links for 2009-07-28

  • Fancy Login adds javascript based, lightbox-style login functionality to your site. When the user clicks on any link that links to /user/login, they screen dims and a login box is created in the center of the screen.
  • Atom is an XML specification that identifies information contained in a Web site. Using Atom, Web developers produce feeds that enable other Web developers (or consumers who use feed readers) to quickly locate and view information of interest on a remote site. Think of it as a Web site's index, available to anyone who wants it. Using PHP, a popular language of choice for most host providers, a Web developer can easily produce an Atom feed that can then be made available to the various feed readers and other Web developers. The ultimate result is a state-of-the-art information solution that enables the Web content to reach a much wider audience.
  • This module provides a Drupal interface to use the W3C Markup Validator.

    It also provides a module that validates all the pages on your site and stores the results for later review.

    Currently the module only validate nodes and views (page displays) but it's planed to expand it to validate more page types.

    (tags: drupal module w3c)
  • This module loads and manages OpenSecrets bulk data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).