Kristi Wachter - Drupal Consultant

My job is to make life easier for my clients.

Recent Blog Posts

Switching to Skim for PDFs

I often have a ridiculous number of PDFs open. I like to have reference materials handy, and it's nice to be able to have two or three PDFs side by side on my large monitor so I can compare information.

My habits are too much for Apple's built-in Preview app. If I try to open more than 10 documents, it keeps adding them to an existing document window, so I have to take the extra step of moving the document to its own window; and if I open a LOT of documents, it'll start to crash now and then when I bring the app to the foreground.

Uninstalling CiviCRM

CiviCRM is a fantastic system for organizations - especially non-profits - who offer memberships, host events, or collect donations.

They have excellent documentation, including the installation guide. However, when I needed to remove CiviCRM from a test site recently, I couldn't find documentation on uninstalling it.

If you find you need to remove CiviCRM from a Drupal site - perhaps to roll back to an earlier version - here's what worked for me:

Navigating a page in Firefox using the keyboard

Did you know you can search link text in Firefox - which is an easy way to navigate a page from the keyboard?

Just type the apostrophe key:

'

(between the semicolon ;   and the Return key)

and type a few letters of a link. Once Firefox highlights the link you want, press return to open that link.

 

I like to do everything from the keyboard, as much as possible. (The mouse - or in my case, the trackball - is fine, and great - it's a wonderful invention. But it's so much faster to use the keyboard, in so many cases.)