Thoughts that Count
Protecting Enterprise Drupal Users Against Heartbleed
On the afternoon of Monday, April 7 2014, the Heartbleed bug was made public and demonstrated that the majority of encrypted traffic on the Internet was vulnerable to eavesdropping.
In this post we wanted to provide insight into the steps Acquia took to... More
By Andrew Kenney Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2014
Secure Acquia accounts with two-step verification and strong passwords
Today I’m proud to announce the general availability of three new authentication and access control security features for the Acquia Network. The following features will help ensure the security of... More
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Wednesday, Apr 16, 2014
by Ben Jeavons
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2014
by Ben Jeavons
Using Composer Manager to get off the Island Now
On the eve of 2013, prolific Drupal contributor Larry Garfield put forth a challenge to "get off the island", and... More
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Tuesday, Apr 8, 2014
by Chris Pliakas
Tuesday, Apr 8, 2014
by Chris Pliakas
Recent Posts
Keeping Pace with DigitalDisruption.com
Here are some of the past week's highlights from DigitalDisruption.com, Acquia's portal for examining the impact of digital disruption.
Innovative Solution Delivers Affordable, Assistive Technologies
What would happen if you could never tell a loved one how much you cared about them or even communicate simple commands that are taken for granted each day? There are millions of Americans currently living with neurological conditions that leave them unable to communicate effectively or use a computer. With the only market-available... More
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Friday, April 18, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Friday, April 18, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Paul Wander on PHP and Open Source in the Enterprise
Part 1 of 3: Paul Wander, co-founder and VP Sales and Marketing at the UK PHP service provider Inviqa – the co-parent company of SensioLabs UK – was kind enough to give me an hour of his time recently to talk about some interests we have in common. In this podcast, we talk about when Paul discovered open source software, Inviqa and SensioLabs UK's history, Symfony and open source software in the enterprise. In parts 2 and 3, we cover Symfony2, Drupal 8, behavior... More
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
Thursday, April 17, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
Lush - launching a flagship eCommerce Site with Drupal & Drupal Commerce
Cross-posted with permission from i-KOS.com
This years New York Drupal Camp (NYCAMP 2014) was held at the iconic United Nations Headquarters in the heart of the city, and saw hundreds of Drupal professionals come together to share, learn and discuss development trends, as well as their own stories.
Our very own Richard Jones presented the story of Lush's move to to Drupal with the help of i-KOS.
The story began at this years DrupalCamp... More
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
by Myles Davidson
Thursday, April 17, 2014
by Myles Davidson
5 Erreurs à éviter pour votre site Drupal - Numéro 1: l'architecture
Drupal est l’un des systèmes de gestion de contenu les plus flexibles qui existe. Dans cette série de post, je vais revenir en détail sur 5 erreurs à éviter sur votre site Web Drupal qui incluent: l’architecture, la sécurité, la performance, l’infrastructure, et la gestion du cycle de vie du site.
Un remerciement chaleureux à mon collègue Ryan MacInnis qui m’a incité à écrire cette série d’articles.
Du point de vue de l’architecture, voici les décisions vitales que vous prendrez pour vous assurer du succès et de la performance de votre site Web Drupal.
Comment structurer votre contenu
Comment... More
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
by Heather James
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
by Heather James
Locking Down the Cloud: Freeing the Cloud
When I started talking to cloud experts about automation and security, I thought that we’d spend most of our time discussing how automation reduces human error (and deliberate malfeasance). And how it frees up IT time for higher value activities.
It does both of those things, of course. But I also discovered a sub-theme that kept bubbling up in my conversations: by automating security, you give a power boost to one of the most appealing features of cloud hosting: rapid elasticity and scalability.
Let’s say that you need to scale up your digital capacity to handle a surge of interest and... More
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
The best kind of learning technology
Our training is hands-on, but what that means has changed through the years we’ve run Drupal training. Now you’re just as likely to see learners drawing on paper, collaborating with someone, giving a quick demo, or of course, working hard on their computers. I was reminded of this recently looking at some photos of a client training by our partner, Cegeka with Laurens Vandeput, Senior Drupal developer and team coach. Such simple tools are a key component of our technical... More
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Monday, April 14, 2014
by Heather James
Monday, April 14, 2014
by Heather James
Keeping Pace with DigitalDisruption.com
Here are some of the past week's highlights from DigitalDisruption.com, Acquia's portal for examining the impact of digital disruption.
The Chief Digital Officer Landscape
While the CDO role is most prevalent in media and advertising, the sector where it is having the most gains is retail, with Best Buy, Walmart, Starbucks, etc. leading the way in carving out a role for a senior executive devoted to owning and innovating on the digital customer experience. Any digitally focused organization (one that relies on digital to deliver a... More
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Friday, April 11, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Friday, April 11, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
How to reliably test sandbox projects using the drupal.org testbot locally
During Drupal Dev Days in Hungary, there were many sprints that took place. You can see the amazing footage of what went on there in this nice movie, but that is not what we are going to discuss now!
