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.
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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
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Drupal.org redesign code sprints: update 2
This week, twelve of us have gathered in Paris to continue our work on upgrading drupal.org. Sprinters include: Joeri Poesen, Damien Tournoud, Neil Drumm, Mike O'Conner, Gerhard Killesreiter, Klaas Van Waesberghe, Todd Ross Nienkerk... More
Mark Boulton to help with Drupal 7
Drupal's steep learning curve filters out far too many smart, motivated people who could benefit from Drupal. We see it all the time in the Drupal.org forums, in my "State of Drupal" surveys, on Twitter, when talking to customers, and on the web. Even though we've made significant progress with making Drupal easier to use, a lot of work is left to be done. With other content management systems such as Joomla! and WordPress making strides to catch up to Drupal in terms of development flexibility, if we want Drupal to remain competitive, we have a challenge we have to face: we need to create... More
Drupal.org redesign code sprints: update 1
Last week, we met at DrupalCamp Köln in Germany to start planning the Drupal.org redesign work. The intent of the meeting was to get a better handle on the work ahead of us, and to make preliminary design decisions. Further, we're starting to establish how we'll work together, and ultimately, how we scale out the work in the future.
We all went home from Germany with additional work to do:
Olav Schettler is researching... More
Get a scholarship to DrupalCon 2009 in Washington DC
Posted on lundi, janvier 19, 2009 by Robert Douglass RSS
I can hardly wait to go do DrupalCon 2009 in Washington DC. If you’re as excited about DrupalCon as I am, but are having a hard time finding the money you’d need to attend, perhaps you should apply for one of the 20 scholarships that are being awarded. Anybody in financial need can apply:
So who will these scholarships go to? People who are actively developing with Drupal, who would benefit from attending DrupalCon, and who are already helping the community.
The applications... More
DrupalCamp Köln wrapup
Last weekend, I attended DrupalCamp Köln in Germany. It was great to put my feelers out in the German Drupal community and to talk with so many Drupal users and developers. Executive summary: the German Drupal community is going strong. Thanks for your hospitality!
The welcome note with Thomas Narres (Narres Open Web Solutions), Robert Douglass (Acquia) and... More


