Drupal Aid Blog

3 Things You Should Hide In Your Drupal Site (Many of you aren’t hiding them)!

  Posted on February 15, 2016 by Bob Kruse

There are 3 things that Drupal can display without your knowledge. Before you launch any Drupal site you should make sure you address these items. These items may not always be a security risk. But you should at least be a good developer and take care of them – it shows you care and run a tight ship. I’ll give you a few tips for why and how to hide these items. I’ve also included a free simple module for hiding the one which bugs me the most. You’ll be a better Drupal site builder if you check these items before you launch a site. Read more

Our First Site Built with Drupal 8 - How we did it.

  Posted on November 23, 2015 by Bob Kruse

I'm happy to say that we relaunched our parent agency's site on Drupal 8 within one day of Drupal 8's release. In this write-up, I'll cover how we did it, the highlights of our experience, and even throw in a few mini-tutorial for How to do a Custom Panel Layout and How to add Meta Tags in Drupal 8.  Read more

How to quickly add SSL to your Drupal Site

  Posted on November 03, 2014 by Bob Kruse

Something that new Drupalers struggle with is getting their site secured with SSL, the little lock in the browser or https://. Their first reaction is, “There has to be a module for that” and there are a few modules for getting your site HTTPS friendly, but there is a much easier solution. Read on to find out how to do it simply through your .htaccess file.

The Secret to Stop Form SPAM in Drupal

  Posted on October 17, 2014 by Bob Kruse

Form Spam plagues everyone's website. In Drupal, we have numerous options for reducing Spam, but which way is the best way? Read on to discover the secret weapon to beating form spam.