Talking Drupal

Topics Episode #71 - Jeff Robbins What do we mean by Mobile Friendly Drupal? What makes a site friendly Modules to help 10-15-14 Module of the Week Front End Developer - https://www.drupal.org/project/dfed Front End Developer provides an easy to use toolkit for theme developers that assists in the building of themes. Features include: * Displays current viewport resolution * Displays common media query resolutions ( ie. Mobile, Tablet, Desktop ) * Highlights defined sidebar regions * Highlights links that do not have a destination set * Highlights images without alt tags set   Modules Navbar Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/navbar Adaptive Images - https://www.drupal.org/project/adaptive_image Picture - https://www.drupal.org/project/picture Flexslider - https://www.drupal.org/project/flexslider Context - https://www.drupal.org/project/context Context Breakpoint - https://www.drupal.org/project/context_breakpoint Context Mobile Detect - https://www.drupal.org/project/context_mobile_detect Fences - https://www.drupal.org/project/fences HTML5 Tools - https://www.drupal.org/project/html5_tools Semantic Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/semanticviews Block Class - https://www.drupal.org/project/block_class Resources Macaw - visual web design tool - http://macaw.co Brackets - new open-source code editor from Adobe - http://brackets.io InVisionApp - visual prototyping & collaboration tool - http://invisionapp.com 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    

On November 1, 2014 at Brown University in Providence, Jeff Robbins, gave the keynote speech at the first New England Drupal Camp.    The Drupal community knowns Jeff as a pioneer in web development and Drupal, but did you know the CEO of Lullabot was also the front man for a successful alternative rock band in the 90s?  Jeff shared the lessons he learned in music and how they shaped his success building a world renowned Drupal agency You can hear Jeff's speech, "What I learned from Rock and Roll" here.  

Topics What is meant by collaboration? Is it different than teamwork? Collaborationist!  Benefits of collaborating Internal and external  Participation vs collaboration Steps to get collaboration kick started Personal and business impact Finding people to collaborate with Module of the Week Metatag http://drupal.org/project/metatag The Metatag module allows you to automatically provide structured metadata, aka "meta tags", about a website. In the context of search engine optimization, when people refer to meta tags they are usually referring to the meta description tag and the meta keywords tag that may help improve the rankings and display of a site in search engine results. In addition, the module provides support for meta tags (Open Graph Protocol from Facebook, Twitter Cards from Twitter) that allow control of how content appears when shared on social networks. Resources Workshops - http://www.Webcoffee.co Design is a Job - http://www.abookapart.com/products/design-is-a-job Linchpin - http://www.amazon.com/Linchpin-Are-Indispensable-Seth-Godin/dp/1591844096 Hillman Curtis  - MTIV - http://www.amazon.com/MTIV-Process-Inspiration-Practice-Designer/dp/0735711658 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

Topics Scenario 1 - “I have a Drupal 6 website and I need to get to Drupal 7” Scenario 2 - “I cannot get support from my current Drupal developer” Modules Checklist  https://www.drupal.org/project/checklist Allow administrators on sites to create checklists that must be completed by users of the site. Each user can see their checklists on the "Checklists" tab of their account. Multiple checklists can be created and assigned to users to complete depending on their role (or other groups in 2.x). Additional checklist options: Specify to only make new users complete a checklist. Assign a role on completion of checklist. Limit navigation until checklist is complete (it will not allow the users to go anywhere except to items on the checklist). Force checklist items to be completed in order. Multiple checklist item types that can be expanded via hooks/API. Implemented by default in both versions: User check - the user simply clicks/checks the item. Admin check - a user with the correct permission must check the item off of the checklist. Node create - user must create a certain node type. Node agree - user must visit a node and click I agree at the bottom. Page view - user must visit a given page within the site. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan  

Topics Security Patch Released today Approaches to address the issue.  Update or patch. Handling customers Open source - security Oomph Ally Services Managing the update process with a customer Charge for updates or included in monthly service fee Writing secure code: Importance of using the API   Modules Conditional Fields https://www.drupal.org/project/conditional_fields Define dependencies between fields based on their states and values. Conditional Fields for Drupal 7 is an user interface to the new States API, plus the ability to modify fields appearance and behavior on certain conditions when viewing content   Resources Security Release - https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-005 Security FAQ - https://www.drupal.org/node/2357241 Drupal Secutiry Page - https://security.drupal.org/about Oomph Ally Servcies - http://oomphinc.com/ally Drupal Security - https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity 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

Topics Meet Jerry from Drupal PVD How to approach Drupal from the outside Drupal baggage Having a Drupal State of Mind and how to get there Module of the week  Bundle Copy https://www.drupal.org/project/bundle_copy Bundle copy is a replacement for the Content copy module which lives in the CCK project for Drupal 6. Has export/import support for: Node types Taxonomy User Field API fields Field groups 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

Topics Dave McKinley - CTO Ooomph  Drupal 8 Beta Release What does it mean to be multidisciplinary agency WordPress and Drupal under the same roof When a client doesn’t have a preference, how do you choose WordPress vs Drupal Resources Drupal 8 Beta Release - https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0.0-beta1 Meet Our New CTO, Daid McKinleyI - http://www.oomphinc.com/blog/2013-08/meet-our-new-cto-david-mckinley/ Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Dave McKinley - oomhinc.com, @DavidBMcKinley  

Topics Responsive Typography by Jason Pamental Getting a book deal The writing process Pricing Marketing What Jason learned from writing a book Resources http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034063.do Module of the week Commerce Coupon https://www.drupal.org/project/commerce_coupon Full rules integration. The validation and the redemption can be controlled by Rules. Multiple coupon types can be added. Each type can has his own fields. 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

Topics General Options Free Theme Roll your own Hire a Themer General Strategy Public Theme vs Admin Theme Modules Module of the week Menu HTML https://www.drupal.org/project/menu_html This very simple module adds a checkbox to the menu item edit form and allows the admin to add html to the menu item title. The idea is to use this for external links for which you want to display a logo of the visited site or simply to add strong on some words. Guest Tim Dickens - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com@tregonian Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan  

Topics What do we mean by Intranet Examples of Intranet implementations Why Drupal is a good solution (sounds like to usual reasons) Challenges with Intranet Distributions Modules LDAP - https://www.drupal.org/project/ldap CAS - https://www.drupal.org/project/cas Workbench - https://www.drupal.org/project/workbench Webforms - https://www.drupal.org/project/webform   Module of the week Block title link https://www.drupal.org/project/block_titlelink Have you ever needed to make a block title a link? This module makes it easy. Block Title Link creates a link field on the Block Admin page. It works by overriding the $block->subject variable and changes it to a link. Features Support: Block Title Link is compatible with the Features module by using the Strongarm module. Simply select any block_titlelink prefixed variables and they will be exported in your feature. Resources   Drupal Commons - https://www.drupal.org/project/commons/ Open Atrium - https://www.drupal.org/project/openatrium Google Interactionhttps://austin2014.drupal.org/session/collaborative-spaces-integrating-drupal-google-drive-dropbox-and-more Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan