Talking Drupal

In Episode #156 we talk with Matt Glaman about the release of Commerce 2.0. www.TalkingDrupal.com/156 Show Topics Commerce 2.0 Announcement How does Commerce Guys help develop / maintain Commerce Difference between Drupal 7 version and Commerce 2.0 What’s new Commerce 2.0 Is there an upgrade path? Contributed modules What is missing in Drupal 8? Any website running live on Commerce 2.0? Recommendation on how to get started Case against other commerce platforms? Resources Drupal Commerce Module Commerce 2.0 Documentation Creating online stores with Commerce 2.x on Drupal 8 DrupalCon Dublin 2016: Launching online stores with Commerce 2.x on Drupal 8 Using Drupal Commerce for rich eCommerce Experiences - DrupalCamp London List of available payment gateways 2.0 Website - Urban Hipster 2.0 Website - Orlo Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Guest Matt Glaman - http://www.glamanate.com @nmdmatt

In episode #155 we talk about Drupal 8 Webforms with the creator Jacob Rockowitz. www.TalkingDrupa.com/155 Show Topics with Jacob Rockowitz YAML Form module Extend Form API Fields API is not used for Webform Webform 5.x is D8 Webform There is a migration path Major changes from D7 to D8 Jacob’s strategy What’s next How to contribute Resources Wow!!! vs. Aha...The Webform Module's User Experience - http://www.jrockowitz.com/blog/ui Webform 8.x-5.x: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?  http://www.jrockowitz.com/blog/webform-8-x-5-x-where-do-we-come-from-what-are-we-where-are-w    Drupal 8 Module of the Week - Webform (formerly known as YAML Form) https://dev.acquia.com/blog/drupal-8-module-of-the-week--webform-formerly-known-as-yaml-form/07/03/2017/17741   Webform Introduction - https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/modules/webform/webform-introduction   D8 Webform and Webform Views Integration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riw9g_y1A_s D8 Webform Release Notes - https://www.drupal.org/project

www.talkingdrupal.com/154 Show Topics   What is taxonomy - “the classification of something” Use Cases Hierarchical Taxonomy uses Implementation Modules Hierarchical Select (7) - https://www.drupal.org/project/hierarchical_select Simple hierarchical select (7 and 8) - https://www.drupal.org/project/shs Client-side hierarchical select (7 and 8) - https://www.drupal.org/project/shs Module of the Week Mailchimp - Module of the Week https://www.drupal.org/project/mailchimp This module provides integration with MailChimp, a popular email delivery service. The module makes it easy for website users or visitors to control which of your email lists they want to be on (or off), lets you generate and send MailChimp email campaigns from your site, and lets you and your users view a history of emails they have been sent from MailChimp. More generally, it aspires to makes your email delivery world efficient and to make your user's email receipt and control simple and precise. Thanks to MailChimp's ongoing sponsorship,

TalkingDrupal.com/153 Show Topics What is Configuration Management Drupal 7 Approach - Features Drupal 8 Approach - Core Steps to using CM UI and Command Line Tips Modules Recreate Block Content Features Configuration Split Resources Workflow using the Drupal UI Workflow using Drush Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

TalkingDrupal.com/151 In episode #151, we talking about using Drupal as an API Show Topics What is an API (Application Programming Interface) Why create an API? How to create one (High Level) Security Documentation Routing Testing an api Caching Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

TalkingDrupal.com/152 In episode #152, we return after a few weeks off. In Off The Cuff #5 we talk about Drupal things are on our minds. Tip drush fu --version-increment Show Topics General updates - what we are working on Drupal GovCon Webform Continuous Integration and Drupal Automatic Updates Resources drush fu Drupal GovCon Webform Drupal 8 - Drupal GovCon Automatic Drupal Updates using Visual Regression & Continuous Integration Module of the Week CKEditor iFrame - https://www.drupal.org/project/ckeditor_iframe This module integrates the CKEditor iFrame Dialog for CKEditor. After installing, you will be able to add a button to the CKEditor toolbar that will allow a user to embed iframe content from YouTube or applications like Google Calendar. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

