Here's a handy commandline snippet that will help you upgrade Drupal core (for example, 6.19 to 6.20) without having to replace everything.  It will only update the files that have changed.

Echodittolabs has a great and easy to understand write up about Drupal and web services.   If you ever need to interact with Drupal with an external application it looks like this is the best way to do it.

• The Sign-Up Problem Drupal module
• Views Facebook Like Drupal module
• Views Search Drupal module
• All-in-one Web Performance Optimization Drupal module
• Drupal 7 Beta 3 Released

I had an issue with a multi-page form recently where Internet Explorer would go back a page immediately upon hitting the backspace key.  If you accidentally do this while not in a text field you'll lose your form data.  Other browsers actually ask you if you want to resend data when you go back.  The solution was to disable the backspace key on my form page.  I accomplished this with the following Javascript (requires jQuery):

• Enable Drupal mailing functionality on a site without SMTP support
• Zscaler Helps Identify FireSheep Usage with New Extension
• 10 questions to ask at the start of your next project

If you need a way to redirect webform submissions to a dynamic URL in Drupal 6, using the Webform PHP module can work well with Webform 3.x.  I recommend only using post processing conditionals on select fields if possible with Webform PHP since you need to enable the permission to "use PHP for additional processing" for users who submit webforms (typically anonymous).

Here's the process:

• "The site looks terrible"
• CSS3 Introduction (directional keys to use slideshow)
• 30 beautiful web app site designs

I've been expanding my programming language base lately.  Being a web developer, I don't have an immediate need to learn other languages.  However, learning them seems to pass time and it doesn't seem like a worthless endeavor.  Who knows, being the one who creates the next "killer app" could be worth it.  Here's an overview of some of the languages I've been experimenting with:

This week's links are pretty solid.  Happy birthday Internet!

This is something I'd like to do every week.  I see a lot of cool articles online and want to share them.  Some are nerdy, some are useful, and some are just cool.