Talking Drupal

In episode #121 we talk with Holly Ross and Megan Sanicki. Megan is replacing Holly as the Executive of the Drupal Association.   www.talkingdrupal.com TOPICS: DA mission - what is the mission of the Drupal Association What next - for Holly? Holly's time with the DA Megan's vision for the DA Goals for the next 12 months RESOURCES: https://assoc.drupal.org/blog/holly.ross.drupal/hello-world-goodbye...

In episode #121 we hear about Drupal Con NA from John's perspective.  www.talkingdrupal.com TOPICS: Driesnote Drupal 8 Update Market Perspective Survey Initiatives MODULE OF THE WEEK: Better Formats www.drupal.org/project/better_formats 8.x & 7.x (needs more testing for a stable release) Set allowed text formats per field. Set default order of text formats per field. Hide format tips per role. Hid...

In episode #119 we talk about changes in Drupal 8 that are related to performance and caching.   www.talkingdrupal.com/119 TOPICS: Drupal 7 Caching Drupal 8 - Cache Tags Drupal 8 - Dynamic Page Cache External Cache Setup - Varnish Big Pipe MODULES: Generic Http Purger - https://www.drupal.org/project/purge_purger_http Purge - https://www.drupal.org/project/purge MODULE OF THE WEEK: iFrame www.drup...

In episode #118, we talk with Dan Shure (@dan_shure) about SEO.   TOPICS: What is SEO What is an SEO Consultant When to go to an SEO Consultant Organic vs Pay Managing customer questions Snake oil SEO Tools to get started Most common mistakes SEO Tips Recommended resource to people to learn RESOURCES: Screaming Frog SEO Spider - https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/ Open Site Explorer - http...

In episode #117 we talk about using Solr for search on a Drupal website.  www.talkingdrupal.com/117 TOPICS: Core search What is Solr How does Solr work Benefits of using Solr Features of Solr MODULES: Search API - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api Search API Solr Search - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr Search Pages - https://www.drupal.org/node/1255226 Custom Search - https...

In episode #116 we discuss automating the deployment process with Rob Aubin. TOPICS: Deployment process Dev - Staging - Traing - Production Using GIT Strategy for deployment Why automation Automation risks Jenkins and other tools RESOURCES: http://deploybot.com https://jenkins-ci.org/ https://www.tunnelbear.com https://events.drupal.org/losangeles2015/sessions/how-jenkins-can-work-w.. . MODULE OF...

In episode #115 we talk about Google's AMP (Accelerated Module Pages) and implementation in Drupal with Matthew Tift.   http://www.talkingdrupal.com/115 Topic What is AMP? Technical Implementation Show should care about AMP? Drupal AMP Module   Resources AMPing with Drupal - https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/amping-up-drupal/ https://assoc.drupal.org/vote2016 https://assoc.drupal.org/drupal...

In episode #114, we talk about integrating text messaging into your website.  www.talkingdrupal.com/114 Topics Use cases for Text Messages What is Twilio? Other Drupal SMS solutions Modules Twilio - https://www.drupal.org/project/twilio Viop - https://www.drupal.org/project/voipdrupal Module of the Week Redirect Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/redirect https://www.drupal.org/project/redire...

In episode #113 we talk about Drupal 6 End of Life with guest David Snopek. TOPICS: What is End of Life? Drupal Install History The day after - what does this mean for your Drupal 6 Drupal 6 Long Term Support (D6 LTS) Hosting Issues Moving to Drupal 7 or 8 Preparing a customer MODULE OF THE WEEK: Offie Hourswww.drupal.org/project/office_hours A CCK/Fields module that creates an "office hours" or "...

In episode #112 we talk about selling Drupal with Adam Lamagna. Topics Determining Drupal is good fit Dealing with competitor Positioning Drupal as the solution Objections to Drupal Open Source vs Proprietary Dealing with WordPress Drupal 8 pitch Module of the Week Configuration Installer www.drupal.org/project/config_installer The Configuration Installer is a installation profile that takes over...

In episode #111 we revisit the topic of Views in Drupal.  www.talkingdrupal.com Topics Formatters Sorting Filters Views Templates Relationships New in Drupal 8 Modules: Semantic views- https://www.drupal.org/project/semanticviews Draggable Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/draggableviews   Modules of the Week: File Checker https://www.drupal.org/project/file_checker In a perfect Drupal world...

