Do you desire mad ninja-like Drupal skillz? Would you like to scale the walls of Drupal web development wearing what appears to be black pajamas? How do you feel about Bruce Lee's knowledge of HTML? Do you enjoy mixed metaphors but are sick of tired "code ninja" references?

We're approaching that time when it is becoming increasingly difficult to decide which version of Drupal to use for a new project. There are those of you out there who would probably say all projects should be in Drupal 7 from now on but that isn't reality for everyone yet. Each project we are starting right now we are having to evaluate the pros and cons and make a decision. Since the beginning of the year we've decided used D7 for about half our projects and D6 for the other half.

So how do we make that decision?

Integrating user added images to a website is a nifty trick for a CMS. Drupal provides several different ways for users to upload images using their web browser and integrate them into content. The most common way to do this is using an image field.

Image fields give you a pretty intelligent way to upload and manage images. It can leverage Drupal's image styles system allowing you to specify a flexible array of image formatting and processing options. This gives you robust, automated control of how you image is displayed without having to use a photo editor like Photoshop.

Uploading files and managing them via a web browser has been a tricky task in traditional web development. Luckily Drupal gives us tools to streamline this feature.

Of course, in true Drupal form, Drupal gives us many ways of dealing with file uploads. In this tutorial video we review one of the most popular ways, the file field.

The file field allows you to attach files to nodes and other entities in Drupal. It provides a wealth of options to help you better manage what can be uploaded, where it is stored and how it is displayed.

In this Drupal tutorial we work through how to add and configure list fields. List fields are a great way to input text and numerical data where as a site builder you want to limit the options authors can select to a controlled set.

The magic of lists fields is in the way Drupal automatically changes the form widget to match the field configuration assuring you are following web form best practices. Join us on a video walk through of this basic, yet very flexible method for cleanly attaching information to your site content.

The ability to create custom content types is one of the reasons Drupal is so flexible. One of the most powerful ways to customize content types is by adding additional data, such as dates and locations to an event content type or price and images to a product content type.

Content types are one of the cornerstones of Drupal's flexibility. With the new fields system (a.k.a. CCK in core) Drupal 7 out of the box is more flexible than ever.

Content types got a nice UI rework in Drupal7 so now they are also more usable that ever. However, how content types and node types relate and work together is often a point of confusion, particularly with people new to Drupal.

In this tutorial video we attempt to take the mystery out of Drupal 7 content types. Don't ignore the features behind the curtain any more, embrace them.

Drupal 7's admin got a pretty significant update from its previous version. The UI team had a difficult challenge: Make Drupal's admin more user friendly while still being flexible enough to support thousands of modules and site configurations.

I think they did a great job. Thanks team!

There are as many ways to install Drupal as there are stars in the galaxy. Okay, maybe not that many, but there are quite a few. When it comes to the simplest way of installing Drupal for beginners there are as many ways as there are stars in the solar system, one – the FTP method.

Across the world on January 7th Drupal Communities everywhere celebrated the launch of Drupal 7. Here in Dallas, LevelTen hosted along with the Drupal User's Group a little celebration of our own. For those of you there, we greatly enjoyed your company and for those of you who were not here is a little snip of what you missed!