Talking Drupal

In this special episode we share the New England Drupal Camp keynote speech from Brian Charlson.   Brian shares the struggles of a blind person using a good website and bad website.  Brian Charlson is a national authority on assistive technology for persons who are blind or visually impaired.  Brian has worked at the Carroll Center for the Blind as both a classroom instructor and as the Director o...

In episode #128 we talk about options for securing Drupal logins.   TOPICS: What do we mean by Login Security? Modules Password Strength Password Policies Two Factor Authentication Flood Control HTTPS Spam accounts Reset password Drush RESOURCES: Password Policy - https://www.drupal.org/project/password_policy Password Strength - https://www.drupal.org/project/password_strength Flood Control - htt...

In episode #127 we talk with Ben Doherty about setting up a local development environment with Vagrant. TOPICS: What is Vagrant Why would you consider using it? What are the benefits of vagrant vs *AMP Difference between Docker and Vagrant How do you install Vagrant Common Vagrant Commands How do you get a local environment setup When using GIT/IDE locally, where does the code sit? How does it wor...

In episode #126 we discuss the planning for the New England Drupal Camp 2016. TOPICS: NEDCamp Third Year Scheduling around other camps / Drupalcon Moving location Team Training Day Focus/Theme - Accessibility Where's next year's camp going to be? MODULE OF THE WEEK: IMCE for FileField www.drupal.org/project/imce_filefield IMCE for FileField allows users to select files from IMCE File Browser. It s...

TOPICS: How you can use analytics What analytics are needed Capturing analytics Core Statistics module Custom development Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager Other tools Other Analytics Tools/Modules MODULES: Statistics Counter - https://www.drupal.org/project/statistics_counter Google Analytics - https://www.drupal.org/project/google_analytics Google Tag Manger - https://www.drupal.org/project/...

TOPICS:   Drupal 8 learning curve Composer - The new way to manage modules Git workflows Update hooks / deleting modules MODULE OF THE WEEK: Node Edit Protection www.drupal.org/project/node_edit_protection A very simple JavaScript based protection that will alert a user if they are navigating away from a modified Node Edit form without saving. It uses a standard JavaScript confirm dialog that allo...

In episode #123 we take about the red hot module, Paragraphs.  www.talkingdrupal.com/123 TOPICS: What is Paragraphs Why use it? Features Use Cases Supporting Modules MODULES: Paragraphs - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs Paragraphs Pack - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs_pack Classy Paragraphs - https://www.drupal.org/project/classy_paragraphs Paragraph Defaults - https://www.dru...

In episode #122 we talk about using Taxonomy or Entity References TOPICS: Definition of Taxonomy Scenario/Use cases Considerations MODULES: Taxonomy Access Control https://www.drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access Taxonomy Access Fix https://www.drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access_fix MODULE OF THE WEEK: IMCE Mkdir www.drupal.org/project/imce_mkdir IMCE Mkdir allows users to create and delete sub-dire...

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”