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Hi, my name's Jasom Dotnet and this is the latest episode of the Yellow Hat:

[E6] Yellow Hat Podcast: Olivier Gajek about Whiteout.io

In this episode of the Yellow Hat Technology Podcast I was speaking with Olivier Gajek. Olivier with his team works on Whiteout.io - solution for email encryption, which is open-source (everybody can inspect the code) with end-to-end encryption (you store keys in your computer).

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How to download specific dev version of drupal module? Simply using “git checkout” or “drush make”

Dev versions of modules aren't minor versioned, they are always current. If you need specific dev version you'd have to download it from git by a date.

What are the best sources for outsourcing?

If you have a growing small business, your IT requirements are growing as well, and this places greater demands on a company's resources.

PHP: Prepare (sanitize, transliterate, convert, change) user string (input) for filename or url address

This function will help you to create filename from user input (custom string). It can be used for creation of URL adresses. First of all install PHP Intl extension.

List of capital cities with latitude and longitude

This is a list of the capital cities with a geographic location (latitude and longitude). You can use this data in your Google (MapQuest, Mapbox, Yandex, Bing) maps when you want to display country with marker above the capital.

How to override (replace, alter) JavaScript file used by Drupal module with your own version

This is the scenario: I have edited friendly_register.js file belonging to the Friendly register module in order to make a better CSS sprint (less http requests == site

How to remove grippie (Drupal resizable textarea) and textarea.js

Short snipped removing default resizable "grippie" from textarea in favor of using the "resize" CSS3 property. No more resizable textareas, no more textarea expanders :-)

When Webform block is submitted, send email to the current node author + BONUS: Reply-to enhancement

In this tutorial I will show you how to have current node field data (author name, author e-mail, node title, node path...) in e-mails generated by Webform using tokens. I will demonstrate in on the feature "when visitor will submit Webform block, send email with the current page title and current page url to the node author".

Google Analytics Counter: How to get Client ID and Client secret + BONUS: Handy PHP snippet

I noticed that some WordPress blogs display article PageViews obtained from Google Analytics (GA). I run several Drupal sites (all have GA enabled), so I was curious, if there is any module with similar, handy functionality.

How you can improve business processes (and ROI) by creating of your own email newsletter

The email newsletter is a great way how to improve ROI within any online portfolio. If you are an Internet based entrepreneur, you should definitely consider creating one.

Website Usability Audit: Landing Page for Online Degrees

I'm starting a series of blog posts focused on website usability audits and I think it's appropriate to start with an exemplary sample. The subject of today's usability test is the landing page for Marylhurst University's Online Degree Programs (ODP).