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Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.
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Jun 4, 2014 • 42min
Talking Drupal #052 Live from Drupal Con
Topics
Key Note
Drupal
Parties
Drop in Guests
Todd Ross Nienkerk - Four Kitchens https://fourkitchens.com/team/todd-ross-nienkerk/
Kay VanValkenburgh - OwnSourcing - http://ownsourcing.com/
Resources
http://buytaert.net/the-investment-case-for-employing-a-drupal-core-contributor
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrupalAssociation/videos
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

May 28, 2014 • 56min
Talking Drupal #051 Con, Camp and Code
Topics
DrupalCon - Jason and John Preview
NewdCamp
RestWS - what is Rest and Use Cases
Login/Logout/Reset Password - nuances and modules to customize.
Module of the Week
Resources
DrupalCon.com - www.DrupalCon.com
NewdCamp.com - www.NewdCamp.com
Flood Control Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_control
Flood Unblock Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_unblock
Simple Password Reset Module - https://drupal.org/project/simple_pass_reset
PRLP Module - https://drupal.org/project/prlp
Logintoboggan Module - https://drupal.org/project/logintoboggan
Generate Password Module - https://drupal.org/project/genpass
Administer User By Role Module - https://drupal.org/project/administerusersbyrole
Role Assign Module - https://drupal.org/project/roleassign
Module of the Week
Administer User By Role - https://drupal.org/project/administerusersbyrole
This module allows site builders to set up fine-grained permissions for allowing users to edit and delete other users — more specific than Drupal Core's all-or-nothing 'administer users' permission. It also provides and enforces a 'create users' permission.
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

May 21, 2014 • 56min
Talking Drupal #050 - New Show Host
In episode #50, Daniel J Lewis is the host and interviews the regular Talking Drupal hosts Stephen, Jason, John and Nic. Technology, Drupal, Food and Marriage; Daniel went in all directions.
Topics
Daniel J Lewis - host for the day
Some Questions include:
What was your very first Drupal project and what was your very first website or software application? Why Drupal over other CMSes?
If Drupal disappeared today, what CMS would you use?
What is the project you most enjoyed working on? Not because of the profit or size, but your level of enjoyment.
What are three of your favorite tools for designing, coding, or managing Drupal projects?
Do you have any hobbies; what do you do in your spare time?
What is your favorite food and beverage?
You are all married, how did you propose to your wives?
Resource
The Noodle.mx Network http://noodle.mx
Responsive Typography from O’Reilly http://responsivetypographybook.com
New England Drupal Camp - www.newdcamp.com
Hosts
Daniel J Lewis - http://noodle.mx @theramennoodle
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental

May 14, 2014 • 59min
Talking Drupal #049 - Assistive Technology with Wade Wingler
Topics
Wade Winger Bio
Definition of Assistive Technology
Crossroads and InData Project
Web Accessibility
Legal requirements for providing an accessible website
Impact of current technology
Getting help developing website
Resources
Easter Seals Crossroads Assistive Technology - http://www.eastersealstech.com/category/assistive-technology-update/
Making your website more accessible Video Series - http://www.eastersealstech.com/a11y
Wave Tool Bar - http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar/
Legal Resources
http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards
http://www.jimthatcher.com/law-target.htm
Online References
www.w3c.org/wai
http://theweco.com/
www.a11yproject.com
http://www.webaxe.org/
https://drupal.org/project/accessibility
www.webaim.org/toolbar
Local resources (state assistive tech act projects)
Www.EasterSealsTech.com/states
Module of the Week
Trasliteration - https://drupal.org/project/transliteration
Provides one-way string transliteration (romanization) and cleans file names during upload by replacing unwanted characters.
Generally spoken, it takes Unicode text and tries to represent it in US-ASCII characters (universally displayable, unaccented characters) by attempting to transliterate the pronunciation expressed by the text in some other writing system to Roman letters.
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Wade Wingler - wwingler@eastersealscrossroads.org @INDATAProject

