Featured post: A Reflection on Karen McGranes DrupalCon Portland Keynote
I just finished listening to the DrupalCon Portland’s Wednesday keynote presented by Karen McGrane about UX experience and content for all devices.
Plus...Notable:
Building an Association Site on Drupal Commons 3.0
Jason Schaffer mai 9, 2013 RSS
When the team at Blue Coda first began thinking about launch...
Let's Get Personal: The Basics
DC Denison mai 6, 2013 RSS
Personalization is as old as marketing itself. Give each cus...
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Business
The Truth About WYSIWYG Editing in your CMS
Yesterday at DrupalCon I saw Karen McGrane speak for the first time. Karen is a respected content strategist and frequent keynote speaker. She's fantastic, and I was thrilled to see her speak live for the first time.
The main point made during Karen’s keynote is that we need to think differently when thinking about digital content. Legacy processes designed for print publishing shaped much of... More
Technology
Automate review for security risks with source code analysis
Security issues are created in custom code when developers cut corners during development or don't make proper use of the APIs, among other reasons. There are several ways to discover such issues, including peer-review, code scanners, vulnerability scanning, and even by being exploited -- tho certainly undesirable! While each has its place and individual merits, let’s talk about security-focused... More
Design
Notes from Views Mini-Course, Part II: Creating Flexible Views with Drupal
Here are notes from the 2nd class in our Views mini-course.
Watch the recording Views Mini-Course, Part II: Creating Flexible Views with Drupal 7.
Review the notes and recording from last week.
Sign up to Views Mini-Course, Part III: How to back up your Views safely. May 15th.
In today's class we will look at the Views UI in detail. I'll show you how to create flexible views.... More
Messages récents
Event summary: DrupalJam 2013
Last Friday the annual one-day DrupalJam conference was held in the Rotterdam Feyenoord soccer stadium. The conference, which saw its eighth edition - if I recall correctly - is shifting to be more business focused with its new motto Drupal beyond the code, and was a great success with over a 100 participants. This blog post serves as a high-level summary of a couple of the talks that I attended.
Some of the talks were in English whereas others were in Dutch, as the... More
The DrupalCon Portland Sessions every Webmaster should attend!
Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to share what I thought were the sessions every digital marketer or Webmaster should attend.Tuesday:
9:00 am – 10:00 am
OR 204 - BlackmeshThe Future of Views
This session is directed towards site builders and people who have used views... More
5 Things I'm Looking Forward to at DrupalCon Portland
Hello from Portland!
Today is the start of my first DrupalCon. Acquia is a Diamond sponsor, and we've got a huge presence at the show.
1) Dries' keynote. I've watched his keynotes in previous years before joining Acquia. Dries just a great job educating, entertaining, and inspiring the Drupal community. I love his dry sense of humor, which I trust will be on full display tomorrow.
2) Expanded launch of Acquia Free Tier. At DrupalCon,... More
Let’s Get Personal: Personalization and Privacy
Posted on lundi, mai 20, 2013 by DC Denison RSS
Personalization is as old as marketing itself. Give each customer what they want, how they want it, when they want it. New technologies, platforms, and devices give us the tools to reinvent this venerable approach, expanding its reach and effectiveness. To wring the maximum value out of personalization, you have to track your results, constantly re-evaluate what you are doing, and adjust your strategy accordingly. In Part Two of this 5-part series on personalization, we consider how personalization impacts privacy, or not.
For many companies, personalization is an exciting prospect ...... More
Automate review for security risks with source code analysis
Security issues are created in custom code when developers cut corners during development or don't make proper use of the APIs, among other reasons. There are several ways to discover such issues, including peer-review, code scanners, vulnerability scanning, and even by being exploited -- tho certainly undesirable! While each has its place and individual merits, let’s talk about security-focused source code scanning for Drupal and preview Acquia’s static code analysis, in development for Acquia Insight.
Being open... More
