Talking Drupal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Show Topics Search Options Out of the box Solr Google Custom Search Search Modules Custom Search Faceted search Module of the Week Expire - https://drupal.org/project/expire Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental

Drupal hosts discuss common mistakes they have made with Drupal. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental