Drupal content forms have a field in the Publishing section labeled as "Promoted to front page". This is a convenience feature that allows you to easily mark nodes to appear on your site's homepage, but you may not necessarily want to manage your content this way. It's easy enough to change the default for this in each content type's administration form, but how can you ensure that nodes are never placed in this state?

Here is a very simple process for D6 to ensure that no nodes, or only those nodes that you specify, are Promoted to front page:

I had a rather interesting customer service experience recently that really made my jaw drop. I received an invoice from the accounting firm I had used last year to prepare my taxes. They had thoughtfully filed 2009 tax extensions on my behalf and had kindly charged me $41 for the service. I was bit puzzled by this, as I had prepared and filed my taxes back in February on my own and I had no contact with the accounting firm since last year. So, naturally I called their office and spoke with a kind but rather befuddled staff member.

Two seasons ago on Top Chef, there was a challenge where the chefs were advised that their secret ingredients represented the true test of culinary mastery; three simple, everyday items that are considered the hardest to creatively prepare in the school of French cooking. These are the onion, the potato, and chicken.

I posit that there is an equally difficult-to-master ingredient that, for me, represents the litmus against which I judge any Asian restaurant: broccoli. Why, among the many varied foods incorporated into Asian cuisine, is broccoli my indicator of success?

The perfection of doneness.

DrupalCon SF 2010
I've just registered to attend DrupcalCon SF in San Francisco. This will be my first big Drupal event, as I've only attended local meetups before.

I've already setup my profile and chosen the sessions that I plan to attend. I very excited to get to meet lots of great Drupalers, learn a TON about Drupal and just generally have a good time.

The event is amazingly cheap for a conference - only $220 for a ticket for 3 days which includes full...