In this blog post, we'll talk about how to manage your Drupal 8 module upgrade while working with many people together using a sandbox. Since drupal.org does not allow you to grant per branch access to the repository, it might be risky to allow everyone commit... More
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Friday, April 11, 2014
by Nick Veenhof
Friday, April 11, 2014
by Nick Veenhof
DrupalCon Training with the Acquia team! UX and Security
The Acquia team is getting ready for DrupalCon Austin. We're excited about the official announcement of training at DrupalCon which is held on the Monday before the conference on Monday, June 2. We have two courses on offer which we think you'll love. One will get you started evaluating your designs with users, and how to conduct usability testing. One will help ensure your site or application is secure which is increasingly important for sites of all sizes.
Sale on ticket prices until May 2nd
DrupalCon training is on sale for $75 off. And the ticket pricing is $100 off the cost of onsite... More
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
by Heather James
Thursday, April 10, 2014
by Heather James
Conference Heats Up Discussion of Customer Experiences
The warmth of Miami after a LONG winter has helped fuel the energy of the Demandware XChange Conference, but that’s certainly not the only factor. This highly engaged group is striving to keep up with the ever increasing expectations of online shoppers.
Innovation abounds in commerce, as brands work tirelessly to build loyalty and engagement through their digital channels. This challenge will continue to fuel innovation, increase the speed of commerce and drive the need for new, engaging, informed shopping experiences.... More
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Kelly O'Neill
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Kelly O'Neill
Sensio Labs UK - Lessons and chances from Drupal 8 early adoption
Part 2 of 2 - I spoke with Richard Miller and Tom Kitchin, software engineers at SensioLabs UK and its parent company Inviqa respectively, via a Google Hangout on Air recently. Here, I learn the inside story on one of the first Drupal 8 sites online, www.sensiolabs.co.uk, what their goals were, how they built it and have kept it running since May 2013, and how Drupal 8 will change... More
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
Live tutorial on using Bootstrap with Drupal today!
Our old training site was looking a bit long in the tooth. It was not only Drupal 6, but also had an old Acquia design several versions behind the current main site. It was time for a major update.
Step by step tutorials
Dave Myburgh, Lead developer for Acquia.com recently gave two webinars about the experience. He shares specific tips on what modules he used to keep the development lightweight and flexible.
The first recording is now available, and you can register for part 2, focusing on Bootstrap, which is today!... More
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Heather James
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
by Heather James
Locking Down the Cloud: Taking Advantage of Automation
I was nursing a strong cup of coffee when I spoke to Marc Boorshtein, the chief technology officer at Tremelo Security, an identity service broker that enables enterprises to integrate new applications very quickly.
The coffee was crucial, because Marc decided, as an example, to go through the manual process of deploying a new server. “First, install the OS; then install certain libraries; then install packages; then configure the packages; then lock down the server…”
“Stop!” I pleaded. “I get it!”
Marc was happy to oblige, because I just made his points for him: Rote activities are... More
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
Jumpstarting a UX Research Program at Acquia
This April, at the Lean UX NYC Conference, Ezra Gildesgame and I will co-present a half-day workshop, Communicating the Business Value and Getting Buy-in for UX Research. In our workshop, we will share techniques for selling your internal stakeholders on the importance of research for making business and product decisions.
In 2013, one of the biggest priorities for the Acquia UX team was to revamp our customer research program to effectively involve our internal team members in our research projects. During the... More
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Monday, April 7, 2014
by Christine Perfetti
Monday, April 7, 2014
by Christine Perfetti
Organize Your Styles - An Introduction to SMACSS
On smaller brochure sites, how your organize your styles isn’t usually a big concern. You get in there, write some CSS, or maybe even some SASS. You compile it all into a single stylesheet with SASS’s production settings, and then you aggregate it to get all the stylesheets from modules into a nice tidy package.
However, when it comes to larger, more complex projects, how you organize your code is a key to efficiency. Not only in how how much time it takes, but also in how much code you write, and how much a browser has to load. This is especially important when you’re working with a team of... More
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Monday, April 7, 2014
by Jason Stanbery
Monday, April 7, 2014
by Jason Stanbery
Keeping Pace with DigitalDisruption.com
Here are some of the past week's highlights from DigitalDisruption.com, Acquia's portal for examining the impact of digital disruption.
Digital leaders for Oprah, Lady Gaga, Rachael Ray, and Michael J Fox discuss protecting personal brands at Chief Digital Officer Summit
“It’s so different…with a person, you’re dealing with an emotional relationship and their reputation.”
That distinction—how managing fans of a personality, versus those of a product—was shared by Rosemary Maggiore, President of Rachael Ray Digital, at the 2013... More
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Friday, April 4, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Friday, April 4, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Why selecting a new CMS will just not cut it
Being part of Acquia’s Solutions Architecture team gives me unique insight into the changing landscape of Digital Marketing and the Internet in general. People are scrambling to get shiny new tools in place to be able to cope with the speed at which the Internet is changing. During the course of the last year I have reviewed dozens of RFP’s in which companies set out to select a “solution”.
