Talking Drupal

In episode #114, we talk about integrating text messaging into your website.  www.talkingdrupal.com/114 Topics Use cases for Text Messages What is Twilio? Other Drupal SMS solutions Modules Twilio - https://www.drupal.org/project/twilioViop - https://www.drupal.org/project/voipdrupal Module of the Week Redirect Module - https://www.drupal.org/project/redirect https://www.drupal.org/project/redirect Common API for loading, saving, and deleting redirects. Case-insensitive redirect matching with a hook to allow other modules to narrow-down the candidate redirects. Redirect counter and last used timestamp, with automatic cleanup of inactive redirects. Integration with Drupal's page cache to optimize redirects and performance. Complete individual redirect access API. Views API integration. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan    

In episode #113 we talk about Drupal 6 End of Life with guest David Snopek. TOPICS: What is End of Life? Drupal Install HistoryThe day after - what does this mean for your Drupal 6Drupal 6 Long Term Support (D6 LTS)Hosting IssuesMoving to Drupal 7 or 8Preparing a customer MODULE OF THE WEEK: Offie Hourswww.drupal.org/project/office_hoursA CCK/Fields module that creates an "office hours" or "opening hours" field. You can set the default weekly office hours for your locations HOSTS: Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan David Snopek - @dsnopek

In episode #112 we talk about selling Drupal with Adam Lamagna. Topics Determining Drupal is good fit Dealing with competitor Positioning Drupal as the solution Objections to Drupal Open Source vs Proprietary Dealing with WordPress Drupal 8 pitch Module of the Week Configuration Installer www.drupal.org/project/config_installer The Configuration Installer is a installation profile that takes over the Drupal installer and allows sites to be created from existing configuration. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Adam Lamagna -@ajmatic

In episode #111 we revisit the topic of Views in Drupal.  www.talkingdrupal.com Topics Formatters Sorting Filters Views Templates Relationships New in Drupal 8 Modules: Semantic views- https://www.drupal.org/project/semanticviewsDraggable Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/draggableviews   Modules of the Week:File Checkerhttps://www.drupal.org/project/file_checkerIn a perfect Drupal world your server file system and its corresponding entries in Drupal's files table are 100% synchronized. But what if parts of your file system have been corrupted due to some disk failure? Or one of your modules messed up your database and files? Or your deploy script went beserk? Well, then this module will help you to monitor and find out which files are out of sync. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #110 we discuss building a subscription based commerce website. TOPICS: What is a subscription? Credit Cards Controlling Access to content / Feature Drupal Commerce Components RESOURCES: Decoupling Drupal - http://buytaert.net/should-we-decouple-drupal-with-a-client-side-framework MODULE OF THE WEEK: Menu Item Visibility www.drupal.org/project/menu_item_visibility This module exposes configurable and extendable visibility settings for menu links. For example, if you want to create a 'My account' link that points to /user, both anonymous and registered users have access to the /userpath, so both will see the link, even if anonymous users do not technically have an account. Using this module will allow you to only have your 'My account' link visible to registered users, and hide it from anonymous users.The module uses the exact same UI used for block visibility settings for familiarity. HOSTS: Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic La

In episode #006 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about intermediate module development concepts TOPICS: Let's talk Plugins. What is this Dependency Injection idea everyone is talking about? Further exploring. RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #005 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about the basic concepts of module development TOPICS: A look at the Routing Layer. How about Forms? What about Blocks? What are Services? RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #004 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk module development, an intro TOPICS: What's changing in Module Development Revolutionary vs Evolutionary Changes Getting off the Island (Composer, Doctrine, Twig, Symfony) Leveraging Symfony components HTTP Foundation Routing YAML Shifting how we think about our solutions. Object Oriented is fully baked into Core. RESOURCES: Code Academy - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/phpBuild A Module - http://buildamodule.com/Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #003 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about theming. TOPICS: General Overview New Templating System Core theme Libraries RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #002 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk more about what's new in core. TOPICS: Changes to Content Type Creation Display Modes: View Modes / Form5 Modes Editable and expandable New Block System Comment Types Config. Management RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

