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Articles from Poplar ProductivityWare

This is an archive of articles that were formerly on the web site of Poplar ProductivityWare LLC, Jennifer's freelance software development business (which closed for business in April 2022).
Introduction to Entities in Drupal 8
Date Written: 5 February, 2018
Presentation at the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit on February 4, 2018

New and Favorite Features of api.drupal.org
Date Written: 28 June, 2017
Overview of my favorite ways to use the Drupal API reference site, api.drupal.org.

Anatomy of a Drupal Page Request
Date Written: 27 February, 2017
Presentation given at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit on February 26, 2017

Partially Multilingual Site and SEO
Date Written: 17 February, 2017
Article about a language switcher block and redirect module for handling web site that is only partially translated into another language.

Disaster Recovery Exercise: Testing Backups
Date Written: 2 October, 2016
Blog post on recovering a Drupal or WordPress web site from a backup.

The case for a small Drupal shop contributing to Drupal
Date Written: 8 December, 2014
Blog post on why individuals and small Drupal businesses should contribute to the Drupal project

Services and Containers in Drupal 8
Date Written: 19 October, 2014
Presentation given at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit on October 18, 2014.

Drupal 7 Hooks vs. Drupal 8 Plugins
Date Written: 7 October, 2013
Presentation given at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, October 6, 2013.

The book writing experience
Date Written: 10 January, 2013
Article about my experience writing a Drupal programming book.

PHP's max_input_vars setting - doh!
Date Written: 11 September, 2011
Article about running into a PHP error and fixing it.

Which Web Technology Does What?
Date Written: 23 March, 2011
Article about what technology is behind various types of interactive web sites.

Robust Linux Backups
Date Written: 18 February, 2011
Article describing how to set up robust backups for a cluster of Ubuntu Linux machines.

Routes WordPress Plugin
Date Written: 24 March, 2010
Download the Routes plugin for WordPress, which enables embedding a map in your WordPress posts, with routes and points of interest on it.

Apache .htaccess Files
Date Written: 23 March, 2010
Article on setting up Apache .htaccess files for password protection and custom error pages.

Drupal vs. WordPress
Date Written: 23 March, 2010
Article comparing Drupal and WordPress for creating web sites.

Starting a Software Consulting Business
Date Written: 23 March, 2010
Article about the skills you will need to start and run a software consulting business, with advice on what to charge, how to get clients, record keeping, and taxes; somewhat focused on doing business in Washington state, USA.

Business Networking
Date Written: 23 May, 2001
Article on how to start business networking.