But, selecting a new “solution” won’t actually solve your problem! Having an online strategy isn’t only about the tool, it’s about much, much more, as we’ll see in a moment.
Most RFP’s fall into one of... More
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Friday, April 4, 2014
by Frederik Demets
Friday, April 4, 2014
by Frederik Demets
Drupal 8 + Symfony - "This is what open source is all about"
Part 1 of 2 - I spoke with Richard Miller and Tom Kitchin, software engineers at SensioLabs UK and its parent company Inviqa respectively, via a Google Hangout on Air recently. I wanted to learn more about PHP and Symfony from their perspective and how they think the Drupal 8 and Symfony2 are going to affect each other.
In part 2, I learn the inside story on one of the first Drupal 8 sites online,... More
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Friday, April 4, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
Friday, April 4, 2014
by Jeffrey McGuire
More Responsive Image Effects for Drupal 7
Cross-posted with permission from Isovera.com
When working with image styles in Drupal 7, there are many types of visual effects that can be applied to responsive displays. Some examples include: Cropping; Desaturation; Watermarks; Canvas Effects; etc. These examples and others can be applied per device type and/or screen width based on the breakpoints and image styles already applied as shown in the previous blog post. Building upon our integration of the Breakpoints & Picture modules from the... More
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
by Trent Wyman
Thursday, April 3, 2014
by Trent Wyman
Acquia Workshop at Lean UX NYC Conference
The most successful UX teams understand that their skills must extend beyond running solid research studies and producing great product designs. First, teams must establish buy-in and participation in research from the people who matter most--the other stakeholders involved in making the decisions that influence products.
Next, week, I’ll partner with Christine Perfetti, Acquia’s Senior Director of User Experience to lead a workshop called, “Communicating the Business Value and Getting Buy-in for UX Research” as part of... More
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
by Ezra Barnett Gildesgame
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
by Ezra Barnett Gildesgame
The Rise of Digital Creates A Marketer’s Dilemma
As a product manager at Acquia, I frequently speak with digital thought leaders at many organizations, small and large. It’s clear that the digital marketing profession at these organizations has undergone tremendous change over the past decade. Digital marketers now oversee large numbers of “digital experiences,” rather than the small number of static, branded web sites that were the norm just a few short years ago. And by incorporating web, social, mobile and offline touch points, managing these digital experiences has become very complex.
This complexity has greatly increased demands on... More
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
by Gary Wu
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
by Gary Wu
Drupal Development using PhpStorm
The PhpStorm IDE comes with a bundled Drupal Plugin, providing functionality for modules, themes as well as for core Drupal development for Drupal 6, 7 or 8. Combine that with PhpStorm’s excellent PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript support, automatic code inspections, debugging and unit testing support and we have a great tool for developing our next Drupal application! In this post, we will see how we can get started with Drupal development in PhpStorm.
From the Welcome screen (or by selecting File | New Project), we can choose to create a new project of the Drupal type. PhpStorm will make sure... More
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
by Maarten Balliauw
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
by Maarten Balliauw
Locking Down the Cloud: Leveraging the Ecosystem
Ryan Scheuermann recently came up with a good metaphor to describe the difference between managing security on your own servers, and using a cloud-based service.
“When you’re working with bare metal in your own location, it’s all up to you. It’s like the wild west,” he said.
“When you’re hosted in the cloud,” he continued, “it’s like being in a gated community: the cloud service providers have many services that you can take advantage of.”
“It’s still up to you,” said Ryan, who is the chief product officer and co-founder of Ceros, a cloud-based marketing platform that is used by global... More
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
by Jess Iandiorio
Taking Migrations from Madness to Gladness
For every new and amazing Drupal application we build, there is almost always a corresponding data migration. This major aspect of enterprise projects can involve complex business and data analysis, detailed data mapping, migration from multiple third-party data and analytics sources, test migrations, and data validation.
Data is always an area where our clients have much more expertise than we could hope to gain during a standard professional services engagement, so they are heavily involved in this aspect of the project, including planning, validating test migrations, signoff of final... More
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Monday, March 31, 2014
by Jenn Sramek
Monday, March 31, 2014
by Jenn Sramek
Keeping Pace with DigitalDisruption.com
Here are some of the past week's highlights from DigitalDisruption.com, Acquia's portal for examining the impact of digital disruption.
Second Screen is Key to Great Digital Experience
Brands today are engaging with consumers on a rapidly growing number of platforms and devices. Taking the next step in the multiplatform revolution, many have begun engaging with their audience on two platforms simultaneously, add a second screen in order to add new layers of interactivity and interest.
Chief digital officers, or digital strategists... More
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Friday, March 28, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
Friday, March 28, 2014
by Ryan MacInnis
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by Nick Veenhof
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