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Topics Latest Drupal News Blogs Curators Google Alerts Podcasts Attending camps/cons/conferences Meetups Social Media Company Reading Lists or Newsletters Writing! Industry Trends Blogs Podcasts Attending camps/cons/conferences Publications Module of the Week ImageAPI Optimize https://www.drupal.org/project/imageapi_optimize This is a toolkit for ImageAPI. It requires imageapi_gd or imageapi_imagemagick or any ImageAPI toolkit to work. ImageAPI Optimize allows you to use your preferred toolkit and optimize (losslessly) the image when it is saved. Practice for web performance suggests that images should be optimized for better loading time. With this module enabled, Google's Page Speed will always give you an A in image optimize. Resources Aquia Blog 0 https://www.acquia.com/blog Lullabot - https://www.lullabot.com/contact/mailinglist Drupalize.me - https://drupalize.me/ (newsletter signup at the bottom) Weekly Drop - http://www.theweeklydrop.com/ Drupal Planet - https://www.drupal.org/planet Lullabot - https://www.lullabot.com/ reddit.com/r/drupal Drupalize.me - https://drupalize.me/ Drupal Easy - http://drupaleasy.com/podcast Modules Unraveled - https://modulesunraveled.com/podcast Design4Drupal - http://boston2014.design4drupal.org/ NEWDcamp - http://www.newdcam.com ExploringDrupal8 - http://Exploringdrupal8.com DrupalPVD - http://www.DrupalPVD.org Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/communities/111161359890617128846 Smashing Magazine - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ The Verge - http://www.theverge.com/ This Week in Tech (TWIT) (http://www.twit.tv) The Web Ahead http://5by5.tv/webahead The Dirt Show - http://www.freshtilledsoil.com/category/podcast/ The Big Web Show http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow Shoptalk Show http://shoptalkshow.com/ Responsive Web Design - http://www.responsivewebdesign.com An Event Apart http://aneventapart.com/ Artifact http://artifactconf.com/ Future of Web Design https://futureofwebdesign.com/ A List Apart http://alistapart.com/ A Book Apart series http://www.abookapart.com/ O’Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/ .Net Magazine http://www.creativebloq.com/net-magazine 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 Managed vs Non-Managed Website characteristics Backups Hosting Companies Drupal Specialized Hosting Module of the Week Role Export - https://www.drupal.org/project/role_export The Role Export module allows roles to have machine_names and generates a unique role id (rid) based off of the machine_name. Roles can be exported with Features and get the exact same rid if imported on other sites. Because of this unique rid there is no need to create plugins per contrib module that use the rid in their export code, such as Views, Ctools, Rules, etc. References to this role id will not break on other sites. Resources Hosting Companies Dreamhost A Small orange Linode Media temple Digital Ocean Ramnode Black Mesh Site Ground 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 Guest Marc Isaacson “Teach Yourself Drupal” Drupal Kickstarter Project Project goals Objective How does it work Ridiculously Open source Kickstarter campaign Module of the Week Computed Field - https://www.drupal.org/project/computed_field Computed Field is a very powerful field module that lets you add a custom "computed fields" to your content types. These computed fields are populated with values that you define via PHP code. You may draw on anything available to Drupal, including other fields, the current user, database tables, you name it. (Feeling the power yet? :) ) You can also choose whether to store your computed field values in the database with other content fields, or have them "calculated" on the fly during node views. (Although you should note that Views use requires database stored values.) This field is literally the Swiss Army knife of fields. So start cooking up your PHP based values! Resources Teach Yourself Drupal Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vegantriathlete/teach-yourself-drupal?ref=nav_search Teach Yourself Drupal http://www.teachyourselfdrupal.org ROOSTS - http://www.roosts.org/ Innovation Women https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/innovationnights/innovation-women-technical-and-entrepreneurial-spe 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 Guests Marc Isaacson -https://www.drupal.org/u/vegantriathlete @tydrupal marc@isaacsonwebdevelopment.com

Topics NewdCamp overall results Team Handling the money Selecting a Venue Sponsors Marketing Website Things we forgot 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 Guests Ellen Diamond - www.hwdesignco.com @ellendiamond Susan Krushinsky www.HomesBySusanK.com @HomesBySusanK

Topics Net neutrality What is MailChimp What is Mandrill Modules to use with them Implementation uses Module of the Week Mailredirect - https://www.drupal.org/project/mail_redirect The Mail Redirect module redirects ALL system generated email to a test mail domain or address. This is especially useful when doing site testing which uses a production database which is populated with real email addresses. Modules Mailchimp - https://www.drupal.org/project/mailchimp Mandrill - https://www.drupal.org/project/mandrill Resources Mailchimp patch for contextual links - https://www.drupal.org/node/2356065 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 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