Videocasts

Jody just created a small patch for FeedAPI that added a filter to Views for "Filter by Parent Term," which allowed me to create a new way to sort through the massive amount of videos that have been coming in via the various Drupal themed video feeds that I've been able to find. Before, FeedAPI only had an option to "Filter by Parent Feed", which only accepted the feed's node id and which made it pretty unusable as an exposed filter. But now that it is working, I present to you, the Wall O' Drupal Video Feeds. This is mostly just a proof-of-concept as I try to work through different ways to organize helpful and informative Drupal videos (espescially instructional videos), but I hope it's useful on its own as well!

Update: The "wall o' feeds" is now known as the Drupal Video Planet

Some of the most useful modules in Drupal are also the most intimidating, mainly because they get into a deeper level of understanding Drupal, which can be akin to learning a new language. This post will feature tutorials and such about two of the most vital modules, Views and CCK, and I'll try to update it as I find new and useful information that I think can help people who are just giving it a go.