Talking Drupal

Topics Design Tools Editors/IDE/Compilers (sass) Tools Source Management and Tools Project Management Tool Issue Tracking & Time tracking Tools Note Taking Tools Todo Tracking Tools Other Tools Communication Tools Module of the week Views Flipped Table https://www.drupal.org/project/views_flipped_table This module provides a views table style with rows and columns flipped. This is useful for views showing few entities with many fields, such as product comparison. Resources Trying out Sketch - http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/ Typecast! - http://typecast.com Balsamiq (wireframing) - https://balsamiq.com/ Omnigraffle: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle Coda - http://panic.com/coda/ Codekit - https://incident57.com/codekit/ PHP Storm - http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/ Github - https://github.com/ Bitbucket - bitbucket.com BeanStalk - http://beanstalkapp.com/ Tower - http://www.git-tower.com/ MAMP (Mac) - http://www.mamp.info/en/ Drush - http://drush.org Freshbooks http://freshbooks.com/ Harvest - h

Topics Dani Nordin (@danigrrl) UX Designer - what do you do Work on Drupal.org Tips for getting started with UX Resources for UX What it’s like being a designer doing Drupal contrib Thoughts on D8 D4D Module of the week Fences - https://www.drupal.org/project/fences Fences is a an easy-to-use tool to specify an HTML element for each field. This element choice will propagate everywhere the field is used, such as teasers, RSS feeds and Views. You don't have to keep re-configuring the same HTML element over and over again every time you display the field. Resources  Bentley User Experience Center - http://www.bentley.edu/centers/user-experience-center Design 4 Drupal - http://www.design4drupal.org Meta issue on user profiles: https://www.drupal.org/node/2281763 TreeJack - http://www.optimalworkshop.com/treejack.htm Axure - http://www.axure.com/ Communicating Design - http://www.amazon.com/Communicating-Design-Developing-Documentation-Planning/dp/0321392353/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1409161283&sr=8-2&

Topics General thoughts and experiences with multi-language websites Basics of translation Process of translation in Drupal Things to consider: Content (nodes), menu system, switching between languages, fixing strings (string override), layout Localization issues Common misconceptions Multilingual modules Other multilingual options Module of the week Simplify - https://www.drupal.org/project/simplify Simplify allows particular fields to be hidden from the user interface. This helps to de-clutter forms and present a more user-friendly experience to content editors. Modules https://www.drupal.org/project/i18n http://drupal.org/project/entity_translation http://drupal.org/project/variable http://drupal.org/project/webform_localization https://www.drupal.org/project/stringoverrides Resources Amazon investment in Aquia - http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/13/amazon-throws-money-into-drupal-hosting-company-acquia/ Modules that extend i18n: https://www.drupal.org/node/1305992 Lingotek - http://www.lingotek.com/drupa

Topics Why did we start a new camp? Goals of NEWDCamp Planning phases Planning team About  the name Picking a Venue How to handle the money - Drupal Association - Fiscal Sponsorship Camp Website Marketing and sponsors Module of the week https://www.drupal.org/project/shield PHP Authentication shield. It creates a simple shield for the site with Apache authentication. It hides the sites, if the user does not know a simple username/password. It handles Drupal as a "walled garden". This module helps you to protect your (dev) site with HTTP authentication.   Resources www.Newdcamp.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 Ellen Diamond - www.hwdesigco.com @ellendiamond    

Topics Eric’s presentation at Design4Drupal in Boston Designing in a browser TWIG REST Front end design strategies Drupal as a headless backup Resources TWIG - http://twig.sensiolabs.org/ YAML - http://www.yaml.org/ ProntoType -  http://docs.prontotype.it/ Sculpin - http://sculpin.io Module of the Week https://www.drupal.org/project/little_helper The Little Helper module provides a block that will display to the user random messages that an admin specifies. These messages can range from helpful tips to cute little sayings. The functionality of this module is similar to that of the MailChimp monkey. Erik Baldwin http://CLoudNYNEDesign.com http://twitter.com/CLoudNYNE https://plus.google.com/+ErikBaldwinCND http://github.com/ThatGuyCND https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikbaldwin **me: **DRUPALPRO CND Phone: 615-DRUPAL-0 Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxv

  Uses of Email Transaction/Service E-Mails - one email to the single person for a particular purpose.  ie. Reset Password, Shipping Confirmation... Bulk Email - send to the group of people.  ie. Newsletter, Forum subscriptions… User communication - personal contact or something like basecamp Impact the type of service and tools you will use Getting Started With HTML EMails Drupal out of the box will only send plain text emails Need an SMTP server setup on your web server or use this: SMTP Authentication Support Module Structure of HTML email HTML E-Mails From Drupal (Creating and Sending) Simple News (Module) Create E-mails content Mime Mail Enhances the abilities of Drupal to send HTML Emails Allows for email attachments Mandrill / Mail System (service by Mailchimp) Can replace the need for an SMTP server Has statistics for e-mails sent Can setup rules (within the Mandrill service) to change e-mail attributes before sending HTML E-mails From Outside

Responsive Typography Book by Jason  Stephen trip to Disney and the Technology advances We discuss how the Magic Band (wearable tech) is currently being used at Disney Location servers being used at Dollywood Location services being used Dana Farber Facebook experiment Changing peoples moods based on content provided to the user.   A small debate the ethics of what Facebook was doing. Being Involved in the Drupal Community Does it help your business - hosts share how the community involvement has helped their business Aegir What is Aegir What has Nic done recently in Aegir - sandboxing a designer   

Topics Difference between site and system Characteristics of a system Why a site-building/theme approach? Building as a system vs. good practice for re-use Things we do to be more system like Modules  Field Group Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/field_group WYSIWYG Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/wysiwyg Administration Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views 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 Dries’s annoucement of Drupal 6 support  What challenges do we have today supporting D6 sites What will the challenges look like when D8 launches Migration path from 6 to 7 Moving forward Business opportunities Module of the week Views field view https://www.drupal.org/project/views_field_view This module allows you to embed a view as a field in a view. A new field handler is made available, so this can also be used in area (header/footer/empty) handlers as well as rows. This view handler can accept arguments from fields of the parent view using tokens and pass them into the child view for each row. Raw or rendered token values can be used, as well as static values. Resources Dries’s annoucement of Drupal 6 support - http://buytaert.net/drupal-6-support 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  DrupalCon Austin sessions: Semantic Site Architecture - Jody Hamilton https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/semantic-site-architecture Battle for the Body Field: Drupal and the Future of WYSIWYG - Jeff Eaton https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/battle-body-field-drupal-and-future-wysiwyg Digital Commerce Ecosystem - Commerce Guys https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/digital-commerce-ecosystem Collaborative Spaces: Integrating Drupal With Google Drive, Dropbox, and More - Dave Sawyer & James Barnett https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/collaborative-spaces-integrating-drupal-google-drive-dropbox-and-more DrupalCon Austin stats Code Sprints  BOF’s (bird’s of a feather) Resoucrces: Site Architecture Plan Template: Plantir Build Spec 1.0 - https://t.co/pMk5IBATrl Drupal Easy podcast Episode 128: D8 theming http://bit.ly/1tGEYYb Hosts: Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi Nic Laflin

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  

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

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  @theramennoodl

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/translitera

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.