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DrupalEasy Podcast 73: Lots of Options
Five Stories
- Mapping with Drupal, OpenLayers, GMap, Geofield, Leaflet, and the Geospatial Modules Assessment.
- When will Drupal 7 installs beat Drupal 6 installs?
- Drupal community metrics
- iO1 Acquires drupalmodules.com
- chx needs a break
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Entity Views Attachment by Jeff Eaton (eaton on drupal.org) - allows you to attach a view to an entity (node). Very useful for attaching OG content lists to an OG node, user’s activity to their user page, etc... Provides a new Views Display type.
- Thomas - Location CCK Migrate module by Pol Dell'Aiera (Pol on drupal.org) - migrate location data to geofield for Drupal 7
- Alan - Geocoder module by Michael Favia (michaelfavia on drupal.org), Niel Hastings (indytechcook on drupal.org), and Patrick Hayes (phayes on drupal.org) - a general geocoding API for Drupal 7
Sponsor
Site of the Week
http://barakasamsara.com/ - a beautiful map-enabled site.
If you'd like your site highlighted, please submit it at http://DrupalEasy.com/siteoftheweek.
Listener Homework
Make sure Ryan and Andrew never miss another podcast. Ever.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 72: Ryan’s Drupal Outfit
Five One Storyies
DrupalCon, DrupalCon, DrupalCon
- Nine simultaneous tracks - http://denver2012.drupal.org/session-tracks
- Discount shuttle service from the airport - http://denver2012.drupal.org/discount-shuttle-service
- Keynote and featured speakers - http://denver2012.drupal.org/featured-speakers
- Mitchell Baker, leader of the Mozilla project - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker
- Dries Buytaert http://buytaert.net
- Luke Wroblewski, designer, speaker, author, etc... - http://www.lukew.com/
- Core conversations - http://denver2012.drupal.org/news/session-submissions-core-conversations...
- Official party - http://denver2012.drupal.org/party
- Pre-conference trainings - http://denver2012.drupal.org/training
- 15 Scholarships awarded - http://denver2012.drupal.org/scholarships
- Drupal Means Business event - http://denver2012.drupal.org/drupal-means-business
- http://facebook.com/drupalcon
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Atrium Folders blog post by Antonio De Marco (antoniodemarco on drupal.org) - (via John Learned and Erik Baldwin at CloudNyne Design).
- Ryan - vCard and Drupal Shoes!
- Andrew - Custom Contextual Links by Benjamin Koether (bkoether on drupal.org)
- Kevin - http://devopscafe.org/ http://groups.drupal.org/devops
- Ben - Open Prediction Markets by Greg Knaddison (greggles on Drupal.org)
- Ken - SASS/Compass, http://incident57.com/codekit/, Nathan Smith & Matt Farina’s DrupalCon Denver session
Sponsor
Site of the Week
If you'd like your site highlighted, please submit it at http://DrupalEasy.com/siteoftheweek.
Listener Homework
Register to attend DrupalCon Denver.
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- @drupaleasy
- @andrewmriley or Google+
- @liberatr
- @ultimike
- @webenabled
- @drupalcon
- @cyberswat
- @benswords
- @kenwoodworth
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Florida DrupalCamp 2012 Fast Approaching
The fourth edition of Florida DrupalCamp is rapidly approaching - Drupalists from Florida and beyond will be descending on Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida on February 11 and 12, 2012 for the largest Drupal event Florida has ever seen.
Registration is currently open at fldrupalcamp.org at the low cost of $20 per person - the cost will be going to up $25 on January 11, so be sure to register soon to get the lowest possible price. Admission will include a t-shirt, drinks, snacks, and lunch and access to the entire session program.
Session proposals are still being accepted as well - the deadline for submitting a session is January 12, so if you're interested in sharing some of your Drupal knowledge, be sure to submit your proposal soon.
We're teaming up with the Rollins Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center to provide a track specifically for non-technical people, decision makers, and those who need to get a better understanding of what Drupal can do. You’ll learn the basic principals, benefits, and challenges in using Drupal with popular social media tools and the advantages of the platform and its dedicated developer community. In addition, Rollins is donating the use of their facilities for the camp, so a giant "thanks" to them!
On Sunday, February 12, we'll be holding our 3rd annual Coding for a Cause event where we'll be building a site for one (or more!) 501(c)(3) organization(s). Volunteers are needed to help out in all areas of the build, including newbies who want to participate in the building of a Drupal site from start-to-finish. The Orlando Sentinel recently published an article about this aspect of the camp.
As usual, none of this would be possible without sponsors. In addition to the Rollins Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center as our venue sponsor, this year we're lucky enough to have Trellon as our Platinum sponsor (their CEO, Michael Haggerty is also our keynote speaker) as well as Techwell, Mediacurrent, Big Couch Media, and DrupalEasy as Gold sponsors. Finally, we're fortunate to be teaming up with the Central Florida Computer Society as our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor for the third straight year.