In episode #110 we discuss building a subscription based commerce website. TOPICS: What is a subscription? Credit Cards Controlling Access to content / Feature Drupal Commerce Components RESOURCES: Decoupling Drupal - http://buytaert.net/should-we-decouple-drupal-with-a-client-side-framework MODULE OF THE WEEK: Menu Item Visibility www.drupal.org/project/menu_item_visibility This module exposes co...

In episode #006 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about intermediate module development concepts TOPICS: Let's talk Plugins. What is this Dependency Injection idea everyone is talking about? Further exploring. RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #005 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about the basic concepts of module development TOPICS: A look at the Routing Layer. How about Forms? What about Blocks? What are Services? RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #004 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk module development, an intro TOPICS: What's changing in Module Development Revolutionary vs Evolutionary Changes Getting off the Island (Composer, Doctrine, Twig, Symfony) Leveraging Symfony components HTTP Foundation Routing YAML Shifting how we think about our solutions. Object Oriented is fully baked into Core. RESOURCES: Code Academy - https://www....

In episode #003 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about theming. TOPICS: General Overview New Templating System Core theme Libraries RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #002 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk more about what's new in core. TOPICS: Changes to Content Type Creation Display Modes: View Modes / Form5 Modes Editable and expandable New Block System Comment Types Config. Management RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #001 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about what's new in core. TOPICS: Views in Core Front page File manager New Fields WYSIWYG In-Line Editing Contact Form RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

Topics Chef in a nutshell Server configuration management Use Cases What is Chef Chef Components Chef and the Drupal world Resources Chef - https://www.chef.io/ Chef Overview - https://docs.chef.io/chef_overview.html Module of the Week Disable Messages - www.drupal.org/project/disable_messages Gives a site owner options to disable specific messages shown to end users. The core drupal message syste...

Topics What is a Drupal Audit? What modules can help you Module Review Entity Type Review How pages are built Functionality How it looks - theme Hosting Development process Performance recommendations Deliverable Modules Security Review - https://www.drupal.org/project/security_review Site Audit - https://www.drupal.org/project/site_audit Hacked! - https://www.drupal.org/project/hacked Module of t...

In episode #1076 we talk about optimizing images, css and js. Jason joins us this week. TOPICS: Goals Performance Requirements Strategy & Modules Advanced aggregation Testing Process When to use this Tips MODULES: ImageMagick - https://www.drupal.org/project/imagemagick w/this patch: additional_image_styles-1810390-5.patch ImageAPI Optimize - https://www.drupal.org/project/imageapi_optimize Image...

In episode #106 we talk about getting starting with coding in Drupal. TOPICS Drupal 8 RC1 NEDCamp Recap Mentor IRC Hooks IDE xdebug devel Practice Practice Practice Earth Exchange Webform Hidden Fields Views Template Anatomy of a Module RESOURCES Talk and slides: http://nedcamp.org/new-england-drupal-camp-2015/sessions/scaling-cliff-advanced-site-builders-how-begin-coding   MODULE OF THE WEEK Work...

In episode #105 we talk with Cesar Abeid about Project Management. TOPICS Dries Note What is a Project Large shop and small shops 5 Tips to improve your project management skills Book - Project Management for You RESOURCES Baltimore Drupal Camp, Oct 9th- http://www.bmoredrupal.org/ New England Drupal Camp, Oct 10 & 11th www.nedcamp.org Dries Keynote - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v_rv346qmM PM...

In this episode we talk about the Features module.   Topics Community Events What is Features used for? Pros and Cons Guidelines for using features Helper Modules Modules features - https://www.drupal.org/project/features strongarm - https://www.drupal.org/project/strongarm blockexport - https://www.drupal.org/project/blockexport node_export - https://www.drupal.org/project/node_export roleexport...

In episode #103 we talk about our Must Haves for our Drupal projects, the toolsl and modules we cannot live without. Topics Must Haves Nice To Have Things not needed - Uninstall Modules Module Filter - https://www.drupal.org/project/module_filter Fast Permissions - https://www.drupal.org/project/fpa Administration Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views Administration menu - https://www...