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Mobile Mini is a mobile theme for Drupal 6 that I've created free for you to use. In my previous post I showed you how to create a mobile site with Drupal 6 . I had spent some time to find a simple mobile theme, a simple and good looking one and as I could not find one I created one myself. To download it here is the Google Docs Link: Mobile Mini Once you see the Google Docs page do Ctrl+S and it will be saved to a zip file in your computer Installation Download the Mobile Mini theme Extract the contents to your sites/all/themes -folder. Enable the theme in Administer > Site building > Themes This is really the first version of theme where on the front page you can only see the main Primary Links transformed into menu links. The theme is light and it loads fast I will put some work into it soon, and as it is really simple you are free to modify it and change colors or styles as you want. This is a GNU General Public License program just put a link to my si...

Even when using css agregator the size of the css file in a Drupal 6 site is too big. Why? Because with every module Drupal has a tendency to load the module css style that goes with it. You know how important is page speed for visitors and SEO also, so before doing any changes you may want to check your page speed and page size with Yslow or Page Speed plugins. The lighter is your page, the faster it will load. This trick is valable if you are using a diferent theme for the front page and let's say that for administration purposes you use Garland, so we are not goig to modify the admin Garland theme in this case as some of the functions related to styles classes with javascript may not work. To lighten Drupal css sytle sheet, first you need to go to Performance setting and uncheck compress css styles. Then open the template.php file on your active theme folder, for example if you are using the theme basic open the /sites/all/themes/basic/template.php file, but first of...

You can have your mobile site version with Drupal 6 real fast without programming. The Drupal module Mobile Tools will do everything you need. Step 1: Create a subdomain of your site Go to your domain hosting panel and create a subdomain of yous site: http://m.website.com You may have to wait a few hours, to know if your subdomain is active open a command line window and type: ping my.website.com if you see packet returns then your subdomain is active. Step 2: Install Drupal 6 Mobile Tools and a theme for mobiles Install a Drupal 6 theme for mobile Goto: http://drupal.org/project/mobile_tools and follow instructions to install the Mobile Tools module. Active it in Drupal modules list. Automatic redirecting Go to <your web site>/admin/settings/mobile-tools and configure the automatic redirect Whenever somebody is browsing your site with a mobile device your www.website.com url will be redirected to the m.website.com Mobile Theme Switching And now configu...

I had this long time problem: could not connect my IBM T42 to the Orange DSL via Wi-Fi. I tried all the possible Wi-Fi configuration through the admin panel when this idea came to my mind: Try the little Wireless adapter 802.11 g , and it works! I've just paid 7 euros for this adapter and it solved my problem. Well, where was the problem? My IBM T42 laptop has a Wi-Fi adapter with 802.11 b working standards, I've tested my laptop everywhere and the Wi-Fi connection worked fine, but at home I had to use a R45 cable to connect to the Internet. The Orange DSL has a Wi-Fi standard more recent than the standard of the Wi-Fi card on my laptop, even if the Orange admin dashboard you could select b/g or b/g/n, only g is working. What is the difference between the 802.11b and 802.11g standards? Wi-Fi Networking Standards Year Speed 802.11b 1999 Up to 11 Mbps 802.11g 2002/2003 Up to 54 Mbps Well, these speed values are theorethical figures whic...