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May 20, 2015 • 1h 9min

Talking Drupal #095 - Easy Does It

Topics Guests - Mike Anello & Ryan Price Top three takeaways from DrupalCon What is the DrupalCon “vibe” regarding Drupal 8 - brief Tips and Tricks to keep up while getting other’s up to speed Module of the Week Select (or other) - https://www.drupal.org/project/select_or_other Provides a new Forms API element which is a select/radios/checkboxes element that has an 'other' option. When 'other' is selected a textfield appears for the user to provide a custom value. Resources https://www.lullabot.com/blog/podcasts/drupalizeme-podcast/61-mental-health-and-open-source http://www.amazon.com/10-Happier-Self-Help-Actually-Works-A/dp/0062265431 https://assoc.drupal.org/d8accelerate Hosts John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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May 6, 2015 • 1h 5min

Talking Drupal #094 - Having a Successful Launch

Topics Listener Questions Drupalcon Project management Technical Marketing Module of the Week Image Field Caption https://www.drupal.org/project/image_field_caption Adds an extra text area for captions on image fields. Similar to the alt and title text fields available with an image field, the caption text area can be used to enter text or html descriptions of an image Modules Statistics Counter - https://www.drupal.org/project/statistics_counter Statistics Filter - https://www.drupal.org/project/statistics_filter Resources Website Launch Checkist - https://www.drupal.org/node/2199545 Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Apr 22, 2015 • 1h 7min

Talking Drupal #093 - Easy Security Tips

Topics Announcements Backup Admin Config Modules Code Server/DNS News & Alerts Modules Password Policy – http://drupal.org/project/password_policy Login Security – http://drupal.org/project/login_security Security Review – http://www.drupal.org/project/security_review ReCaptcha – http://www.drupal.org/project/recaptcha Secure Login - https://www.drupal.org/project/securelogin Flood Control Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_control Flood Unblock Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_unblock Resources Getty Images Project Application - https://www.drupal.org/node/2466833 Talking Drupal PCI - http://www.talkingdrupal.com/036 Talking Drupal Backup Show http://talkingdrupal.com/047 Don’t Hack My Drupal Man - http://www.oomphinc.com/blog/2015-04/dont-hack-my-drupal-man Enhancing security using contributed modules - https://www.drupal.org/node/382752 Tips and Tricks for Improved Drupal Security - http://www.codediesel.com/security/tips-and-tricks-for-improved-drupal-security/ Dos Arrest - http://www.dosarrest.com/ File Permissons - https://www.drupal.org/node/244924 Drupal Security - https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity Module of the Week Webform Reply To - https://www.drupal.org/project/webform_reply_to A key part of the Webform module is sending e-mails. Webform lets you customize the name and e-mail address that is used for outgoing e-mails, but often this is not enough. You cannot use Webform to set a custom "Reply-To" e-mail header, for instance. That's where this module comes in! Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Mar 19, 2015 • 59min

Talking Drupal #090 - Map Rendering

Topics What is the difference between map rendering and location. Location collection Geolocation services Map renderers Modules Google Store Locator - https://www.drupal.org/project/google_store_locator Leaflet - https://www.drupal.org/project/leaflet Location - https://www.drupal.org/project/google_store_locator AddressField - https://www.drupal.org/project/addressfield GeoField - https://www.drupal.org/project/geofield IP Geolocation - https://www.drupal.org/project/ip_geoloc Leaflet Marker Cluster - https://www.drupal.org/project/leaflet_markercluster Resources http://www.talkingdrupal.com/030 Module of the Week d2d migrate https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate_d2d migrate_d2d provides a framework based on the Migrate API for migrating content from Drupal 5, Drupal 6, or Drupal 7 sites into the Drupal 7 site where it is installed. As of 7.x-2.1-rc1, it requires Migrate 7.x-2.6-rc2 or later. Besides addressing contemporary needs to migrate to Drupal 7, it has helped serve as a proof-of-concept for incorporating the migration approach into core as an upgrade path (https://groups.drupal.org/imp). Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Mar 11, 2015 • 52min

Talking Drupal #089 - Patch, Build, or Cannibalize

www.TalkingDrupal.com/089 Topics What does Patch, Build Punt mean? Challenges we face when building a website Searching and selecting contrib modules The module is not quite doing it for you Does it provide the hooks to modify easily? Recommending a change to the project in the issue queue Building yourself - searching api.drupal.org Examples (Patch)RESTWS (Build)Switching views displays based on session variable (Patch)Wanting to change the ip banned message (Build)Using a Mandrill Template (Build)Setting up statistics based on metrics specific to your site (Build)Creating a table with values from three entities (Patch) Fixing bugs that cause usability errors (Popup On Load) (Cannibalize)Copying a module and customising it to your needs (Topbar Messages) (Build)Building your own module even though one exists (Hreflang) (Cannibalize)FB Post Modules https://www.drupal.org/project/topbar_msg https://www.drupal.org/project/popup_onload Module of the Week Hacked! https://www.drupal.org/project/hacked This module scans the currently installed Drupal, contributed modules and themes, re-downloads them and determines if they have been changed. Changes are marked clearly and if the diff module is installed then Hacked! will allow you to see the exact lines that have changed. Hacked! also provides drush integration so that you can see what files have changed from the command line. This is primarily a developer tool and should never ever (don't even think it) be installed on a production site. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Mar 4, 2015 • 56min

