Talking Drupal

Topics Episode #71 - Jeff Robbins What do we mean by Mobile Friendly Drupal? What makes a site friendly Modules to help 10-15-14 Module of the Week Front End Developer - https://www.drupal.org/project/dfed Front End Developer provides an easy to use toolkit for theme developers that assists in the building of themes. Features include: * Displays current viewport resolution * Displays common media...

On November 1, 2014 at Brown University in Providence, Jeff Robbins, gave the keynote speech at the first New England Drupal Camp.    The Drupal community knowns Jeff as a pioneer in web development and Drupal, but did you know the CEO of Lullabot was also the front man for a successful alternative rock band in the 90s?  Jeff shared the lessons he learned in music and how they shaped his success b...

Topics What is meant by collaboration? Is it different than teamwork? Collaborationist!  Benefits of collaborating Internal and external  Participation vs collaboration Steps to get collaboration kick started Personal and business impact Finding people to collaborate with Module of the Week Metatag http://drupal.org/project/metatag The Metatag module allows you to automatically provide structured...

Topics Scenario 1 - “I have a Drupal 6 website and I need to get to Drupal 7” Scenario 2 - “I cannot get support from my current Drupal developer” Modules Checklist  https://www.drupal.org/project/checklist Allow administrators on sites to create checklists that must be completed by users of the site. Each user can see their checklists on the "Checklists" tab of their account. Multiple checklists...

Topics Security Patch Released today Approaches to address the issue.  Update or patch. Handling customers Open source - security Oomph Ally Services Managing the update process with a customer Charge for updates or included in monthly service fee Writing secure code: Importance of using the API   Modules Conditional Fields https://www.drupal.org/project/conditional_fields Define dependencies betw...

Topics Meet Jerry from Drupal PVD How to approach Drupal from the outside Drupal baggage Having a Drupal State of Mind and how to get there Module of the week  Bundle Copy https://www.drupal.org/project/bundle_copy Bundle copy is a replacement for the Content copy module which lives in the CCK project for Drupal 6. Has export/import support for: Node types Taxonomy User Field API fields Field grou...

Topics Dave McKinley - CTO Ooomph  Drupal 8 Beta Release What does it mean to be multidisciplinary agency WordPress and Drupal under the same roof When a client doesn’t have a preference, how do you choose WordPress vs Drupal Resources Drupal 8 Beta Release - https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0.0-beta1 Meet Our New CTO, Daid McKinleyI - http://www.oomphinc.com/blog/2013-08/meet-our-new-cto-david-mck...

Topics Responsive Typography by Jason Pamental Getting a book deal The writing process Pricing Marketing What Jason learned from writing a book Resources http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034063.do Module of the week Commerce Coupon https://www.drupal.org/project/commerce_coupon Full rules integration. The validation and the redemption can be controlled by Rules. Multiple coupon types can be...

Topics General Options Free Theme Roll your own Hire a Themer General Strategy Public Theme vs Admin Theme Modules Module of the week Menu HTML https://www.drupal.org/project/menu_html This very simple module adds a checkbox to the menu item edit form and allows the admin to add html to the menu item title. The idea is to use this for external links for which you want to display a logo of the visi...

Topics What do we mean by Intranet Examples of Intranet implementations Why Drupal is a good solution (sounds like to usual reasons) Challenges with Intranet Distributions Modules LDAP - https://www.drupal.org/project/ldap CAS - https://www.drupal.org/project/cas Workbench - https://www.drupal.org/project/workbench Webforms - https://www.drupal.org/project/webform   Module of the week Block title...

Topics Design Tools Editors/IDE/Compilers (sass) Tools Source Management and Tools Project Management Tool Issue Tracking & Time tracking Tools Note Taking Tools Todo Tracking Tools Other Tools Communication Tools Module of the week Views Flipped Table https://www.drupal.org/project/views_flipped_table This module provides a views table style with rows and columns flipped. This is useful for views...

Topics Dani Nordin (@danigrrl) UX Designer - what do you do Work on Drupal.org Tips for getting started with UX Resources for UX What it’s like being a designer doing Drupal contrib Thoughts on D8 D4D Module of the week Fences - https://www.drupal.org/project/fences Fences is a an easy-to-use tool to specify an HTML element for each field. This element choice will propagate everywhere the field is...

