We’re a little chatty

We're a little chatty

But it usually makes for a good read.

We tend to get excited when we talk about what we are involved with today. The Coalmarch Blog is our favorite way to share our thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Sometimes you’ll find us just brainstorming for our next big idea. Honestly, sometimes we talk about our specialties, Programming, Graphic Design, drupal development, drupal design, Web Development, Search Engine Optimization, and social media marketing, but sometimes we just rant about the latest movie buzz, or why we think that Mac is better than PC. Give us a read, you might learn something, or, if we’re lucky, you might teach us something.


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Avatar’s Changing Title Treatment?

Jason Stanley | 01-07-10

So I, like millions of others, have seen the movie Avatar, and I really enjoyed it. I think it will hold a place in history for its groundbreaking special effects and the story was better than I had anticipated.

I have…

Coalmarch Productions® took the whole team to the Race for the Cure on Saturday

Jim Switzer | 06-16-09

We hope that everyone enjoyed the day, at an event that makes us all see just how human we all are.

Programmer Hiring Practices and Standardized Testing

Ken Winters | 06-10-09

Hiring a competent programmer is an immense challenge, and hiring a great one is much more difficult on top of that. Here are some strategies I’ve learned along the way.

Building a Lunar Calendar with Drupal’s CCK Computed Field

Jess Walls | 06-07-09

You can get a lot of mileage out of a Drupal site with the knockout combination of Views and CCK. Both of these mainstay projects have many contributed Modules to extend their power. In this post we are going to look at CCK’s…

Making Node-Based Drupal Forms Play Nice with Admin Theme Settings

Ken Winters | 05-21-09

We use Garland as an admin theme because it really does a great job with the many admin forms that Drupal provides. This saves us a lot of work re-skinning the admin for every new site.

Read on to learn how to make the admin theme apply to your custom Node module forms.

Sending Comment Posted Emails to Drupal Blog Authors

Thomas Ingham | 05-12-09

Sending emails to blog authors on a per-post basis in Drupal is as easy as:

  • Step 1. Laying the foundation.
  • Step 2. Get Things Moving
  • Step 3. We’re Almost There
  • Step 4. Customizing the Crap out of It

Savage Sword, Anyone?

Jason Stanley | 05-05-09

I suppose my affinity for fantasy art must have begun when I discovered my dad’s Edgar Rice Burroughs’ collection of paperback Tarzan novels.

I recall being enchanted by [Frank…

Quick & Easy Contextual Header Image in Drupal

Sheena Donnelly | 04-28-09

A contextual header image can be a great, aesthetically pleasing alternative to a breadcrumb trail on sites with deep navigation, as a reminder to the user of which section of the site they are viewing. In addition, contextual header images can be used to change the mood of a site depending on the section topic.

How to Write a Successful Request For Proposals

Ken Winters | 04-14-09

Writing a RFP is a pretty basic part of contracting out software design work, but it’s also incredibly easy to dig yourself into a hole when you don’t have a clear idea of what you want.

Tools of the trade

Jess Walls | 03-23-09

When it comes to Web Development tools, I’m always on the lookout for applications that remove the monotony from menial tasks. In a perfect world there would be one Programming language and platform that did everything…

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