Talking Drupal #088 - Load Testing

http://www.talkingdrupal.com/088 Topics Resources Apache Bench - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApacheBench Blitz.io - https://www.blitz.io/ Blazemeter - http://blazemeter.com/ Modules Blazemeter Drupal module - https://www.drupal.org/project/blazemeter Module of the Week Captcha After - www.drupal.org/project/captcha_after Show CAPTCHA protection on selected forms after specified number of unsuccessful form submit attempts has been made. CAPTCHA After module brings solution to the problem of evaluating security challenges (commonly known as CAPTCHAs) without decreasing the usability of your site. It allows human visitors to fill the web form with input data without solving the CAPTCHA challenge. If however malicious software (or user) is to be suspected because the total number of submitted forms (correct or wrong submits), the CAPTCHA will be activated. Typical use case is user login page where you can set that CAPTCHA protection should be shown after 3 unsuccessful login attempts. Then on first 3 attempts guest user will not be challenged with CAPTCHA protection, but on fourth login attempt guest user will also need to solve CAPTCHA challenge in order to login. The administrator of the site has multiple options when it comes to fine tuning of the “suspicious” situation: you can control submit threshold (number of wrong submissions per user), flooding threshold (number of correct submissions per machine IP) and global flooding threshold. CAPTCHA After can also be enabled only for selected CAPTCHA protected forms. Host Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Guest Rob Aubin - www.oomphinc.com @ra8
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Feb 6, 2015 • 1h 13min

Talking Drupal #084 - Forums

Topics What is a forum Are they still relevant? Drupal Forum - Core Forum features Advanced Forum Forum Access Notifications Using third party solutions Organic Groups Modules Advanced Forum - https://www.drupal.org/project/advanced_forum Forum Access - https://www.drupal.org/project/forum_access Subscriptions - https://www.drupal.org/project/subscriptions Notify - https://www.drupal.org/project/notify Comment Notify - https://www.drupal.org/project/comment_notify Resources Forum Contrib Modules - https://www.drupal.org/node/227121 Module of the Week Cloudflare https://www.drupal.org/project/cloudflare CloudFlare is a FREE reverse proxy, firewall, and global content delivery network and can be implemented without installing any server software or hardware. On average, CloudFlare-powered websites load 30% faster, use 60% less bandwidth, and process 65% fewer requests. CloudFlare-powered websites are protected from many forms of malicious activity including: comment spam, email harvesting, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and DDoS (denial of service) attacks. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Website: www.talkingdrupal.com
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Jan 29, 2015 • 1h 2min

Talking Drupal #083 - Galleries

Topics What do we mean by “gallery” Considerations when building a gallery Customer workflow Single or multi content types Page layouts Lightbox and Colorbox Image uploading Mobile image upload 3rd party integration Modules Gallery formatter - https://www.drupal.org/project/galleryformatter Views Slideshow - https://www.drupal.org/project/views_slideshow Flexslider - https://www.drupal.org/project/flexslider Node Gallery - https://www.drupal.org/project/node_gallery Multiupload Filefield Widget - https://www.drupal.org/project/multiupload_filefield_widget Multiupload Imagefield Widget - https://www.drupal.org/project/multiupload_imagefield_widget Field Focus - www.drupal.org/project/imagefield_focus pl upload - https://www.drupal.org/project/plupload Modules of the Week FileField Source - https://www.drupal.org/project/filefield_sources FileField Sources is an extension to the FileField module. The FileField module lets you upload files from your computer through a CCK field. The FileField Sources module expands on this ability by allowing you to select new or existing files through additional means, including: Re-use files by an auto-complete textfield Attach server-side files uploaded via FTP Transfer files from a remote server (cURL required) Paste a file directly from the clipboard (Drupal 7 only) Select existing files through the IMCE file browser Although FileField Sources provides several built-in sources, it can be extended by any module through an API for creating new sources. Users can toggle between any of the available methods for selecting a file. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Jan 21, 2015 • 1h 19min

Talking Drupal #082 - Organic Groups

Topics Paragraphs feedback What is Organic Groups? Use Cases Key concepts to understand Module of the Week Facebook Post - https://www.drupal.org/project/fb_post This module allows registered users to add posts to their Facebook feeds when they create new content or make a comment on your site. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
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Jan 14, 2015 • 1h 22min

Talking Drupal #081 - Drupal 8 in 2016

Topics Drupal 8 - Full release 2016 Getting involved and getting started Does this change anything in your mind?How to move forward with Drupal 8 Tips on building a volunteer hour tracking website Module of the Week Paragraphs - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs Paragraphs is the new way of content creation! It allows you — Site Builders — to make things cleaner so that you can give more editing power to your end-users. Instead of putting all their content in one WYSIWYG body field including images and videos, end-users can now choose on-the-fly between pre-defined Paragraph Types independent from one another. Paragraph Types can be anything you want from a simple text block or image to a complex and configurable slideshow. Paragraphs module comes with a new "paragraphs" field type that works like Entity Reference's. Simply add a new paragraphs field on any Content Type you want and choose which Paragraph Types should be available to end-users. They can then add as many Paragraph items as you allowed them to and reorder them at will. Paragraphs module does not come with any default Paragraph Types but since they are basic Drupal Entities you can have complete control over what fields they should be composed of and what they should look like through the typical Drupal Manage Fields and Manage Display screens. You can also add custom option fields and do conditional coding in your CSS, JS and preprocess functions so that end-users can have more control over the look and feel of each item. This is way much cleaner and stable than adding inline CSS or classes inside the body field's source. Resources https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0/get-involved https://groups.drupal.org/node/447258 Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

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