A strange issue that you may encounter with IE when using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']

Well, the whole development community knows IE has a mind of its own. Here is another proof. If you try to use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], you may encounter errors in IE because it does not store that value in user agent and you will be redirecting your pages to the root!

Here is a solution that you can use to solve the issue of $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] not working in IE.

Easy way to fix permissions issues on Drupal installation

After years of using Windows, I recently started using Ubuntu. I do not know how the older versions were with respect to user experience but 11.10, that I installed, is just rocking. It will take a little learning before one can easily cruise through the OS and setting up tools and development environments. In that process, I encountered many issues with file permissions on the Drupal site. Well, just like always the solution was just one search away in the Drupal community.

Just run this shell script from inside your Drupal installation.

#!/bin/bash

Good to know Dries and Acquia are focusing on India

I have, for a long time, pondered about the web market in India. The past few years have seen a dramatic change in the internet usage in India - from being an entertainment tool to a utilitarian tool. The increased internet accessibility and the trends of online shopping have played a very important role in this transition; of course, not to forget the contribution of social networking platforms like Orkut and Facebook that took the Indian internet users by storm and opened a wide range of opportunities to expand and explore.

Drupal Camp Deccan - It was amazing!

Held on Nov 11, 2011 - It was an amazing experience to attend the Drupal Camp Deccan. For a long time, I have been reading news about the DrupalCon being organized in various locations and was waiting for it to happen in our town - Hyderabad. Apparently, I missed it the first time. But now, I managed to signup in time and got myself a seat to attend the keynotes speech delivered by our Drupal rockstar - Dries!