Drupal

Every day, millions of people use Google Image Search to find pictures, products, and people. If you're using Drupal, chances are you're not getting any of this traffic.

Here's why:

Drupal's robots.txt file contains a major mistake. Amazingly, the mistake has been there for years, and very few people seem to know about it.

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Last week, I launched my latest Drupal-powered startup, a niche e-commerce site selling Photoshop Layer Styles.

Today, I published a full case study over on Drupal.org. The study includes my thoughts on using Zen vs building from scratch, how I set up the multi-column content layout, and some tips on tweaking your server for maximum performance.

So, if you're interested in learning a bit about how I build sites, be sure to check it out, and leave a comment if you have any questions.

Watch Dries Buytaert deliver his Drupal keynote live from DrupalCon San Francisco, beginning at 1:30PM PDT, 4:30PM EDT.

Come back Tuesday for Tim O'Reilly's keynote, and Wednesday for Dave Cole, from the WhiteHouse.gov media team.

Do you regularly write in-depth, high-quality Drupal content? Know someone who does? I'm looking for new authors to add to DrupalFire, my low-noise Drupal content aggregator.

If you know a great Drupal site that should be on the list, let me know!

Just a reminder: There's only 3 days left to win free tickets to DrupalCon SF 2010 over on DrupalModules.com.

There's over $1000 in tickets up for grabs, so if you haven't filled out a contest entry form yet, do it soon!

Back in May of 2008, I did a survey of 1,370 Drupal sites, and came up with some interesting version statistics. At the time, Drupal 6 had been out for about 3 months, and the adoption rate was still fairly low.

It's been 2 years now since Drupal 6.0 was released, and I thought it would be interesting to revisit the numbers. So, here's a fresh survey of 2,368 Drupal sites:

And here are the numbers from back in 2008:

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