www.talkingdrupal.com/150 In Episode #150 we talk with the organizers of Drupal GovCon. Learn why this Drupal Camp is called “GovCon”. Show Topics July 31 - August 2, Bethesda, MD Not a Government focussed conference Camp size and attendees Sessions Beyond the Sessions History of GovCon Organizing a camp Resources www.drupalgovcon.org Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Guest Kirsten Burgard - www.drupal.org/u/bendygirl @uniongal Daniel Schiavone - www.drupal.org/u/schiavone @schiavo

www.talkingdrupal.com/149 In episode #149 with Jason Pamental about the Typogrify module. Show Topics What is Typogrify? What does the Drupal module do? Who is this module for? Feature review Life as a module maintainer Resources Typogrify Module Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Guest Jason Pamental - www.isovera.com @jpamental

www.talkingdrupa.com/148 In episode #148 we talk Drupal system settings and how you can use them. Show Topics What are system settings? Use cases Using systems settings in Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 Resources D7 system settings form Change record for variable set get del Config Object D8 How to upgrade D7 variables to D8's state system   Module of the Week Neutral Paths A module for multi-language web sites, allowing users to access content in languages other than the current one by using path aliases. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi  

www.talkingdrupal.com/147 In episode #146 we talked about applying code patches to your Drupal modules. Show Topics What is a patch How are patches used with Drupal Discovering patches Contributed and homegrown Implementing patches Composer Patch command Git Apply Patch Folder Upgrading after a patch Contributing your patches Resources Composer Patches Drupal Apply Patches\ Previous episode #104 - Feature Debate Module of the Week Features - The features module enables the capture and management of features in Drupal. A feature is a collection of Drupal entities which taken together satisfy a certain use-case. Features provides a UI and API for taking different site building components from modules with exportables and bundling them together in a single feature module. A feature module is like any other Drupal module except that it contains additional information in its info file so that configuration can be checked, updated, or reverted programmatically. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @step

www.talkingdrupal.com/146 In episode #146 we talk with Kevin Thull about Drupal Camps and Video recording sessions. Show Topics What is Kevin providing Why is Kevin doing this What does it cost Requirements for the camp Value of having video at Drupal Camp What tools and software being used? Resources Midcamp 2017 Florida Drupal Camp 2017 Food Truck 50 Module of the Week Free Linking This project implements a filter framework for easier creation of HTML links to other pages on the site or to external sites.   Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Guest Kevin Thull www.bluedropshop.com @kevinjthull

http://www.talkingdrupal.com/145 In episode #145 we talk about log files. Exciting? No. But you should be getting comfortable with them. Logs are your friend. Show Topics Why log files are important When to review logs Types of log files Watchdog Dev vs Production Modules and tools to help Resources DrupalCon Videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpeDXSh4nHjRbDdwHEBRHItfnjrJ8kEDK D8 Logger - https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!lib!Drupal.php/function/Drupal%3A%3Alogger/8.2.x Watchdog - https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21bootstrap.inc/function/watchdog/7.x Splunk - https://www.splunk.com/ Solar Winds - http://www.solarwinds.com/ Module of the Week Typogrify module - Typogrify.module brings the typographic refinements of Typogrify to Drupal. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi  

www.talkingdrupal.com/144 In episode #144 we talk about redirects, what are they, why are they important and how to implement them. Show Topics What is a redirect Most common needs for a redirect Redirects and SEO Why are redirects important Redirect Strategies Modules and tools Modules Redirect Module Global Redirect Resources Stephen’s iTerm2 configuration Module of the Week Menu Link Attributes This module allows you to add attributes to your menu links. D7 Version - Menu Attributes Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan  

www.talkingdrupal.com/143 In episode #143 we talking about ordering content in Drupal, primarily using contributed modules. Show Topics Creating a custom order for a view and why Module to look at Other options Modules Draggable Views Weight Node Order Node Queue Module of the Week Redirect Module Manage redirects for pages, manually and automatically. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