In episode #001 of Exploring Drupal 8 we talk about what's new in core. TOPICS: Views in Core Front page File manager New Fields WYSIWYG In-Line Editing Contact Form RESOURCES: Stack Starter - http://www.stackstarter.io/ - spincode “talkingdrupal”

Topics Chef in a nutshell Server configuration management Use Cases What is Chef Chef Components Chef and the Drupal world Resources Chef - https://www.chef.io/ Chef Overview - https://docs.chef.io/chef_overview.html Module of the Week Disable Messages - www.drupal.org/project/disable_messages Gives a site owner options to disable specific messages shown to end users. The core drupal message system as offered by drupal_set_message is an excellent way for modules to send out messages to the end users. However not all drupal site owners are keen to show all the messages sent out by drupal core and all modules to their users. This module gives site administrators a reasonably powerful way to filter out messages shown to the end users. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Guests Ron Lipke - @neverminding

Topics What is a Drupal Audit? What modules can help you Module Review Entity Type Review How pages are built Functionality How it looks - theme Hosting Development process Performance recommendations Deliverable Modules Security Review - https://www.drupal.org/project/security_review Site Audit - https://www.drupal.org/project/site_audit Hacked! - https://www.drupal.org/project/hacked Module of the Week Ip Geo location drupal.org/project/ip_geoloc The module makes it very easy to create Views-based mapping solutions using the map renderer of your choice (Google, OpenLayers or Leaflet) with any location storage module of your choice, e.g. Get Locations,Geofield, Geolocation Field or Location. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan    

In episode #1076 we talk about optimizing images, css and js. Jason joins us this week. TOPICS: Goals Performance Requirements Strategy & Modules Advanced aggregation Testing Process When to use this Tips MODULES: ImageMagick - https://www.drupal.org/project/imagemagick w/this patch: additional_image_styles-1810390-5.patch ImageAPI Optimize - https://www.drupal.org/project/imageapi_optimize Image Field Focus - https://www.drupal.org/project/imagefield_focus Picture - https://www.drupal.org/project/picture Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation - https://www.drupal.org/project/advagg RESOURCES: ImageMagick - https://www.drupal.org/project/imagemagickw/this patch: additional_image_styles-1810390-5.patch ImageAPI Optimize - https://www.drupal.org/project/imageapi_optimize Image Field Focus - https://www.drupal.org/project/imagefield_focus Picture - https://www.drupal.org/project/picture Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation - https://www.drupal.org/project/advagg MODULE OF THE WEEK: Commerce Messagewww.drupal.or

In episode #106 we talk about getting starting with coding in Drupal. TOPICS Drupal 8 RC1 NEDCamp Recap Mentor IRC Hooks IDE xdebug devel Practice Practice Practice Earth Exchange Webform Hidden Fields Views Template Anatomy of a Module RESOURCES Talk and slides: http://nedcamp.org/new-england-drupal-camp-2015/sessions/scaling-cliff-advanced-site-builders-how-begin-coding   MODULE OF THE WEEK Workbench - https://www.drupal.org/project/workbench Workbench provides overall improvements for managing content that Drupal does not provide out of the box. Workbench gives us three important solutions: a unified and simplified user interface for users who ONLY have to work with content. This decreases training and support time. the ability to control who has access to edit any content based on an organization's structure not the web site structure a customizable editorial workflow that integrates with the access control feature described above or works independently on its own These features benefit the end user

