Written by Steve Williams on April 10, 2014
Expanding on Drupal to accept data from other sources is key to building a viable business solution. Most modern applications integrate data from sources other than user forms. One standard approach to integrating data from outside sources is to use a RESTful endpoint to accept JSON data. There are...
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Written by Steve Williams on January 14, 2014
Extend your storage to improve integrity, variety and velocity
Are you looking for solutions to improve interaction with your data? Are you outgrowing your current system and need to evaluate other options? Are you already using Solr to provide search indexes? Do you already have established...
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Written by Vanessa Turke on December 31, 2013
We are right to be worried about budget. Multiple studies justify our concerns: In 2004, the Standish Group reported that 71% of IT projects were over budget, while University of Oxford researchers found that large IT projects run 45% over budget, and an article in the Harvard Business Review in...
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Written by Vanessa Turke on December 20, 2013
Where do web projects come from? This used to be something you just didn’t talk about in mixed company. Sometimes a website would slip away - claiming to be visiting a great aunt or working at an overseas mission - and return looking ‘refreshed’, revived and… well, simply...
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Written by Vanessa Turke on December 4, 2013
Who is reading your project’s pace notes? Why it’s best to have a project manager on every build.
Custom application and website development is a creative, complex process with lots of twists and turns. While it’s easy to imagine that one wouldn’t hire a handyman to build a skyscraper, it...
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Written by Vanessa Turke on October 26, 2013
What it is and Why it’s especially important prior to migrating to a new CMS
I always say that website is more like a garden than a house… (Well maybe not always but at least twice now). Today’s article is about why pruning and tying back straggly overgrown content can be super helpful for site...
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Written by Vanessa Turke on October 3, 2013
How a challenging long-distance hike and building a Drupal site are similar
This August I crossed the famous West Coast Trail off my bucket list (aka. ‘Wet Coast Trail’ or the ‘ Worst Coast Trail’). 130 bridges, 70 ladders, various water crossings using hand-powered cable cars, slippery walkways...
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Written by Ed Zwart on August 22, 2013
There is no shortage of blog posts about how Drush is the one indispensable tool for working with Drupal. If you are new to Drupal, or just have not yet checked out what all the fuss is about, I highly encourage you to go check out Drush now (recently moved from drupal.org to GitHub).
I want to...
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Written by Kim Murphy on August 16, 2013
This past year has been a busy one for Drupal Connect- we’ve hired some amazing new talent, joined the Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies in America, and launched several great projects. It’s been wonderful to be a part of a fast-growing company. One of my favorite aspects of working with...
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Written by Brian Tribulski on August 14, 2013
I have always loved to surf. The ocean is a complex, dynamic and ever changing environment. It may at times be unpredictable and risky, but what makes surfing so fun is that every wave is different. Waves can take on unique characteristics depending on combinations of location, tides, weather, or...
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