Back in the day, I ran a couple of semi-successful affiliate websites. I even once ranked #1 for “best protein powder.” This was a pretty lucrative keyword given its commercial intent and high search volume. Ever since then, the idea of starting another affiliate site and getting serious about it has always been in the…
Calculators are the unlikely tactic savvy website owners are using to drive hundreds of thousands (and sometimes millions) of clicks from Google to their websites. In this article, I’ll share some examples of calculators that caught my attention and show you how I found them. (And how you can make one, too.) Groww.in Domain Rating: 75…
It doesn’t matter whether you’re just starting out in SEO, or you’re decades-deep—these battle-tested content marketing templates will give you a headstart on your next project. I’ve been in marketing for coming up to ten years now (*internal scream at the passing of time*) and, while I like to think I have a bit of…
I rigorously tested the most popular AI search engines to discover their strengths and weaknesses. I ran this test for two reasons: As a human being, I want to use the best search engine around. I spend my life on the internet. I want to find information in the fastest, most effortless way possible. As…
We’re not exactly short on AI content creation tools as we head into 2025—in this list, you’ll see some ol’ faithfuls, and some that are hot-off-the-shelf. In any case, they are 15 of my top finds, complete with example workflows and use cases. Here they are, in no particular order: ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that…
Ever clicked on a link only to be met with an error message? A website not working is frustrating, right? In today’s digital world, people want to access any page anytime. They want it fast. They want it now. So what happens when a website’s down? If you operate a site, it could mean losing…
I recently got this this question via the feedback form on the bottom of the Cache API Overview tutorial: “What is the difference between cache keys and cache tags? Why do I need a tag for node:5 when I can just invalidate it using a partial key like [‘node’, 5]?” After digging into the topic…
TL;DR; We’ve added a new tutorial, Upgrade to Drupal 11. And, we’ve updated all tutorials and code in our Drupal Module Developer Guide for compatibility with Drupal 11. Upgrade to Drupal 11 is new free tutorial in the course, Upgrade Drupal, and part of our Keep Drupal Up-To-Date guide. If your site is on Drupal…
Last week we updated most of the Drupal Plugin API content to recommend, and demonstrate, using PHP attributes instead of annotations. This week I’m back with another update doing the same thing for our content on creating custom Drush commands. Which now also use PHP attributes instead of annotations. The big changes to this set…
At Drupalize.Me, one of our goals is to provide learners with up-to-date resources that align with the latest best practices. To that end, I recently worked to update our tutorials to reflect the transition from PHP annotations to PHP attributes for plugin discovery. I blogged previously about why this transition is happening. As Drupalize.Me’s tutorial…
After watching the Driesnote earlier this week, I wanted to try and play around with the AI tools that were demonstrated. Mostly because I find this space fascinating, and I like to try and see what kind of goofy things I can get the robots to do. So I installed all the relevant modules on…
[embedded content] This week, at DrupalCon Barcelona 2024, Drupal project founder Dries Buytaert announced a new sponsorship program for Drupal CMS documentation. Drupal CMS is the official name for Drupal Starshot, a new no-code CMS product for non-technical users being built on top of Drupal core. At Drupalize.Me, we’ve been talking with Dries and folks…
