday since we held DrupalCon in Dublin, now we're back with our annual Drupal Camp Dublin.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-dublin-is-next-week-last-chance-for-ticketshttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-dublin-is-next-week-last-chance-for-ticketsWed, 11 Oct 2017 18:44:34 GMTYou know you want a t-shirt at DrupalCon Vienna, right? I do. read on...

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-simple-plan-for-everyone-to-get-a-free-t-shirt-at-drupalconhttps://mark.ie/blog/a-simple-plan-for-everyone-to-get-a-free-t-shirt-at-drupalconSat, 29 Jul 2017 09:54:52 GMTNevermind changed my life. That is all.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/nevermind-is-25-years-old-todayhttps://mark.ie/blog/nevermind-is-25-years-old-todaySat, 24 Sep 2016 12:56:57 GMTEver wonder if you should add a slider/carousel to your website? Here's a simple guide.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/should-i-add-a-slider-or-carousel-to-my-websitehttps://mark.ie/blog/should-i-add-a-slider-or-carousel-to-my-websiteSat, 18 Jun 2016 20:59:36 GMTStop me if this sounds familiar - "the website is not the same as the designs"!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/a-conversation-i-have-with-nearly-every-designerhttps://mark.ie/blog/a-conversation-i-have-with-nearly-every-designerFri, 17 Jun 2016 21:15:51 GMTI consider filling out the Census 2016 form (in its present state) worrying and potentially dangerous.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/ireland-census-2016-vs-privacyhttps://mark.ie/blog/ireland-census-2016-vs-privacyThu, 21 Apr 2016 17:17:42 GMTMossack Fonseca's 'client portal' (the part where all the information the world is interested in was uploaded) is running on a version of Drupal (7.23) that they haven't updated in over 3 years. We're now on version 7.43.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/mossack-fonsecas-website-is-still-available-for-hackinghttps://mark.ie/blog/mossack-fonsecas-website-is-still-available-for-hackingThu, 07 Apr 2016 21:19:03 GMTAs the title says, I am announcing the launching (soon) of the Drupal Showcase Podcast. This will be a forthnightly podcast showcasing the best new Drupal websites.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/announcing-the-drupal-showcase-podcasthttps://mark.ie/blog/announcing-the-drupal-showcase-podcastMon, 14 Sep 2015 21:24:43 GMTSometimes, when testing an update hook to a Drupal module, you may need to revert it.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/revert-a-drupal-database-updatehttps://mark.ie/blog/revert-a-drupal-database-updateTue, 23 Jun 2015 21:26:06 GMTA announcement has just been made about a severe critical vulnerability in git.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/upgrade-git-to-221-using-homebrew-on-machttps://mark.ie/blog/upgrade-git-to-221-using-homebrew-on-macFri, 19 Dec 2014 22:27:59 GMTI love Karl Marx's maxim, from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-coderdojo-in-portumna-galwayhttps://mark.ie/blog/setting-up-coderdojo-in-portumna-galwayThu, 06 Nov 2014 22:29:04 GMTI'm lazy. So I create shortcuts. You should be like me!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-drush-aliases-shortcuts-in-bash-make-your-life-even-easierhttps://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-drush-aliases-shortcuts-in-bash-make-your-life-even-easierSat, 11 Oct 2014 21:22:53 GMTI've just released "In the Beginning" on <a href="https://github.com/markconroy/in-the-beginning">GitHub</a>.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/the-most-ambitious-open-source-project-ever-in-the-beginninghttps://mark.ie/blog/the-most-ambitious-open-source-project-ever-in-the-beginningSat, 27 Sep 2014 21:30:37 GMTIt's not difficult. It really isn't, but people struggle over it. Lots. Let's see how to make an image gallery in Drupal 7 (the same theory will hold for Drupal 6 and, I presume, Drupal 8).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-an-image-gallery-in-drupal-7https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-an-image-gallery-in-drupal-7Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:13:28 GMTIt's not rocket science, this building installation profiles/distributions with Drupal!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-a-drupal-installation-profile-the-easy-wayhttps://mark.ie/blog/how-to-create-a-drupal-installation-profile-the-easy-waySat, 28 Jun 2014 21:31:50 GMTDrupa Open Days 2014 - two days of discussions, workshops, presentations, Q&As, and socialising - all built around the theme of Drupal and what it can do for you - has just been announced.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-open-days-ireland-2014-announcedhttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-open-days-ireland-2014-announcedTue, 04 Mar 2014 22:34:14 GMTBack in the good old days (circa 2008, Drupal 6.3) there was me. Me and my Drupal installations. And not much of a clue about anything. Then I thought, if only I had a WYSIWYG editor, my life would be complete. Then I tried to install one (TinyMCE specifically) and  lo!, my nightmares began in earnest.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/tutorial-how-to-install-ckeditor-with-drupal-7https://mark.ie/blog/tutorial-how-to-install-ckeditor-with-drupal-7Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:35:25 GMTThomas Hardy, one of the better ones, in a long line of great poets.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/the-man-he-killed-by-thomas-hardyhttps://mark.ie/blog/the-man-he-killed-by-thomas-hardySat, 07 Dec 2013 22:36:53 GMTWow - what a weekend we had! All the great and good of the Irish Drupal community descended upon The People's Republic of Cork last weekend for Drupal Camp.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-cork-2013-a-retrospectivehttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-cork-2013-a-retrospectiveThu, 14 Nov 2013 22:38:25 GMTThat marvelous event of nature that only happens twice a year (no, it's not the solstice (or the equinox)) is upon us: Drupal Camp in Ireland. This time, we're off to the rebel county: Cork.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-cork-2013-this-weekendhttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-camp-cork-2013-this-weekendThu, 07 Nov 2013 22:46:47 GMTYou have a view listing nodes on your Drupal website and wish to use Better Exposed Filters as links that load in AJAX (perhaps inside a panel pane). Sounds simple? It should be. But ...

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/solution-using-ajax-with-drupal-views-better-exposed-filters-modulehttps://mark.ie/blog/solution-using-ajax-with-drupal-views-better-exposed-filters-moduleSat, 02 Nov 2013 22:45:29 GMTAaaarrgghh ... the Drupal mantra - "there's a module for that" - didn't hold true! There was no module. I had to come up with a solution; a solution to a problem that should have been simple (it was in the end).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drupal-how-to-print-a-pager-for-a-view-in-a-blockhttps://mark.ie/blog/drupal-how-to-print-a-pager-for-a-view-in-a-blockSat, 02 Nov 2013 22:44:23 GMTYou want to upgrade your website from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. The easy way!

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/drush-sup-upgrade-site-from-drupal-6-to-drupal-7-to-drupal-8https://mark.ie/blog/drush-sup-upgrade-site-from-drupal-6-to-drupal-7-to-drupal-8Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:42:34 GMTDrush makes your Drupal life easy (well, easier).

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/how-to-install-drush-on-h-sphere-enabled-centos-serverhttps://mark.ie/blog/how-to-install-drush-on-h-sphere-enabled-centos-serverSat, 02 Nov 2013 22:39:45 GMTIt's not often that a poem puts a shiver down my spine every time I read it, but Primo Levi's 'Song of Those Who Died in Vain' is certainly one of them.

]]>https://mark.ie/blog/song-of-those-who-died-in-vain-primo-levihttps://mark.ie/blog/song-of-those-who-died-in-vain-primo-leviThu, 31 Oct 2013 22:41:16 GMT