Be sure to check out the web site for additional information about hotel discounts, special interest groups, and social media links!
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DrupalEasy Podcast 71: The College Years
Prolific Drupal contributor Dave Reid joins Ryan Price and Mike Anello on the first DrupalEasy podcast of 2012. They discuss the Meta Tags module (and why it’s not just for SEO anymore), Drupal’s security team, Drupal 8’s WSCCI initiative, the increasing complexity of Drupal’s code and the decreasing number of core contributors.
Five Four Stories
- Dave Reid (Dave Reid on Drupal.org)
- Rethinking WSCCI
- Drupal core office hours update
- Is the Web Dead? chx says no
Picks of the Week
- Mike - WeeNudge.com - Teach your clients about the web - a collection of articles about various web development topics that can be used to help educate clients.
- Ryan - 10 colour contrast checking tools to improve the accessibility of your design
- Dave - Nodewords 6.x-1.13 finally released
Sponsor
Site of the Week
Fab@Home (note to site maintainers, use clean URLs and Pathauto!)
If you'd like your site highlighted, please submit it at http://DrupalEasy.com/siteoftheweek.
Listener Homework
- Who is the most prolific Drupal tweeter?
- We need a “pick of the week” jingle.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 70: Ryan Gets Religion
Kristof De Jaeger (swentel on drupal.org) joins Ryan Price and Mike Anello on the latest edition of the DrupalEasy podcast to talk about the (now unanimously agreed-upon) awesome Display Suite module. Other topics discussed include a (in our opinion) slanted Smashing Magazine article, IE9 automatic updates, and Media module + Solr goodness.
Five Stories
- Display Suite, the screencast series, Kristof’s blog: http://realize.be/
- How Wordpress Took the CMS Crown from Drupal and Joomla - Smashing Magazine
- IE9 to offer “Chrome style” automatic updates
- Now search Media Modules for D7 Apache Solr, update-in-place, Views Media Browser and Translation (thx Achieve Internet!)
- Happy Holidays!
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Administration Menu by Daniel Kudwein (sun on drupal.org)
- Ryan - CSS3 selectors simplified by Megan McDermott (DrupalChick on drupal.org)
- Kristof - Panelizer module by Earl Miles (merlinofchaos on drupal.org) Panelizer stock: http://drupal.webstocks.ws/project/panelizer
Sponsor
Site of the Week
Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ - Reviews of movies, games, apps, & more so parents can make informed
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DrupalEasy Podcast 69: Insider Trading
Note: Kristof De Jaeger (swentel on drupal.org) was supposed to be our guest for this podcast to discuss the Display Suite module, but unfortunately, he fell ill. We've rescheduled him for our next episode.
Five Stories
- Acquia named one (#41) of America’s Most Promising (privately-held) companies by Forbes magazine, $8.9M in revenues reported.
- DrupalCon Denver Pre-Conference Trainings Announced (March 19, 2012)
- Drupal Co-Working Fridays
- DrupalCon Attendance Trends from the DA
- Drupal 8 Release Date Madness!, "Bet" on the Drupal 8 release date.
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Drupal Ipsum module by Alex Weber (alexweber on drupal.org).
- Andrew - http://modulehammer.com/ by Cristobal Wetzig.
- Ryan - The Little Printer by BERG Cloud, UK
- Damien - Panelizer module by Earl Miles (merlinofchaos on drupal.org)
Sponsor
WebEnabled.com - instant development platform with a free 30-day trial.
Site of the Week
The Louvre, announcement by Dries.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 68: Chewbacca’s Bandolier
Five Stories
- Lisa Rex (lisarex on drupal.org), DrupalCampNYC.org.
- Morton’s article about DrupalCon Session Proposal voting
- DrupalCon Denver sprint leads can get a free ticket
- Greg Knaddison named head of Drupal security team http://buytaert.net/greg-knaddison-and-drupal-security
- Hiring Great Drupal Developers blog post, interview questions, Four Kitchens skills assessment, FizzBuzz test
Picks of the Week
- Mike - @font-your-face by Scott Reynen (sreynen) and Baris Wanschers (BarisW). Easily browse, select, and utilize web fonts via the @font-face CSS declaration.
- Andrew - Drupal.org user project statistics by Dave Reid (Dave Reid)
- Ryan - Bricks by Benjamin Doherty (bangpound) - This module basically lets you make exportable Drupal blocks (bricks) out of Panels pane displays.