www.TalkingDrupal.com/142 In episode #142 we talk with J. Hogue about his upcoming presentation at Drupal Con Baltimore. We discuss the use of Atomic Design and Paragraphs to build the new Blue Cross Blue Shield website (www.bcbs.com) Show Topics Overview of the BCBS project Role of Paragraphs Atomic Design Paragraphs and Atomic Design Drupal Con Modules Paragraphs Module of the Week Honey Pot Honeypot uses both the honeypot and timestamp methods of deterring spam bots from completing forms on your Drupal site (read more here). These methods are effective against many spam bots, and are not as intrusive as CAPTCHAs or other methods which punish the user.T he module currently supports enabling for all forms on the site, or particular forms like user registration or password reset forms, webforms, contact forms, node forms, and comment forms. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Guest J. Hogue - www.o

www.talkingdrupal.com/141 Talking Drupal #141 - Working with MySQL In episode #141, we talk about getting comfortable with MySQL. Show Topics In episode #141, we talk about getting comfortable with MySQL. Get familiar with the Drupal database Why a SQL view is helpful The command line Modules that will help Tools Drush import/export drush sql-dump > \~/db.sql drush sql-drop drush sql-cli < \~/db.sql Modules Backup and Migrate Resources Mysql Workbench Sequel Pro phpmyadmin Module of the Week Force Password Change This module allows administrators to force users, by role, individual user, or newly created user, to change their password on their next page load or login, and/or expire their passwords after a period of time. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan  

www.TalkingDrupal.com/140 Talking Drupal #140 - Getting Started with Composer In episode #140 We walk about using composer. Show Topics What is composer When to use composer What about drush? Composer and hosting providers Getting started Module of the Week Group Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/group The Group module allows you to create arbitrary collections of your content and users on your site and grant access control permissions on those collections Out of the box, Drupal only allows a person to view, create or edit the different content types you create. However, you might want to be able to let them view or edit all content types, but only in a specific section of the site. Group also allows you to create communities. Users of the site can become members of a Group. You can then decide what membership of a Group entitles them to, such as access to content only available to members of that Group. There can also be different levels of membership to a Group so, for example, you can have administ

Talking Drupal #139 Using an IDE In episode #139 we discuss the benefits of using an IDE for development. Show Topics Do you use an IDE? Why use an IDE? Features XDebug IDE Variations Module of the Week Custom Search This module alters the default search box in many ways. If you need to have options available like in advanced search, but directly in the search box, this module is for you. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan  

In episode #138 we talking about Translation in Drupal Tip of the Week Composer OR drush, not both for dependency management Drupal-Composer Drupal Project Show Topics Translation - what’s new in Drupal 8 What you can do ‘out of the box’ Tips for planning translation Human vs Machine translation Translation with LingoTek Module of the Week Views Data Export This module is designed to provide a way to export large amounts of data from views. It provides a display plugin that can rendered progressively in a batch. Style plugins are included that support exporting in the following types: CSV Microsoft XLS (or really simple HTML understood by Excel) Microsoft DOC Basic TXT XML In addition proper support for Excel / the XLSX format can be added through the module Views Data Export PHPExcel. Resources Acquia/Lingtek Webinar Drupal 7 vs Drupal 8 A Contrast of Multilingual Translations.com Composer - Drupal Composer Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.

Talking Drupal #135 Meta Tag with Damien McKenna In episode #137 we discuss the Meta Tag Module with Damien McKenna Show Topics Guest: Damien McKenna - Damien McKenna -  In the Drupal community since 2007, Community Lead at Mediacurrent.   What are Meta Tags? Why are Meta Tags important What is the Metatag module? Challenges as the maintainer Resources Module page - https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag Issue queue - https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/metatag Tags Supported - https://groups.drupal.org/node/229413 Open Graph (Facebook) Test - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing Twitter Card Test - https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Guest Damien McKenna - http://drupal.org/u/damienmckenna@DamienMcKenna