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A new command in Drush 5 is the runserver command (alias "rs"), which is a built in web server for development (if you have used Django or Rails you will be familiar with this concept). All you need is the php-cgi binary and you can bring up a server (and logged in web-browser, if you like!) for a specified site in seconds - no need to have Apache configured for the site, or even running. Click full-screen and HD for easier reading, or view on YouTube.

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A new command in Drush 5 is the core-quick-drupal command (alias "qd") - the purpose of this command is to get you running in Drupal with zero setup. All you need is php-cgi and the PDO sqlite driver - you don't need MySQL or Apache running at all. Running the command will download and install Drupal (or your choice of distribution) as well as any contrib projects you like, start the built in php webserver and open your default browser with you already logged in as user 1. Fun stuff.

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This screencast covers the Drush "help" command (a command important enough to warrant it's own screencast!) and some handy tricks to use it well, as well as the "topic" command. If you are new to Drush or an experienced user looking to more easily discover (or rediscover!) commands or options, this is a great place to start. Click full-screen and HD for easier reading, or view on YouTube.

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For years I have been intending to transfer my nearly 20 domain names to a new provider. My very first domain was registered at Network Solutions (for free!) nearly 17 years ago, and in a way, that moment marked the first step on my "dot com" journey.

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CiviCRM offers a function to check for duplicate contacts either manually, or on user submission.  Duplicate matching is very useful for preventing duplicate records from being created when you allow anonymous users to register for events, or make donations.  Without it, ever time an anonymous user did one of those two things, you would get a new record for them in the database.

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This screencast dives deep into the Drush "dl" and "info" commands, which can be used to look-up, download and extract the recommended version (or specific versions) of modules, themes, install profiles and translations.

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