News and announcements

If you are interested in developing web applications with Drupal 6 this book could seriously flatten the learning curve for you with the easy and fun to build projects.

vtiger_forms is a Drupal module that provides the ability to capture visitor details with a basic form and integrates with Webforms module of vtiger CRM. The details are recorded as Leads in vtiger CRM.

Follow the blog post: http://www.vtiger.com/blogs/2009/08/05/vtiger_forms-drupal-integration-w...

For anyone with a Drupal/Ubercart web store, you can now export your orders in a form that can be imported into PostBooks, an open source accounting and ERP application from xTuple. We've modified the uc_edi module that Ryan Szama created so that it can output files in XML format. The discussion for this, including a link to the module, is here: http://drupal.org/node/354696#comment-1887082.

During the 3 days leading up to Drupalcon Paris 2009, a couple of intrepid Drupal developers (you know the sort, web geeks who very rarely see the light of day let alone take regular exercise) from the UK (John and myself) plan to pedal from London to Paris for our respective charities.

I like a challenge so I'll be riding my beloved Brompton, a bike that folds to the size of a large carrier bag, has 16" wheels and only 3 gears so it should make for an interesting journey!

I'll be riding for the Meningitis Trust who provide practical and emotional support to help those affected by meningitis, they also work to raise vital awareness about the disease, its symptoms and its after-effects, I'm sure there's no need for me to convince you how worthy their work is... so please:

• give what you can at http://www.justgiving.com/le-tour-de-drupal/
• make as much noise as you can about our venture, blog about it, twitter it etc
• see if there’s some way you can help - http://menusandblocks.co.uk/le-tour-de-drupal/how-to-help
• consider joining us for part of the ride, the more the merrier!