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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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Aug 28, 2013 • 1h 7min
Talking Drupal #012 - Content Approval Workflow
Show Topics
Content authoring, access & approval
Authoring: permissions by content type, taxonomy, role
Content Access
What does Drupal do out of the box?
Taxonomy Access Control
Content Access
Node Access
Field Permissions
Organic Groups
Tips
Approval: editorial state, draft mode, live mode
Module of the Week
Masquerade - https://drupal.org/project/masquerade
Modules
Contact Access Control - http://drupal.org/project/content_access
Field Permissions - https://drupal.org/project/field_permissions
Taxonomy Access Control - https://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access
Node Access - https://drupal.org/project/node_access
Fast Permission Administration- https://drupal.org/project/fpa
Organic Groups - https://drupal.org/project/OG
Revisioning - https://drupal.org/project/revisioning
View unpublished - https://drupal.org/project/view_unpublished
Node Access User Reference - https://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess_userreference
Devel Module - https://drupal.org/project/devel
Role Assign - https://drupal.org/project/roleassign
Custom Permissions - https://drupal.org/project/config_perms
Masquerade - https://drupal.org/project/masquerade
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Aug 21, 2013 • 55min
Talking Drupal #011 - Drupal Commerce
Agenda
E-Commerce and Drupal
Drupal Commerce vs Commerce Kickstarter (Module vs Distribution)
Key Concepts for Commerce
Getting started with Commerce
Key features of Commerce
Module of the Week
Commerce Google Analytics
Links
http://www.drupalcommerce.org/
Modules
Drupal Commerce - http://www.drupalcommerce.org/
Ubercart - https://drupal.org/project/ubercart
Kickstart Distribution - https://drupal.org/project/commerce_kickstart
Secure Pages - https://drupal.org/project/securepages
Commerce File - https://drupal.org/project/commerce_file
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @jayrlee
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Aug 15, 2013 • 53min
Talking Drupal #010 - Calendars
Show Topics
Calendar
Use Cases
Dates in Drupal
Date vs Date Time
Multi Day Evetns
Calendar Interface
iCal Integration
Module of the Week
Fullcalendar
Modules
Calendar
Date_iCal
Job_Scheduler
Feeds
iCalCreator (php library)
FullCalendar
FullCalendar (Library)
Links
http://janepickens.com/calendar
worcesterfencing.nlightened.net
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @jayrlee
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Aug 9, 2013 • 1h 9min
Talking Drupal #009 - Views
Show Topics
- What is Views?
- Installing Views
- Basic Steps for creating a view
- Some Advanced Settings
- Features & Tips
- Contributed Module
- Resources
Module of the Week
- CDN Module - https://drupal.org/project/CDN
Resources
- Drupal 7 Views Cookbook http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-7-for-views-module-cookbook/book
- Site Building with Views (subscription required) http://drupalize.me/videos/site-building-drupal-using-views
- Views Askew (recorded webinar - free registration required) http://www.acquia.com/resources/acquia-tv/conference/views-askew-using-many-forms-drupal-views
- Intro to Views for Drupal 7 Series - http://drupalize.me/series/intro-views-drupal-7-series (first two tutorials free)
Modules
- Views - https://drupal.org/project/views
- EVA - https://drupal.org/project/eva
- Views Bulk Operations - https://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations
- Views Accordian - https://drupal.org/project/views_accordion
- Views PHP - https://drupal.org/project/views_php
- Views Data Export - https://drupal.org/project/views_data_export
- Better Exposed Filters - https://drupal.org/project/better_exposed_filters
- Viewfield - https://drupal.org/project/viewfield
- Calendar - https://drupal.org/project/calendar
- HTML 5 Tools - https://drupal.org/project/html5_tools
- Fences - https://drupal.org/project/fences
Hosts
- Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
- Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @jayrlee
- Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
- John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
- Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Aug 2, 2013 • 1h 8min
Talking Drupal #008 - Responsive Design
Main Topics
- What is responsive design?
- Why does RWD matter?
- Where does it fit in with mobile strategy?
- Should every website be responsive?
