automatically exporting contexts

A few weeks ago I wrote a helper module which allows you to automatically export contexts created via the Context module into code, and then instantly provide them as default contexts. I've just released this module on Drupal.org.

using user id arguments in drupal menu items

It is a very common need to be able to enter a menu path similar to user/[uid]/profile in the Drupal menu system ([uid] being a dynamic argument for the user's id), but that's not possible out of the box, and there are no modules which provide this functionality.

Yesterday I got such functionality working by using the often-unknown custom_url_rewrite_outbound() function.

Moved to Linode!

I have been hosting my sites on (& referring all clients to) MediaTemple for the last several years; it has (generally) been a pleasant experience - MT's control panel is second to none, and support is quite good, too. The only issue I've experienced with their hosting is speed. MT's hosting occasionally gets flaky, and results in very slow load times.

drupal's domain access and sites in subfolders

Domain Access is a module which allows you to simulate Drupal's internal multi-site functionality; it is easy to set up, and even easier to use. This is (by far) the simplest way of sharing content (and users) between multiple sites. One of DA's downfalls is that it does not work with subsites in subfolders, meaning the structure of site.com and site.com/subsite is not supported.

corrupted drupal theme registry breaking all forms

I just encountered a strange issue while switching between two development branches of the same Drupal site. On branch A the site worked normally, but on branch B none of the forms contained any fields.