In episode #105 we talk with Cesar Abeid about Project Management. TOPICS Dries Note What is a Project Large shop and small shops 5 Tips to improve your project management skills Book - Project Management for You RESOURCES Baltimore Drupal Camp, Oct 9th- http://www.bmoredrupal.org/ New England Drupal Camp, Oct 10 & 11th www.nedcamp.org Dries Keynote - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v_rv346qmM PM for the Masses - http://pmforthemasses.com/ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Project-Management-You-Reality-Promises-ebook/dp/B... PM for You: http://projectmanagementforyou.com MODULE OF THE WEEK Token Tweaks www.drupal.org/project/token_tweaks Provides tweaks for tokens (mostly to improve performance)  Modify the default depth limit for the token tree UI. This does not affect replacement of any tokens, just limits how "deep" you can see possible tokens to use. HOSTS Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

In this episode we talk about the Features module.   Topics Community Events What is Features used for? Pros and Cons Guidelines for using features Helper Modules Modules features - https://www.drupal.org/project/features strongarm - https://www.drupal.org/project/strongarm blockexport - https://www.drupal.org/project/blockexport node_export - https://www.drupal.org/project/node_export roleexport - https://www.drupal.org/project/role_export Resources Always Be Shippable - http://buytaert.net/always-be-shippable Module of the Week Slack https://www.drupal.org/project/slack Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It’s real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams, and it has cool system integrations features.This module allows you to send messages from Drupal website to Slack.It has Rules module integration.  Also you can use our module API in your modules Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin -

In episode #103 we talk about our Must Haves for our Drupal projects, the toolsl and modules we cannot live without. Topics Must Haves Nice To Have Things not needed - Uninstall Modules Module Filter - https://www.drupal.org/project/module_filter Fast Permissions - https://www.drupal.org/project/fpa Administration Views - https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views Administration menu - https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_menu Backup and Migrate - https://www.drupal.org/project/backup_migrate Reroute email - https://www.drupal.org/project/reroute_email Shield - https://www.drupal.org/project/shield Stage File Proxy - https://www.drupal.org/project/stage_file_proxy Devel - https://www.drupal.org/project/devel Bundle Copy - https://www.drupal.org/project/bundle_copy Coffee - https://www.drupal.org/project/coffee Field Tools- https://www.drupal.org/project/field_tools Logging and Alters - https://www.drupal.org/project/logging_alerts Mandrill - https://www.drupal.org/project/mandrill Resources Drush - http

Topics Overview of Twit.tv  Goals of the new Twit.tv The API Overall strategy Details of implementation Challenges Buidling Blocks Drupal 7 RESTful Resources Twit - http://www.twit.tv  Four Kitchens Launch Annoucement - http://fourword.fourkitchens.com/article/twittv-launches-content-api-and-headless-drupal-site  Twit.tv API Documentation - http://docs.twittv.apiary.io/ Introducing Saucier - https://fourword.fourkitchens.com/article/introducing-saucier TWit 3 Scale API Registration: https://twit-tv.3scale.net/  Rest Easy Tutorial Series: http://fourword.fourkitchens.com/article/series/rest-easy  Decoupled benefits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eJj5UrUUpU  API Design The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yAMl8D0IFM  Twit.tv Case Study: http://fourkitchens.com/our-work/twit-tv/  RESTful Module: https://github.com/RESTful-Drupal/restful David Diers on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/david-diers/id852703419 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ccFbSsEQo8tbSDSKoluYg?sub_confirmation=1 Mod

In episode #101 we talk about building a Movie Website with guest Chris Wells http://www.talkingdrupal.com/101   Topics When is the last time you went to the movies? Have you ever thought about how the website is managed? Requirements Content Content StructureAdmin tools   Module of Week Miserywww.drupal.org/project/misery Misery is a module designed to make life difficult for certain users.It can be used: As an alternative to banning or deleting users from a community. As a means by which to punish members of your website. To delight in the suffering of others. The aim of misery is to be not traceable by users on misery list, so misery actions should be sufficiently subtle enough to avoid suspicion. Hosts Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan Guest Chris Wells - www.redfinsolutions.com @sceo