- Getting started with RWD
- Drupal and RWD
Modules of the Week
- Stage File Proxy - https://drupal.org/project/stage_file_proxy
- RespondJS - https://drupal.org/project/respondjs
- Adaptive Image - https://drupal.org/project/adaptive_image
Resources
- Responsive Web Design - Ethan Marcotte
- Implementing Responsive Design - Tim Kadlec
- Responsive Design Workflow - Stephen Hay
Links
- One Day Conference - www.responsivebootcamp.com
- Best Responsive Theme Thread - https://groups.drupal.org/node/175234
- Beep Edition - http://drupal.org/project/beep_edition
Sample Sites
- www.sailorsforthesea.org
- www.newportfilm.com
- www.disney.com
- www.microsoft.com
- www.marthastewart.com
Hosts
- Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
- Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com
- Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
- John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
- Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Jul 26, 2013 • 53min
Talking Drupal #007 - Distributions
Agenda
- What is a Drupal Distribution?
- Who would use a Distribution?
- Examples of Distributions
- What can be done with a Distribution?
- Problems with using a Distribution as a starting point
- What makes up a Distribution?
- Sharing a Distribution on Drupal.org
- Using a Distribution for your own development
Module of the Week
- Fast Permissions Administration
Links
- Drupal Distribution Page - https://drupal.org/project/distributions
- Open Public - https://drupal.org/project/openpublic
- Commerce Kickstart - https://drupal.org/project/commerce_kickstart
- Drupal Licensing - https://drupal.org/licensing/faq&
Hosts
- Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
- Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
- John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
- Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Jul 19, 2013 • 42min
Talking Drupal #006 - Context
Show Topics
- What is the Context Module
- Context conditions and reactions
- Benefits of using context
- Examples of how to use context module
- Adding Body Class with context module (Theme HTML)
- Background Images with context module
- Context based on menu item and/or path
- Combining conditions (and, or)
- Page template context hook
- Replacing block administration with context
- Features module and context
- Side Topic: Ordering Node Content
Module of the Week
- Context Get https://drupal.org/project/context_get
Links
- Context Plugin Extras https://drupal.org/project/context_extras
- Nic’s Drupalcon Prague Presentation Proposal - https://prague2013.drupal.org/session/daap-drupal-platform-love-affair-automation
Modules
- Context Module - https://drupal.org/project/context
- Context Get Module - https://drupal.org/project/context_get
- Context Date Module - https://drupal.org/project/context_date
- Context Breakpoint Module - http://drupal.org/project/context_breakpoint
- Context Mobile Detect Module - https://drupal.org/project/context_mobile_detect
- Context Block Classes Module - https://drupal.org/project/context_block_class
- Features Module - https://drupal.org/project/features
- Node Queue Module - https://drupal.org/project/nodequeue
- Draggable Views Module - https://drupal.org/project/draggableviews
- Views default argument from Context Module - https://drupal.org/project/views_arg_context
Hosts
- Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
- Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
- John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
- Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Jul 11, 2013 • 1h 6min
Talking Drupal #005 - Getting Started with Drupal
Show Topics
Installing
Drupal Pieces
Key Concepts
What are your goals?
First Website
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com
Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Jun 27, 2013 • 49min
Talking Drupal #004 - DRUSH
Show Topics
- What is drush?
- Benefits of using drush
- Installing drush
- Security and Running at root
- Where to run drush from
- Useful drush commands
- Site setup with drush
- Scripts and Make files
Links
Drupal - Drush.org
Drupal project - https://drupal.org/project/drush
Hosts
Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
Jason Pamental - www.designco.com @jpamental
John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Jay Lee - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @jayrandolphlee

Jun 20, 2013 • 55min
Talking Drupal #003 - Drupal Development Environment
Show Topics
- Design 4 Drupal
- Working on local machine
- Tools and software stacks
- Update two Drupal systems (keeping things in sync)
- Backup and Migrate
- Team development
- Source Code Management
- Drupal configuration in dev environment
- PHP Time Limit and Memory Size
- Admin and test user accounts
- Module of the Week - Devel Module
- Drupal PVD - http://www.drupalpvd.org/
Hosts:
- Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
- Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
- John Picozzi - www.RubicDesign.com @johnpicozzi
- Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Modules:
- Drush - https://drupal.org/project/drush
- Features - https://drupal.org/project/features
- Strongarm- https://drupal.org/project/strongarm
- Backup and Migrate Module - https://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
- Boost Module - https://drupal.org/project/boost
- Masquerade - https://drupal.org/project/masquerade/
- Devel Module - https://drupal.org/project/devel
Links:
- Design 4 Drupal - http://boston2013.design4drupal.org/
- Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com/
- Virtual Box - https://www.virtualbox.org/
- MAMP - http://mamp.info
- Coda - http://panic.com/coda/
- Tower - http://www.git-tower.com/
- Git - http://git-scm.com/
- Drush - https://drupal.org/project/drush