- Lisa - Learn Organic Groups, 9-Part Tutorial by Johan “the screencast machine” Falk, Swedish Drupal Awards
Contest - The winners of Emma Jane’s “Drupal User’s Guide” are: Doug Ashley and Bob Waltenspiel
Sponsor - WebEnabled.com
Site of the Week - Shorpy Historical Photo Archive - http://www.shorpy.com/ - submitted by Lisa Rex.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 67: Randrew’s Open Source Socks
Five Stories
- Drupal User’s Guide (use the coupon code DRUPALUSER for a steep discount) by Emma Jane Hogbin (emmajane on Drupal.org), published by Prentice Hall. Also be sure to check out Emma Jane’s upcoming Responsive Web Design for Drupal (online) workshop starting December 1, 2011.
- Acquia announces AcquiaU, a training and hiring program for recent university graduates and career changers. Six weeks of Drupal training followed by 3 six-week rotations through various divisions of Acquia. Applications now open, for more information: training@acquia.com.
- 30 small modules vs. 1 large module
- Sitecore FUD
- DrupalCamp New Hampshire, http://www.schoolyard.com/
Picks of the Week
- Mike - The Weekly Drop by Bob Kepford (kepford on Drupal.org) - a weekly curated Drupal newsletter
- Andrew - Using Drush to upgrade from D6 to D7 - by Moshe Weitzman (moshe on Drupal.org)
- Ryan - Conditional Stylesheets - by John Albin (johnalbin on Drupal.org)
- Emma Jane - www.netmagazine.com and http://drupal.webstocks.ws/
- Erich Ludwig - http://m.brown.edu
Contest
To win a copy of Emma Jane’s “Drupal User’s Guide”, simply register with http://drupal.webstocks.ws/ and add a comment below with your username. We’ll pick two winners at random to receive a free copy. If you've won a book from us in the past 12 months, you're not eligible to win.
Sponsor
WebEnabled.com
Site of the Week
Drupatlas - by Live Link, Manchester, England. Submitted by Paul Johnson (@pdjohnson).
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Installing Acquia Commons on Acquia Dev Desktop
As part of a Drupal workshop that I'm teaching (the Drupal Career Starter Program), we've been discussing Acquia Commons. Our discussions led us to decide to have a local meetup specifically to learn more about it.
Since we expect a number of newbies at the meetup, I figured I post a quick video showing how to get Commons up-and-running using Acquia Dev Desktop. I found it to be a little bit tricky, mainly because the memory requirements for Commons are a bit higher than for core Drupal. The video shows how to tweak a couple of memory setting in the php.ini file.
NOTE: If you're using the Windows version of Acquia Dev Desktop, you can ignore the "apc.shm_size" change - it isn't used in Windows!In the video, I mention that Windows users might need to utilize an alternative file extraction program to open the tar.gz file that contains Acquia Commons. One possible option is 7-zip.
Additionally, the two php.ini memory-related changes that I make are:
- memory_limit = 256M (original value is 128M)
- apc.shm_size = 64M (original value is 32M)
To learn more about php.ini files and what exactly APC (Alternative PHP Cache) does, check out the following links:
Direct link to the video on YouTube.com.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 66: 20% Drupaly
Ryan Price, Andrew Riley, Mike Anello, and special guest Stephen Barker (DigitalFrontiersMedia on drupal.org) discuss all the Drupal news that’s fit to talk about. Stephen Barker is a Drupal developer based in Sarasota, Florida with a background in biology and augmented reality (and somehow manage to tie it in with Drupal). We talk about mobile app development, Drupal 8 core initiatives status, Panels versus the world, as well as a bunch of other current stories. As always, we make our picks of week and announce our site of the week.
Five Stories
- Stephen’s talk from DrupalCampSFL - Powering Mobile Apps with Drupal Services
- Drupal 8 Core Initiatives update and core initiatives term display.
- Mediacurrent Debates: Panels
- Drupal Association update. Also, this week they announced that they’re opening an office in Portland, Oregon.
- Theme testing with BrowserStack.com.
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Geofield by Brandon Morrison (Brandonian), Patrick Hayes (phayes), David Peterson (davidseth), Nikhil Trivedi (nikhilbhai), and Dave Tarc (dtarc) and Geocoder by Michael Favia (michaelfavia), Neil Hastings (indytechcook), and Patrick Hayes (phayes) modules. Quick way to geocode addresses from the Address Field module and display them on a map.
- Andrew - Smart Breadcrumb - by Christopher Mitchell (divThis) and Peter Mallett (petermallett).
- Ryan - Entity Construction Kit by fmizzell - gives you the ability to create new Entity types in the UI - opens a whole new can of worms.
- Stephen - Bundle Copy by Kristof De Jaeger (swentel). Replacement for the D6 Content copy module.
Sponsor
Site of the Week
http://www.ziivaa.com - a Drupal 6 site created by Stephen Barker’s company Digital Frontiers Media
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