Topics General thoughts and experiences with multi-language websites Basics of translation Process of translation in Drupal Things to consider: Content (nodes), menu system, switching between languages, fixing strings (string override), layout Localization issues Common misconceptions Multilingual modules Other multilingual options Module of the week Simplify - https://www.drupal.org/project/simpl...

Topics Why did we start a new camp? Goals of NEWDCamp Planning phases Planning team About  the name Picking a Venue How to handle the money - Drupal Association - Fiscal Sponsorship Camp Website Marketing and sponsors Module of the week https://www.drupal.org/project/shield PHP Authentication shield. It creates a simple shield for the site with Apache authentication. It hides the sites, if the use...

Topics Eric’s presentation at Design4Drupal in Boston Designing in a browser TWIG REST Front end design strategies Drupal as a headless backup Resources TWIG - http://twig.sensiolabs.org/ YAML - http://www.yaml.org/ ProntoType -  http://docs.prontotype.it/ Sculpin - http://sculpin.io Module of the Week https://www.drupal.org/project/little_helper The Little Helper module provides a block that will...

  Uses of Email Transaction/Service E-Mails - one email to the single person for a particular purpose.  ie. Reset Password, Shipping Confirmation... Bulk Email - send to the group of people.  ie. Newsletter, Forum subscriptions… User communication - personal contact or something like basecamp Impact the type of service and tools you will use Getting Started With HTML EMails Drupal out of the box w...

Responsive Typography Book by Jason  Stephen trip to Disney and the Technology advances We discuss how the Magic Band (wearable tech) is currently being used at Disney Location servers being used at Dollywood Location services being used Dana Farber Facebook experiment Changing peoples moods based on content provided to the user.   A small debate the ethics of what Facebook was doing. Being Involv...

Topics Difference between site and system Characteristics of a system Why a site-building/theme approach? Building as a system vs. good practice for re-use Things we do to be more system like Modules  Field Group Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/field_group WYSIWYG Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/wysiwyg Administration Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views Hosts Stephen...

  Topics Dries’s annoucement of Drupal 6 support  What challenges do we have today supporting D6 sites What will the challenges look like when D8 launches Migration path from 6 to 7 Moving forward Business opportunities Module of the week Views field view https://www.drupal.org/project/views_field_view This module allows you to embed a view as a field in a view. A new field handler is made availab...

Topics  DrupalCon Austin sessions: Semantic Site Architecture - Jody Hamilton https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/semantic-site-architecture Battle for the Body Field: Drupal and the Future of WYSIWYG - Jeff Eaton https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/battle-body-field-drupal-and-future-wysiwyg Digital Commerce Ecosystem - Commerce Guys https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/digital-commerce-ecos...

Topics Key Note Drupal  Parties Drop in Guests Todd Ross Nienkerk - Four Kitchens https://fourkitchens.com/team/todd-ross-nienkerk/ Kay VanValkenburgh - OwnSourcing - http://ownsourcing.com/ Resources http://buytaert.net/the-investment-case-for-employing-a-drupal-core-contributor https://www.youtube.com/user/DrupalAssociation/videos Hosts Stephen Cross - www. ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jas...

Topics DrupalCon - Jason and John Preview NewdCamp  RestWS - what is Rest and Use Cases Login/Logout/Reset Password - nuances and modules to customize. Module of the Week Resources DrupalCon.com - www. DrupalCon.com  NewdCamp.com - www. NewdCamp.com Flood Control Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_control Flood Unblock Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_unblock Simple Password Reset...

In episode #50, Daniel J Lewis is the host and interviews the regular Talking Drupal hosts Stephen, Jason, John and Nic.  Technology, Drupal, Food and Marriage; Daniel went in all directions. Topics Daniel J Lewis - host for the day Some Questions include: What was your very first Drupal project and what was your very first website or software application? Why Drupal over other CMSes? If Drupal di...

Topics Wade Winger Bio Definition of Assistive Technology Crossroads and InData Project Web Accessibility Legal requirements for providing an accessible website Impact of current technology Getting help developing website Resources Easter Seals Crossroads Assistive Technology - http://www.eastersealstech.com/category/assistive-technology-update/ Making your website more accessible Video Series - h...

Topics About Chris Weber Creating Google+ What is the Overnight Website Challenge How are the non-profit organization selected Who can join the challenge What is the structure of the event What happens during the 24 hours What happens after the 24 hours Old Site: http://homeforlife.org/ New Site: http://216.243.154.201/ Thoughts on Drupal 8   Links The Nerdery - http://nerdery.com/ Home for Life -...