May 7, 2014 • 1h 10min
Talking Drupal #048 - Overnight Website Challenge with Chris Weber
Topics
About Chris Weber
Creating Google+
What is the Overnight Website Challenge
How are the non-profit organization selected
Who can join the challenge
What is the structure of the event
What happens during the 24 hours
What happens after the 24 hours
Old Site: http://homeforlife.org/
New Site: http://216.243.154.201/
Thoughts on Drupal 8
Links
The Nerdery - http://nerdery.com/
Home for Life - http://homeforlife.org/
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Chris Weber - https://plus.google.com/+ChrisWeber - @chris_m_weber

Apr 30, 2014 • 1h 3min
Talking Drupal #047 - Backups
Topics
Backup horror stories or success stories
Personal development backup
Server backup
Code and files backup
Database backup
Modules
Backup and Migrate - https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
Backup and Migrate Files - https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate_files
Resources
Node Squirrel - http://www.nodesquirrel.com/
Jason’s upcoming book - typeresponsively.com
Module of the Week
Shiny Theme - https://drupal.org/project/shiny
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Apr 23, 2014 • 59min
Talking Drupal #046 - Create a Blog with Drupal
Topics
Blog Module (core 7)
Roll your own
Organizing blog posts
Commenting - internal and external
Search
Additional modules and considerations
Share on Social Media
Setting customer expectations
Modules
Blog Module - https://drupal.org/documentation/modules/blog
Facebook Commenting - https://drupal.org/project/facebook_comments_box
Disqus Module - https://drupal.org/project/disqus
Pathauto - https://drupal.org/project/pathauto
Honey Pot https://drupal.org/project/honeypot
Mollom https://drupal.org/project/mollom
Metatag Module - https://drupal.org/project/metatag
XML Site Mamp Module https://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap
Module of the Week
Big menu https://drupal.org/project/bigmenu
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Apr 16, 2014 • 1h 8min
Talking Drupal #045 - Module Development with Chris Shattuck
Topics
Module Development - what does this topic encompass?
When is the right time to create a module?
What to consider when building a contrib module
Best ways to get started with module development
Modules that never get to a release
Importance of using IDE and Debugging
What is BuildAModule.com
Module of the Week
Coffee - https://drupal.org/project/coffee
Resources
Build a Module - http://buildamodule.com/
Drupal Front End Developer - https://drupal.org/sandbox/johncionci/2221539
Creating a Sandbox - https://drupal.org/create-sandbox
Promoting sandbox projects - https://drupal.org/node/1068952
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
Chris Shattuck - www.buildamodule @buildamodule

Apr 9, 2014 • 1h 7min
Talking Drupal #044 - Twitter
Topics
Review of current security issue Heartbleed
How can twitter be used on a website
Twitter the module
Setting up Twitter
Twitter Rules
Other ways to use Twitter
Modules
Twitter - https://drupal.org/project/twitter
Resources
Heartbleed - https://drupal.org/news/2014-04-08-security-update
Register Website (App) with Twitter - https://twitter.com/apps/new
Module of the Week
Mail Redirect - https://drupal.org/project/mail_redirect

Apr 2, 2014 • 1h 17min
Talking Drupal #043 - Web Fonts
In episode #043 we talk about Web Fonts. Our resident expert, Jason, leads us through the world of Web Fonts answering questions like “What are web fonts?”, “Is it better to server them from my server or user a service?”, “How does the licensing work?”, “what are tips for choosing fonts?”
Topics
What are web fonts?
What is the difference between web fonts and sage fonts
How web fonts have advanced the industry
How web fonts work and different formats
Is javascript required to use web font?
Licensing options for web fonts
Choosing to host or use a service
Should the developer or customer own the web font service account
Tips for choosing a web font
Font Services - see links below
What is FOUT and how to deal with is
Web fonts and Drupal
Module of the Week
Search Config - https://drupal.org/project/search_config
Resources
TypeKit - https://typekit.com
Fonts.com (Monotype) - http://www.fonts.com/
Google - https://www.google.com/fonts
Fontdeck - http://fontdeck.com/
Hoefler & Co - http://www.typography.com/
WebINK - http://www.webink.com/
Modules
FontYourFace Module - https://drupal.org/project/fontyourface
Rabbit Hole - https://drupal.org/project/rabbit_hole